Andrew Nimick - Technology consultant Andrew is an independent technology consultant whose focus is what technology can do for business and finding the best tools for the job. Well it’s been a busy time. I have made my first appearance (that I know of) on national TV and this was really exciting as it was to represent a great programme that helps teach our youth about making good choices, staying safe and sex. Not More...

Andrew Nimick - Technology consultant Andrew is an independent technology consultant whose focus is what technology can do for business and finding the best tools for the job. As well as appearing on TV last week I attended an event called Cloud Camp in Auckland. This was an unconference. I have written about these before. It’s a very relaxed adult version of the school show and tell. This one was about the cloud. More...

Andrew Nimick - Technology consultant Andrew is an independent technology consultant whose focus is what technology can do for business and finding the best tools for the job. Well this week has been all a buzz with the launch and consequent criticism of Google Buzz. Buzz is Google’s social media platform – an attempt to play catch up with Facebook and Twitter, but actually more like Friendfeed (bought by More...

Andrew Nimick - Technology consultant Andrew is an independent technology consultant whose focus is what technology can do for business and finding the best tools for the job. I came across a very interesting and relevant article this morning, about online advertising. Advertising in all its forms has always held an interest for me. Comes of having a brother in the business, my sons and I are the world’s worst More...

Andrew Nimick - Technology consultant Andrew is an independent technology consultant whose focus is what technology can do for business and finding the best tools for the job. Some of our readers may remember that I wrote a post about the use of new phone technology for medical uses – www.sunlive.co.nz/11715a1.page It seems such technology would be a boon to aid workers in Haiti. I am going to have a look for More...

Andrew Nimick - Technology consultant Andrew is an independent technology consultant whose focus is what technology can do for business and finding the best tools for the job. Over in Vegas it is CES, Consumer Electronics Show. Wish I was there playing with the gadgets. One of the big undercurrents is the rise of US produced home media systems which are more computer system than high. I recently read a great post about More...

Andrew Nimick - Technology consultant Andrew is an independent technology consultant whose focus is what technology can do for business and finding the best tools for the job. A new year, a new decade. The web is awash with discussions about what were the technological highs and lows, ‘where are we going next?’ and other pundit driven ‘blah’. It is then picked up and repeated parrot fashion by More...

Andrew Nimick - Technology consultant Andrew is an independent technology consultant whose focus is what technology can do for business and finding the best tools for the job. Its nearly Christmas time, and for the first year we will not be buying Lego (sad). The requests this year are all of the electronic variety. Ipod, phone, xbox, that kind of thing.  If your teens are like mine they know what they want and do More...

According to a report from the US based Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), men are more susceptible to online scams than women. Men loose nearly twice as much money online. It seems men have their ego to blame and are suckered in by business investment schemes – making a quick buck. Investment fraud reports were mostly submitted by men and the average loss was a staggering US$3500. It also seems men are still falling for the Nigerian letter scam, loosing an average US$2000. This More...

Last Thursday I attended the New Zealand launch of Pingar, www.pingar.com, a search solution I have mentioned before. But this was not really another launch of a software application. It was the public launch of a vision; a vision of collaboration which puts the Bay at the heart of an international development and production. A vision which includes the University of Waikato, the University of Wales, Priority One, NZTE, AUT, Microsoft and Pingar.  The event was attended by the many More...