Actual reality
In Shenzhen, China, a Wellington-based digital agency is stepping into new territory, swapping its virtual pixels for materialised installations. Jihee Junn talks to Resn about expanding East, aesthetics, and virtual reality.
Dollars and sense
There’s no doubt that paying with a card – or, increasingly, a smartphone – is much more convenient than paying with paper and metal. But that lack of tangibility is also making it harder to teach children about the concept of money and engrain good financial habits. In honour of James Bergin's win in the young executive of the year category at the Deloitte Top 200 awards last night, here's a piece he wrote for Idealog recently about how ASB is using technology to help bridge that gap.
Idealog's Guide to Dunedin
With the increasingly influential iD Dunedin Fashion Week, a host of established and up-and-coming fashion brands basing themselves in the city, and a regular flow of talented students honing their craft, it could be argued Dunedin is the world’s southernmost fashion hub. And this reputation is adding to the city’s sense of optimism – and style.
Sports tech
New Zealanders love sport, and more than anything, they love excelling at it. A mix of good ol’ Kiwi ingenuity and grit in the sports arena has created an industry rich in innovation designed to improve player performance. Caitlin Salter laces up to investigate.
Idealog's Guide to Dunedin
Due to a combination of good luck and good planning, Dunedin’s economy is starting to grow—and diversify—after many years in the doldrums. Caitlin Salter looks at the city’s economic prospects and sees some positive signs.
Emerging Talent
Jessica-Belle Greer meets Dil Khosa, operations manager at Parrot Analytics, who sees a world of opportunity in the TV datasphere.
Innovation
Māori have a very long history of innovation. Now, as Suzanne Middleton discovers, the digital age is offering Māori businesses a whole new realm to explore.
Advice line
Idealog's agony aunt, David Downs, answers your burning questions about getting into the tech sector.
Failure
Does the Kiwi attitude to failure differ from other markets? Peter Thomson, the strategy director of design and innovation firm Richards Partners, thinks so. He shares some lessons from the big smoke.
Pop?
With a rise of angels investing in dreams of finding the next great unicorn, Jessica-Belle Greer asks: Is the current tech market too fantastical to be true?
Sponsored Content
Friction may seem like a bad thing when it comes to dealing with your bank. But, like Airbnb, Kiwibank is using friction in a positive way to give its customers better, more meaningful experiences.
Elevator pitch
We gave CityInsidr co-founder Matt Hockly-Holdich a little longer than an elevator ride to convince us the travel advisory startup could compete with giants like TripAdvisor and Lonely Planet.
Failure
Dr Smita Singh talks to Jihee Junn about the social stigma of entrepreneurial failure and how best to deal with it.
Aviation innovation
Innovators are often guilty of searching for solutions before identifying problems; of finding gaps in the market, without being sure if there’s a market in the gap. But, as Ben Fahy discovers, Air New Zealand can’t be accused of that and, in many cases, its clever use of technology is providing answers to a range of customer concerns, some voiced, some not.
Failure
Silicon Valley renaissance man Gary Bolles on what we can learn from the Valley’s acceptance of failure as a necessary part of eventual success.
Trippy
After decades of disappointed expectations, virtual reality has, if the wave of hardware options and burgeoning content libraries is anything to go by, finally entered the mainstream. But, as we march into the brave new world of VR, those same old questions remain: what consumer applications are actually available right now? How much is going to cost? And, will VR ever really live up to the hype?
Sponsored post
Fintech startups are popping up like mushrooms, the big tech players are all eyeing up your money, and customers are demanding better digital experiences from their banks. Kiwibank is all too aware that disruption is looming, so it has adapted its approach to development and is banking on partnerships.
The Idea Log
Hi, I’m the Idea Log, Idealog's spirit 'animal'. Did you know wood products are New Zealand’s third biggest export earner? You did? Well, given your surprising knowledge of our industry sectors, you’ll also know that it is a low value commodity. And speaking as a log, it’s also murderous and barbaric. So I’m here to propose a few new high-value ideas to help get our country’s A into GDP. This time, remarkably innovative, potentially cash-spewing apps (and remember, entries for the NZ Innovation Awards close on Friday at 5pm. Rest assured, I'm entering all of these brilliant ideas in the mobile, media and entertainment category and all my previous brilliant ideas in the food and beverage category).
Idealog's Guide to Dunedin
Tyranny of distance? Pffffffttt. Architecture van Brandenburg is one of many Dunedin companies that are doing world-class work from the deep south—and technology is making it even easier to work with international clients.
Idealog's Guide to Dunedin
There are a host of reasons to consider a shift to Dunedin. Some recent additions tell us theirs.
Idealog's Guide to Dunedin
As someone who grew up in Invercargill, spent five formative years expanding/eroding my mind at the University of Otago and, then, after a short jaunt overseas, returned home and got my first proper job as a feature writer at the Otago Daily Times, I will always have a soft spot for Dunedin.
Failure
Do investors run scared when they hear about a founder’s failure, or are battle scars seen as a positive? Is a good idea more attractive than an adaptable team? And are New Zealanders ‘failure tolerant’ enough? Caitlin Salter talks to the experts.
Failure
When it comes to business, Kiwis may not be flightless, just afraid to fly, says Sara McFall.
Failure
As the old saying goes, everyone loves a trier. But with triers inevitably come failers – and what happens when they’re not viewed so graciously? Are would-be triers put off? Are growth and development restrained? Anna Bradley-Smith digs into the data.
Failure
It might seem odd that Callaghan Innovation would want to embrace failure. Surely we would want the businesses we support to succeed? The answer is that we certainly do, but innovation is inherently risky, and some failure is an inevitable by-product of that risk.
Failure
Business success is a wiggly line.
Cover story
How Idealog, Resn, Bend and Spark brought the cover of our just-released Technology Issue to life.
