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Barnesian logic

By Matt Cooney, 2010-09-10 09:36:58

Collaboration Glen Barnes takes iPhones on tour

Insanely greater

By Matt Cooney, 2010-09-09 10:39:18

Mark Pesce is a longtime Apple user and a dedicated futurist and technologist, so you’d think he’s seen it all. But the iPad, he reckons, is something altogether different.

Radiohead: For the fans, by the fans

By Lynda Brendish, 2010-09-07 12:44:19 | 1 comment

One of the first bands to embrace file-sharing with the release of its pay-what-you-want album In Rainbows, Radiohead is again engaging with its fans by supplying a free audio master of its Prague 2009 concert for a fan-driven project.  

The idea was for a variety of concert-goers to film the concert in HD from different angles within the audience.  The footage was edited together with the audio master, and has now been made available for free download in formats for the iPad, YouTube and HD Quicktime, with a Blu-Ray version promised.  

The result is a concert film that actually puts you in the audience - the  next best thing to seeing Radiohead live. 

Where in the world is my oyster?

By Dwight Whitney, 2010-09-03 15:05:26

If your enterprise is up and running and you haven’t yet cast your eyes offshore, it’s time to get with the programme..

Do what you will with that bear

By Matt Cooney, 2010-09-03 09:53:15 | 2 comments

This is really clever: what looks like a typical YouTube video turns out to be anything but. And don’t worry, other than a bit of coarse language, it is work-safe—if you want it to be, anyway.

Fill your boots

By Cassie Doherty, 2010-08-31 12:15:05

Are you guilty of using unnecessary—and pretentious—business jargon? It doesn't make you seem any cleverer, you know, but some of us just can't help it: paradigm, mindshare, blue-sky thinking, granularity, calendarise, and even stupid expressions like 'open the kimono' and 'boil the ocean'. Unsuck-it can help you stop with the buzzwords (or at least find some new ones to annoy your co-workers). Go on, drink the Kool-Aid ...

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Dougal Watt @ TechNZ

By Vincent Heeringa, 2010-08-25 09:48:09

Dougal Watt is IBM’s chief cheese of innovation, and normally that would make him a happy chap. But IBM and University of Auckland combined efforts to create New Zealand's first Innovation Index and the results, well, let Dougal explain …

Semi-Snapshot: Nick Roope gets noisy

By Design Daily Team, 2010-08-24 09:27:00

Semi-Permanent He's the tallest person we interviewed at Semi-Permanent and he also had the best shoes. Nicolas Roope, of Antirom and Poke fame, shares his social media wisdom and tells us why interesting ideas are no longer good enough.

Hit the big time

By Cassie Doherty, 2010-08-23 15:18:01

Got the mid-winter blues, stuck in a rut, don't know where your life is going? Don't worry: this could be Your Big Year. A worldwide competition that's part of the UK's Global Entrepreneurship Week in November, Your Big Year's extremely lucky winner will embark on a 12-month, all-expenses-paid tour of the world, meeting celebrities and entrepreneurs, learning new skills and rolling up their sleeves for some volunteer work. Attend a conference in New York, take a limo ride in Vegas, learn photography in Africa, scuba dive in Australia, teach English in Ecuador, visit the Taj Mahal ... The aim is to encourage global citizenship and social responsibility through entrepreneurship. Whatever: it would sure beat surfing the net, watching telly and wondering how long till Labour Weekend.

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Semi-Snapshot: Jessica Hische and her crazy Uncle

By Deirdre Robert, 2010-08-20 17:37:40

Semi-Permanent As unassuming and down to earth in person as she was in her presentation, illustrator and typographer Jessica Hische reveals to Design Daily her master plan for getting 50% off Karen Walker gear and tells us why sociology and psychology are deeply embedded in her illustrations.

Semi Snapshot

By Design Daily Team, 2010-08-20 15:47:36

Semi-Permanent Semi-Permanent is in full artistic and creative swing, and it couldn't have got off to a better start than with typographer and artist Jessica Hische, who wowed the crowd with her works and words, and also made them laugh more than a few times. We spoke with Semi attendees during a break to find out their highlights so far and who they're most amped about seeing.

The hidden side of everything

By Matt Cooney, 2010-08-19 12:29:45

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfC-ZHJ4A5U

Here’s the trailer for the film version of Freakonomics—bound to be a summer blockbuster, in the Idealog offices anyway. It looks like it’s out on iTunes before it’s in cinemas; perhaps they’ll even release it globally then. Now that would be freaky.

The bottom line

By Vincent Heeringa, 2010-08-18 10:40:49

Continuing on with our coverage of TechNZ’s Innovation Forum, we talk to Stephen Tindall to find out more about his venture capital company, K1W1. The company has been pioneering an array of clean tech ventures, most notably with Lanzatech who recently secured a deal to work with China’s largest steel and iron conglomerate, Baosteel, and the prestigious Chinese Academy of Sciences, to commercialise its fuel ethanol producing technology.

Tindall discusses the business case for clean tech, describing it as a double win—why not use capital and innovation to clean up waste and combat global warming, and make some money at the same time?

The insanely great date

By Esther Goh, 2010-08-13 09:27:49

Events CreativeTech, a forum devoted to all things Apple, is heading to Auckland next month—and we have a brilliant prize pack to give away including a one-day pass.