Insights Water Crisis & Water Tanks As part of our shift to avert the Auckland water crisis, have taken two affirmative steps. 1. Installed water tanks. 2. Purchased the domain watercrisis.nz and started ideation on connection points/planning document.
Development Vizor: Scan → Qualify → Read I attempted to code and design a tool where people could filter their news feed with speed. That was hard, I called it Vize.
Ventures Native Zone Native Zone is a digital place where Te Ao Māori worldview and concept of time is shared and promoted. There are three native zones: Māori stories - website native.zone that publishes stories
Production Te Pūtahi: Intersection of Western Science & Indigenous Science Te Pūtahi is a 12 episode series that interviews' scientists and experts to discuss Māori dimensions in research. Te Pūtahi asks how the research can be useful for Māori communities.
2020 Election Visualisation Simple visualisation of the latest Roy Morgan poll. Perhaps strategically the National Party and New Zealand First Party missed the opportunity to strengthen their Māori engagement and missing out on voters who would
Production King Wobular Tune Logic Pro X Here is some sound design and music work - a house tune with dubstep flavour.
Insights COVID19 Plan: Grow a Garden Really enjoyed building our garden end of March. Have a couple of time-lapse videos to share. We now eat carrots, spinach, bok-choy and save $300 to $600 per month.
Insights September & October Travels Here are some photos I took during September and October. Had a quick visit to Mauna Kea, Hawai'i and shooting in Kaiteriteri, New Zealand.
Imagine Coming Soon: Rona and the Moon (Episode 2) Rona and the Moon tells the story of Rona, a young woman who walks to the river at night to collect water in the moonlight.
Insights 5 Key Investment Criteria Silicon Valley's finest firm give their advice on key criteria they consider a venture investment opportunity.
Production First Look: Low Light Performance Fuji Film X-T30 So stoked with the low light performance of my new Fuji Film X-T30. Check out the photos I captured in very low light on variety of ISO. Exploring dynamic range on exposure, highlights and shadows in Lightroom.
Insights State of A.I and Machine Learning 2019 In January a friend asked me how long I expect to have a job (because machines are taking over) 😳. I didn't have a response but now I have more insight...
Insights Venture Spotlight: 28 June 19 I like supporting indie hackers. Here's a couple of awesome projects that independent coders/designers are making. If you like them, show your support by sharing on your social media, subscribing to the author and trying out their free plans.
Insights Ignite Your Innovation & Creativity Without creativity, innovation might just suck - since creativity plays such a major role in the process of innovation we can learn from other industries about innovation. Here are three things to foster innovation in your projects.
Imagine Episode 1: Matariki Exploring the stars of Matariki through the stories of Koro (Grand-Dad) and Nanny (Grand-Ma). What do the stars of Matariki mean? Why do we acknowledge Matariki?
Production Music: Theme for Imagine Stories for Kids Here is a composition for the introduction theme music for Imagine: Stories for Kids podcast. I am rather pleased with the strings (violin) and overall treatment. This composition was made and mixed in
Production New Logo Design: Imagine Ran with the new colour font/colour typeface trend for the imagine stories podcast.
Development Explorations in Interactive Video Get ready to be totally amazed for this ultra hard test of your skill, knowledge and speed. Which path do you choose? Take the test now.
Imagine About Imagine: Stories for Kids Imagine stories are myths, legends, new children's stories, poems and adventures from Oceania (Polynesia) that are adapted and retold by Kingi and friends. Everything is G rated and safe for all ages. If
Production Making of 'Matariki for Kids' This project started with a promise to help Takapuna Primary School for Matariki Māori New Year celebrations.
Development Vize: A Side Project Coding an experimental project where you can refine your search by using a simple slider. I think it's a pretty handy tool for refining your own knowledge network. The main concept is being
Ventures Navigator Navigator is an on-demand video delivery service focussing on native films only, the content can be viewed at anytime by anyone with a smartphone or computer.
Art Riuwaka Resurgence Working on a video project about the ancient Polynesian navigator-explorer 'Hui Te Rangiora' and had the pleasure to visit this wonderful hidden off the trail spot.
Insights Sentiment Analysis: Auckland Brand Very impressed with the 'Destination Think! 'report on the Auckland brand. You can read my quick personal summary here.