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Idealog—in the ideas business

  • Our insatiable appetite for data and devices

    2012-01-19 11:56:02 // // The Idealog Blog
    The recession won’t stop consumers demanding record numbers of smartphones, tablets and wireless technology, according to Deloitte’s Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Predictions 2012.
  • A spot of global crystal ball gazing

    2012-01-16 09:56:47 // // The Idealog Blog
    Some trends to keep an eye out for this year – and over the longer term.
  • IBM bets on mind-reading and smarter data

    2011-12-21 11:41:21 // // The Idealog Blog
    Mind-reading a possibility, junk mail a priority and the use of facial and retina scans to access information – according to IBM, in five years not only will all of this be possible but it will also be the social norm.
  • Digital boffins tip more fun and games for 2012

    2011-12-14 13:57:55 //
    This time of year always prompts us to look back on the 12 months that was – and do a spot of crystal ball gazing.
  • Forget voice and video, data is where it's at

    2011-12-12 09:48:14 // // The Idealog Blog
    TelstraClear head Allan Freeth says telcos must move toward providing tailored services as the data explosion gains momentum.
  • Facebook monopolises Kiwi attention, but MySpace falls off radar

    2011-12-09 16:00:28 // // The Idealog Blog
    Facebook has captured the hearts (and time) of Kiwis – but MySpace has disappeared off our radars completely.
  • Kiwi expats seeking jobs back home

    2011-12-07 13:12:09 // | 2 comments
    More than a quarter of highly-educated, well-connected Kiwis working abroad are looking to return home.
  • Don't forget about the humans

    2011-11-29 10:12:06 // // The Idealog Blog | 2 comments
    It doesn’t matter how fast technology advances – there’s always someone at the end with a hand on the cable, according to Mike Walsh.
  • Sign of the times: Tablets, e-books added to government CPI basket

    2011-10-11 09:37:56 //
    Tablet computers, external computer hard drives and e-books have been added to the CPI basket for the first time.
  • 'I don’t think it’s crazy to ask if your CEO is the next Mubarak'

    2011-09-12 10:46:57
    Is the Arab Spring is making way for a corporate spring? According to Forbes' David Kirkpatrick, this points to a bright future for business and society globally.
  • Out of our minds

    2010-10-07 06:00:00 // // Idealog #29: features | 1 comment
    Companies used to merely yell at us: buy this! Now they want to know what’s inside our heads (and a hand with their marketing, please). But Jehan Casinader sounds a warning—most brands just aren’t worth the conversation.
  • Northern exposure

    2010-04-01 07:43:05 // // Idealog #26: features
    As Yogi Berra once said, “You can observe a lot by watching.” Dean Poole and Ben Corban, co-founders of Alt Group, would agree. On a European jaunt to pick up a coveted grand prix prize at the red dot design awards, they kept a detailed travelogue. Here are their top five observations and predictions for the year ahead.
  • Taking Webstock

    2009-12-11 09:58:45 // // Idealog #25: interact | 1 comment
    Webstock 2010 is nearly upon us. Webstock’s senior VPs reflect on past glories—and those yet to come.
  • Some percentage pure

    2009-11-13 09:57:54 // // The Idealog Blog :: The Idealist
    Well, this was only a matter of time: Guardian columnist takes a quick look at our green credentials and doesn’t like what he sees. “My prize for the most shameless two fingers to the global community goes to New Zealand, a country that sells itself round the world as ‘clean and green’.”
  • Spending on stuff we like

    2009-11-11 16:24:16 // // Idealog #24: workshop
    Kiwis still aren’t spending much—but at least we’re having more fun with our money.
  • The big questions

    2009-11-04 11:46:04 // // Idealog #24: workshop | 4 comments
    The sequel to Freakonomics does not disappoint.
  • Don’t fear the reaper

    2009-10-06 16:31:11 // // Idealog #23: celsias
    John Key is doing his best to scythe sustainability from the government dictionary—and maybe he’s right. The S-word has baggage. It's about disagreement, good and bad science, frugality and fear. Chris Tobias suggests how to move beyond the arguments.
  • Free thinking

    2009-10-02 11:23:14 // // Idealog #23: features | 5 comments
    We pay for the Herald, but not for its website; we’ll give money to Sky while we let the state-owned TVNZ struggle. As business thinkers proclaim the age of the free and Rupert Murdoch heads a fightback, Matt Cooney asks if we really know the value of a dollar. Plus keep on giving.
  • Mind the bollocks

    2009-09-25 08:57:33 // // Idealog #23: celsias | 1 comment
    Johnny Rotten once mocked the Queen; today he saves his sneer for New Zealand butter. Our key export markets are increasingly in the grip of environmental and social activism, led by a virtuous circle of consumers and supermarkets. Some Kiwi exporters are on to this rapidly growing and mutating phenomenon. Others, Mike Booker discovers, haven’t a clue.
  • Walk the walk

    2009-09-11 10:02:11 // // Idealog #23: features
    It’s 30 years since the release of the Sony Walkman. Matt Suddain tracks the evolution of portable music—and the complaints of those who wish it would go away.
  • The Conversation

    2009-08-07 12:59:25 // // Idealog #22: features | 3 comments
    Nobody believes business anymore. So who’s in control of your brand? It’s all of us. Here’s how the truth has been democratised, distributed and Google-optimised. It’s goodbye to the mass message and welcome to The Conversation.
  • The plunge

    2009-07-28 10:26:21 // // The Idealog Blog | 11 comments
    Barry Colman invited a firestorm when he announced that the NBR would stop publishing all its content online for free, and instead would save some of its material for paid subscribers. A week later, how’s he doing?
  • Adult industry

    2009-06-15 08:48:48 // // Idealog #21: workshop
    Asleep on the job? Perhaps that’s a sign of a productive workplace
  • Bigger in Texas

    2009-06-08 08:49:55 // // Idealog #21: workshop
    Kiwi acts get a big reception at SXSW. If only they had a bigger venue
  • Hail the Twitterer-in-Chief

    2009-04-06 11:35:14 // // Idealog #20: workshop
    Learning from the methods that unlocked the White House
  • The rise of the smartocracy

    2009-03-27 11:29:58 // // Idealog #21: features | 3 comments
    Of all the differences between people, one factor has a greater bearing on income than any other: intelligence. And IQ scores show that each generation is getting smarter. examines the rise of the smartocracy
  • Work with Gen C

    2009-03-16 10:36:40 // // Idealog #20: workshop
    Surely there’s never been a generation quite so headstrong, self-centred, clever and so demanding?
  • Long tail politics

    2009-01-14 08:44:15 // // Idealog #19: workshop
    Shining a light on a creeping trend
  • More true rings

    2009-01-06 13:08:59 // Idealog #19: now
    The 40th anniversary re-release of iconic, experimental jewellery designs
  • Reunited

    2008-12-19 14:28:20 // // Idealog #19: workshop
    And it feels so good
  • Is fair trade a fad?

    2008-05-16 10:35:57 // // Idealog #15: features
    New Zealand has the fastest-growing fair trade market in the world, but as corporates like Starbucks catch the Fair Trade bandwagon, savvy advocates of ethical consumerism can see a day when the goodwill is gone. By Jehan Casinader
  • Play hard

    2008-02-20 09:12:38 // // Idealog #13: workshop
    Kiwi game developers are getting bigger—by creating smaller thrills
  • Profit motif

    2008-02-13 12:27:49 // // Idealog #13: workshop | 1 comment
    A new kind of philanthropy says it’s wrong to lose money
  • Studies of the super-rich

    2007-12-12 14:53:07 // // Idealog #13: workshop
    Explaining Oprah, Bill Gates and Richard Branson
  • Tribal counsel

    2007-07-18 23:00:00 // // Idealog #10: features
    Two Wellingtonians have written a guide to the dreams, desires and dislikes of our fellow Kiwis, using well-known cities, towns and suburbs to identify our ‘tribes’. Gena Tuffery reckons she learned a lot reading 8 Tribes (but then she would say that—she’s apparently a Grey Lynn gal)