Tagged: IT

The public has a vital role to play in preventing future cyber attacks - Guest Work

Guest Author • Apr 20, 2018 •

• AI,
• artificial intelligence,
• Atlanta,
• Australia,
• cyberattack,
• education,
• firewall,
• government,
• hackers,
• human resources,
• infrastructure,
• IT,
• New York,
• Russia,
• secure,
• UK,
• USA

Sandeep Gopalan, Deakin University This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Up to 400 Australian organisations may have been snared in a massive hacking incident detailed today. The attack, allegedly engineered by the Russian government, targeted millions of government and private sector machines globally via devices such as routers, … Read More

We should learn to work with robots and not worry about them taking our jobs - Guest Work

Guest Author • Feb 21, 2018 •

• AI,
• artificial intelligence,
• Big Data,
• computer hardware,
• craft,
• Human,
• IT,
• marketing,
• PC,
• productivity,
• programming,
• robots,
• sales,
• security,
• technology,
• web design

David Tuffley, Griffith University This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. We have all heard the dire predictions about robots coming to steal our jobs. Some would even have us believe these silicon bogeymen are coming to kill us. It plays straight into people’s darkest fears about technology. When … Read More

Do Kiwis have a certain je ne sais quoi with regard to Startup Weekends – or is that wishful thinking? - Stick

Peter Kerr • May 05, 2015 •

• contract writer,
• development,
• entrepreneur,
• George Smith,
• Glass Jar,
• high tech,
• IT,
• Sciblogs,
• start-up,
• Startup Weekend,
• writer for hire

Having been lucky enough to be around a couple of startup things in the past few weeks – I’ll take the opportunity to reflect. The first occasion was a Skype interview at Wellington’s Creative HQ with George Smith, the founder … Continue reading → … Read More

OS//OS = OS - Stick

Peter Kerr • Apr 13, 2015 •

• cloud computing,
• contract writer,
• Github,
• high tech,
• innovation,
• IT,
• open source,
• Open Source Open Society,
• Sciblogs,
• writer for hire

The OS//OS (Open Source//Open Society) conference has got itself a new definition – at least for the OS bit. OVER SOLD! What a great problem to have. But maybe the organisers had a cunning plan up their sleeve, because they’ve … Continue reading → … Read More

Open for thinking, open for participation, open for collaboration - Stick

Peter Kerr • Apr 02, 2015 •

• cloud computing,
• contract writer,
• enspiral,
• entrepreneur,
• Github,
• high tech,
• innovation,
• IT,
• open source,
• Open Source Open Society,
• Sciblogs,
• Wellington,
• writer for hire

The name of the two day Wellington conference on Thursday and Friday 16/17 April says it all. Open Source//Open Society (OS//OS). As a digital immigrant who has, without sometimes knowing why, gone down he android path for my devices, I’m … Continue reading → … Read More

Bringing Biggs to the party an inspired move - Stick

Peter Kerr • Oct 29, 2014 •

• contract writer,
• entrepreneur,
• high tech,
• innovation,
• IT,
• Peter Biggs,
• Sciblogs,
• start-up,
• university,
• Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency,
• WREDA,
• writer for hire

The appointment of Peter Biggs as inaugural chairman of the new Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency, is an inspired bargain. I briefly dealt with ‘Biggsy’ as he is commonly known, in a former life. My observation is that he’s great … Continue reading → … Read More

Of course nobody notices – there’s no photo opportunity! - Stick

Peter Kerr • Oct 07, 2014 •

• Catalyst IT,
• cloud computing,
• contract writer,
• Don Christie,
• entrepreneur,
• high tech,
• innovation,
• IT,
• Nicolas Erdody,
• Open Parallel,
• Sciblogs,
• SKA,
• square kilometre array,
• writer for hire

Naturally it has escaped the attention of mainstream media… But, the fact is that two Kiwi IT companies are still in, and contributing to, the world’s largest IT project – the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope. (See a press … Continue reading → … Read More

Local, thinks global and quickly gets asked if it is for sale - Stick

Peter Kerr • Jul 02, 2014 •

• cloud computing,
• contract writer,
• entrepreneur,
• high tech,
• innovation,
• IT,
• John-Daniel Trask,
• Mindscape,
• NZ Entrepreneur Club,
• Sciblogs,
• writer for hire

  Many Kiwis struggle to appreciate the size of the global internet market, and how to tap into it says John-Daniel Trask. The co-founder of Wellington-based Mindscape (“We build fantastic tools for developers”) recently spoke at the NZ Entrepreneur Club. … Continue reading → … Read More

A buried treat in WordPress’s Terms of Service - Stick

Peter Kerr • Jun 26, 2014 •

• Automattic,
• cloud computing,
• contract writer,
• entrepreneur,
• high tech,
• innovation,
• IT,
• Matt Mullenweg,
• open source,
• Sciblogs,
• Wordpress,
• writer for hire

It’s in keeping with the spirit of WordPress that its Terms of Service are simple, freely available to be repurposed by others, and, the tiniest bit quirky. WordPress co-founder, and part owner of its tech-tools parent Automattic, Matt Mullenweg, pointed … Continue reading → … Read More

Lightning Lab II grows up – will its offspring make it to adolescence? - Stick

Peter Kerr • Jun 03, 2014 •

• Angel investment,
• cloud computing,
• contract writer,
• development,
• entrepreneur,
• innovation,
• IT,
• Lightning Lab,
• Market validation,
• Nicolai Thomson,
• private equity,
• Sciblogs,
• start-up,
• Te Papa,
• Wellington,
• writer for hire

  Anyone that’s been around young children will appreciate there’s a heck of a difference between a one year old and a two year old. A similar comparison is valid with Lightning Lab II, which last week had nine of … Continue reading → … Read More