Posts by Sacha
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OnPoint: Election 2011: GO!, in reply to Matthew Poole,
It would be poor investment management to plonk lots of KS dollars into NZ just because it's an NZ-based fund
Which however is Key's policy from the last election for the Cullen fund, I note.
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Hard News: "Orderly transition" in #Egypt, in reply to giovanni tiso,
we can't move on from that detail
I disagree. Of course the communication/social technology is only a tool and it's far from the most important thing going on, but the issue of whether it's a significantly different tool than shoe leather and leaflets seems relevant (and topical given Gladwell's argument) and it warrants at least a smidgen of conversation. And I'd say this community's geekery ensures that we've done that.
I don't want to be the one who keeps harping on the thing that I complain is being harped on about.
Quite
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Al Jazeera's Dan Nolan tweets:
Down in Tahrir the crowds chant "The army, the people are one" Some soldiers reply "We are with u we are with u" Amazing scenes!!!
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Hard News: Because it's about time we…, in reply to recordari,
a priori knowledge bro
part of the family
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I guess it's a relevant question then what the *rating agencies* think help economies live within their means and grow. Any deviation from the neolib consensus?
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OnPoint: Election 2011: GO!, in reply to Matthew Poole,
We can have all the smart, inspired SMEs you can handle
To be clear, I'm not being cynical. I really do want to see more of that sort of message to the world - but backed by actual arangements that sustainably support the story so it's not hot air. This place has such tremendous potential.
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Today's new entrant - the Ministry of Science and Innovation.
Perhaps someone could tell them that grey on grey breaches the government's web standards and makes their taxpayer-funded content hard to read.
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OnPoint: Election 2011: GO!, in reply to Matthew Poole,
Right now, NZ is not really working towards this innovative future in any great way.
Here's the official glass half full response to that.
"Entrepreneurs are the life blood of New Zealand's economy. We have more than 470,000 small businesses run by smart, inspired Kiwis with mindsets that operate without boundaries," said Marta Mager, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE), Regional Director, Americas. "New Zealand is one of the most innovative, creative, technologically advanced and internationally competitive countries in the world."
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Hard News: "Orderly transition" in #Egypt, in reply to Andre Alessi,
where the medium hasn't had the overt connotations of viral information spread
That's the crux of the Gladwell vs Shirky take - beyond perception, do these new forms of technologised social organisation actually allow tangibly different action?
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Hard News: "Orderly transition" in #Egypt, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
keying text on an iPhone with an AK47 in the other hand
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