Just a reminder for those of you who are in Wellington (or will be this Friday) that the Wellington to the World event is happening. I’m honoured to have been asked to MC the event – both as a…
Image via Wikipedia How’s that for a linkbait title? Wired reports of ex-cheerleader Whitney Harper (all_American girl, all-American name), who is being pursued by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) over some music files she downloaded when she…
My other blogging gig is over at the Cloud Computing specialist blog CloudAve. CloudAve is sponsored by Zoho as a way to be part of an ongoing conversation around Cloud Computing. Zoho gives us full editorial independence and the…
After an unprecedented response (people are so shallow out there – you offer something free and they swarm like vultures) the time has come to make the draw in the Diversity Bleeding Edge Competition. First though I’d like to…
I have to say I’m a little reluctant to write this post, it’s a subject that inflames passions on both sides of the debate. I was at a conference a few weeks ago where one of the sessions discussed…
I do this sort of in depth research and analysis so you, my dear readers, don’t have to. The hotel I stayed at in Chennai was the GRT Grand, a lovely place that harked back to the days of…
The always informative (if generally technophobic) Mr Raf over at Sustento gave me a heads up about Nabuur. In their own words Nabuur seeks to be; an online volunteering platform that links Neighbours (online volunteers) with Villages (local communities)…
I’ve always had the firm belief that all consultant were w^#$ers – charging lots of money for stating the obvious, living the fat cat life and doing nothing productive – yep when it comes to consultants I have a…
I’m sitting at Chennai airport waiting for my flight and I figured this was as good a time as any to reflect on my first visit to the sub-continent. India is a brutal lesson in the inequities that exist…
Over on Julian’s blog, J posted a pearler (that’s antipodean talk for a great post) Worlds shortest blog post – "How do you build a world class software product, compete with large players and grow an excellent, loyal user…