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“An MIT engineer has founded a mechanical engineering company named Rethink...”
– The digital revolution is destroying jobs faster than it is creating them. But wait … there’s more… snippets from Schulz’s review of Brynjolfsson & McAfee, 2011. The Taiwanese electronics-manufacturing giant Foxconn, which makes products such as the iPhone, has...
May 6th
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Andrew McAfee: Are droids taking our jobs? Robots and algorithms are getting good a jobs like building cars, writing articles, translating — jobs that once required a human. So what will we humans do for work? Andrew McAfee walks through recent labor data to say: We ain’t seen nothing yet. But then he steps back to look at big history, and comes up with a surprising and even thrilling...
May 6th
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“He had the habit of travelling between Oxford and Bournemouth, where he often...”
– Chaordic creativity from J R R Tolkien, creator of Middle Earth, author of the novels “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings”. Note: Baillie Tolkien is the wife of Christopher Tolkien, J R R Tolkien’s son. Source: Rérolle, R. (2012, December 5). My Father’s...
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Alan Turing's Pilot Ace computer - video →
Built in the 1950s and one of the Science Museum’s 20th century icons, The Pilot Ace “automatic computing engine” was the world’s first general purpose computer.
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April 2013
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The The Digital Promise: The new program taking...
I suspect the failure to deploy technology for learning in education that the following analysis identifies for the US is equally pertinent to New Zealand. Although some initiatives  are ‘on the right track’, we run the risk of being run over by a faster, bigger ‘train’ of technology driven by new technology-sophisticated competitors, such as Korea and Singapore. In...
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ListenEchoes of War: Songs by Butterworth and Housman...
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The shot felt ‘round the world I anticipated this movie was going to be yet another doco about the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, leading to the start of World War I in 1914. Instead, I enjoyed a most informative, prize-winning documentary about the research lead by Jonas Salk to develop an effective vaccine for the dreadful disease of polio. For a brief period during my university studies...
Apr 9th
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Romain Gavras / Samsung / Charge A video bricolage filmed just over the hills where I live. A typical Westie neighbourhood! “South Korean electronics giant Samsung has used a portion of its enormous ad budget to film a TVC in New Zealand, featuring in its latest global ad campaign. Filmed at Bethells Beach in Auckland, the video shows a stampede of elves, Maori warriors, gangsters, sled...
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March 2013
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“Most teachers waste their time by asking questions which are intended to...”
– Albert Einstein, cited by Steve Markoff, on LinkedIn
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ListenCreating the A Plus Assignment: A Project...
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“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument,...”
– Colin Powell, and today’s Fresh Tracks, Inc.™ AM Fuel    (via freshtracksinc)
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February 2013
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November 2012
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ListenAuf Dem Wasser Zu Singen Sung by Peter...
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“It is sometimes claimed that students are graded by universities in the same way...”
– A P Ratensis. Opening quote in Wainwright, C. (1977). The degree merchants: inside the New Zealand university system. Stockton House. I would suggest that Ratensis confuses inputs and output in his assertion. The output measures of an egg’s ‘size’ and ‘freshness’ are...
Nov 16th
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““For a business person, the numbers are the measure of success. If we don’t...”
– Yves Bastien, President Sanofi–Synthelabo, Canada Cited in the programme for Ci2012 · Creative Innovation 2012. (n.d.). Retrieved November 5, 2012, from http://www.creativeinnovationglobal.com.au/Ci2012/ Related articles Sanofi Halves Price of Drug After Sloan-Kettering Balks at Paying It...
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“The National-led Government has been “charged” with ecocide for...”
– Isaac, I. D. I. E. (2012, November 9). Govt’s diluted ETS branded “ecocide.” New Zealand Herald. Retrieved from http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10846094 Comment Clearly the Minister Williamson and his colleagues are unmoved by: Munich Re study shows that North...
Nov 8th
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Expatriate US voters discuss their voting...
Members of the American Club of New Zealand (Auckland) and their friends join to watch the final hours of the count-up of votes for the 2012 US presidential election. Event hosted by the Revelry Bar, Ponsonby. Soundtrack: TV3 news reporter Jono Hutchinson interviews New Zealand based US voters. They discuss their reasons for voting for the Democrat incumbent, President Barak Obama....
Nov 6th
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October 2012
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Is "Hire a consultant" an acceptable...
Ford assembly line, 1913. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I’m thinking about this issue: Some of my operations management students take the view that they shouldn’t need to be able to demonstrate competency utilising the formulae for inventory, queuing, and assembly line balancing problems (for example). Or creating a spreadsheet to calculate using the formulae. “I’d hire a...
Oct 31st
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“A new study by Munich Re shows that North America has been most affected by...”
–  North America most affected by increase in weather-related natural catastrophes. (2012, October 17). Munich Re. Retrieved November 1, 2012, from http://www.munichre.com/en/media_relations/press_releases/2012/2012_10_17_press_release.aspx Related articles Huricane Sandy: Costs to come. (2012,...
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Gallup expands StrengthsFinder offerings: now... →
“Strengths coaches, enthusiasts, clients, and teams can now receive their complete Strengths profile, with all 34 themes in rank order. Gallup has never before offered individual users the rank order of all 34 themes. As of today, this is available to all, along with new learning materials to help groups around the world make the most of what strengths has to offer. Individuals who already...
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