It's been a long time coming as w catch up with our friend Mauricio Freitas (@freitasm) from Geekzone for another System Error session. Topics of the day: Why movie sequels are crap? DVD’s vs streaming services? Whats happened to Twitter? The Microsoft Linkedin acquisition ISP issues continue… Bonus: Amazon gave their user some money back. ------------------------------------------------------ We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a s...
Jun 27, 2016•27 min
Dave Moskovitz (@davemosk) is well known in the start up scene and has been an enabler in the community for many years. We discuss many things including our tech culture, diversity, the community, immigration and what traits you need to succeed in business. We go through the evolution of Start Up Weekend and the principles that can be applied to all business – including failing! We ran out of time in this this episode and so we will definitely have Dave back on to continue his story. -----------...
Jun 14, 2016•40 min
We talk to Graham Mann (@greevis) from Welman Technologies and Mike During from GuestFolder. Welman are one of the original “startups” from the late 90’s who carved out an early niche in accommodation industry. Now they have teamed up with Mike During to create GuestFolder. We also discuss the apps they are creating to help users with accommodation and service. Both Mike and Graham have a rich and varied history in tech, we dive into how they do what they do. We even get some sage advice from Gr...
Jun 07, 2016•43 min
Mike talks to Sinead Boucher (@sineadboucher) from Fairfax as she explains the role journalism plays in the wider media landscape (including print and the steady transition to digital). Sinead also outlines her UK OE and what she brought back to New Zealand from the news publications moving to digital in those the early online ages. Listen as Sinead also shares some cool “war stories” from days gone by and journalism before the digital era :) AND, we also find out Stuff.co.nz could have been cal...
May 31, 2016•46 min
Francesca Jago (@fjjournalist) from Get Ahead Media runs video production courses for businesses and professionals on how to create broadcast-quality videos using smartphones, and promote them using social media. We talk about the shift from the "pros" producing video content for companies to every day smartphone users creating content for themselves. Francesca explains how this is possible and even gets Mike excited about creating his own content. -----------------------------------------------...
Apr 19, 2016•28 min
We speak with Mel Langlotz and Amie Wolken from Geo AR Games (@GeoArGames), creating 'augmented reality games' for kids! We chat about the journey from inception, going to Chile to be part of an international start up incubator, then back in NZ where they are currently going though the Lighting Lab XX programme. Geo AR Games is leading the charge in "geospatial augmented reality", an innovative new concept that combines the great outdoors with mobile gaming. View architectural wonders, play capt...
Apr 04, 2016•25 min
Jessica Venning-Bryan (@jvenningbryan) has spent almost 15 years advising organisations on how to engage people with their products and services. From beer to wind farms, elections to employment. We discuss working for the Govt, PR (Sweeney Vesty), Saatchi & Saatchi and ways to communicate information depending on your audience. Now at Flick Electric – where she is part of a team that is growing fast and taking on the power industry. Flick uses a client portal that uses rich data to explain ...
Mar 29, 2016•48 min
Nick Williamson (@mashmatix), for the last 20 years, has forged his career working at the intersection of Planning, Surveying, Law, and Spatial Science. Much of that time has been spent in and around local government, although he spends a lot of time talking to ‘ordinary people’ working to bring disruption, creativity and community to many projects (eg, Kamo Place Race (TEDxChristchurch talk) and Place As A Service with Te Karanga). We also welcome back Anna Guenther (@where_is_anna), CEO from P...
Mar 22, 2016•47 min
Rollo Wenlock (@RolloWenlock) CEO and founder of Wipster dives into the freelance world of film making, failing fast and onto developing a creative web platform - from "Video Boy" to "Video Man". It is fascinating to hear Rollo discuss how he views running a business is a lot like an orchestra, comprised of many instruments working together, not just a lone jazz flute. And of curse we cover the recently announced Wipster / Vimeo partnership but also the work they are doing with Adobe, at which p...
Mar 14, 2016•45 min
Dean Gowans and Regan Ryan, co-founders of Embrium and both from the energy sector, have created systems used throughout the power industry as we talk about legacy tech/approaches that you know, one day, you need to let go of, "... and when you do it is refreshing". We also cover creating your own hardware to work with your software and the Internet of Things. During our chat we felt an earthquake (welcome to NZ overseas listeners) which had us discussing their quake stories and monitoring apps....
Mar 07, 2016•36 min
This week we talk to Sandy Mamoli and David Mole from Nomad 8. We talk Agile, working with Trade Me and their new book "Creating great teams", a book about self selection – which is a way for people to pick the teams they want to work in, within an organisation. This process highlights who your members prefer to work with and how their relationships develop over time. ------------------------------------------------------ We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social med...
Mar 01, 2016•38 min
This week we talk to Troy Hammond from Talent Army. He's a not your typical recruiter. He tells us why he decided to hang up the suit for a pair of jandals and start his own recruitment business specialising in startups. Troy has a unique perspective to the recruitment process and the industry itself. ------------------------------------------------------ We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in...
Feb 22, 2016•50 min
This is a quick note to let you know that we are back in action and can't wait to start the year. We have new music, artwork and a bunch of cool stories to tell this year! ------------------------------------------------------ We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch! Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj Khushal (@nzR...
Feb 16, 2016•2 min
Wow what an amazing year, we met many great people with awesome stories to tell, this week we go through some golden moments from the past year. Have a fun break and see you all here next year. ------------------------------------------------------ We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch! Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things d...
Dec 21, 2015•1 hr 3 min
Emma Woods (@codingcockatoo) is our final guest for 2015 and what a fantastic end to our season it is. Emma takes us through how she went from burlesque dancer to one of the designers helping Provoke at their Wellington office deliver bespoke solutions for their customers. AND, like others we talked to, she is a great role model for those that decide they want to change career, researched online about coding and made it happen leading to her first paying position – do it people! ----------------...
Dec 09, 2015•45 min
What an amazing gathering of Tech, media, and Start up people! We had a vision of having a party where many people could connect and have fun. So we got together with Geekzone and Hack Miramar and came up with our end of year/christmas party – #WellyTech. Mayor Celia Wade Brown started off proceedings talking about the great hub we have here in Wellington. Hack Miramar organised a collaboration exercise that had everyone involved in creating a presentation of what their vision of the future of t...
Dec 06, 2015•12 min
This week we speak to Amelia Laundy (@amelialaundy) web dev in the API team at Trade Me. We talk about her journey coming to NZ and working and learning in the tech space in NZ. She spend time at the Dev Academy as a student and then later as a teacher. We also discuss the "Open Salary" process... ------------------------------------------------------ We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in tou...
Nov 30, 2015•35 min
This week we speak to Brenda "I'm a Rails dev, but don't tell my friends" Wallace (@BR3NDA) who, having got her first computer at one, has grown up with computers all her life (just like a millennial). We talk about tinkering with home automation, open source, Y2K, mobile language, hacking and working at Catalyst, Weta Digital and Rabid. We also chat about a new acquisition at Rabid called OSH Park, wearable tech and its applications. ------------------------------------------------------ We sha...
Nov 23, 2015•45 min
Kendall Flutey (@kendallflutey) from Banqer, an online banking system for the classroom where kids learn about many aspects of financial literacy. Kendall came from an accounting background, saw a need and jumped into development of Banqer. ------------------------------------------------------ We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch! Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explainin...
Nov 17, 2015•48 min
aurynn shaw (@contraurnnian) from Eiara is one of those people we have long time admired from afar for her honesty, strength and passions. We talk photography, moving countries, working for Weta Digital, writing code and what's the default human?! During this chat it was a revelation to hear how hard it can for devops and how Aurynn went through it and out to the other side. Oh, and she challenges Mike big time and that’s why we are definitely working on having aurynn as a regular on the show, f...
Nov 10, 2015•56 min
This week we talk to Rod Drury (@roddrury) starting with paddle boards and how Rod started in the industry with Microsoft Access and Visual Basic apps before 'why Aftermail' and then, of course, Xero. We cover youth employment/grad programmes and how they can help grow the industry via the small business that are customers of Xero. Rod asks what do you do after you make it big – "buy your silly cars, then what?" and puts his view on how companies can help in communities to build expertise and gr...
Nov 03, 2015•49 min
This is our last 2015 System Error show with Mauricio Freitas (@freitasm) and we dive into prostitution (as a service), idiot drivers, and Tile. We were also joined by Nate Dunn (@nate) and Dan Randow (@danrandow) as we talk about our amazing event happening on the 4th of December. ------------------------------------------------------ We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch! Mike Riversd...
Oct 27, 2015•33 min
Episode 71, This week we catch up with "Frantic Enabler" Aimee Whitcroft. Ring master of the famous nerd night in Wellington and general UnF*cker of businesses. We talk about how she came to be in Tech in NZ and the fun adventures during the Mongol rally...Also we talk about teaching baby AI's their first words... Also: PARTAY! Yip, we are having a party – well, we are co-hosting a party alongside the fine folks from Hack Miramar and the community over at Geekzone. It’s going to be a cracking ev...
Oct 20, 2015•35 min
This week we talk to Nadia McGregor founder and director of School of Design Thinking. It is a fascinating discussion covering Nadia’s current work with design thinking and what that actually is. Also as an Iranian born woman, design thinking has had a great affect on her life and what brought her to New Zealand. ------------------------------------------------------ We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that d...
Oct 13, 2015•41 min
It's time for another instalment of System Error with Mauricio Freitas (@freitasm) from Geekzone. We dive into Tractor software copyright issues, stumbling into a real life Tinder event. We have a little food rant (and digital distribution of content) while eating our pizza. Oh and dealing with CLICK BAIT – from Spammers and our own news sites! Our solution – fight back with porn... ------------------------------------------------------ We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand t...
Oct 06, 2015•35 min
This week we talk to Ben Duflou from All Accounted For. His accounting firm has moved into an advisory role in the new age of cloud accounting. They started using Xero, when it wasn't cool. We also chat about the landscape and the pitfalls to watch out for when getting your start up – up and running. We also get one piece of advice that will change your bottom line. ------------------------------------------------------ We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media...
Sep 29, 2015•47 min
We talk to Kate Henderson (@mistyepd), Victoria University student that many have encountered via Summer of Tech, hackthons, Google uni events and at Android dev meet-ups. We cover, Google IO, Google card board and virtual reality. ------------------------------------------------------ We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch! Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, ...
Sep 22, 2015•41 min
This week we talk to Grant Robinson (@grantrobinson) and Darryl Gray (@darrylgray) from Atomic. We talk about the early days of Xero (employee 5 and 6), some time at BNZ and their first "start up" experiences creating the YouMoney banking platform. We also chat about the earlier days of "interactive" design and using graphics to tell stories – and how they came up with the "Google Docs of design software". We also have a few words from PledgeMe CEO and founder, Anna Guenther - listen up as there...
Sep 15, 2015•56 min
This week we chat to Mauricio Freitas (@fretasm) for another "System Error" segment where we talk about switching from Windows phone to Android and the security issues with old Android. We dive into the issues with all the platforms and their update cycles. Mauricio also shows us his new wearable gadget. Then we rant about clueless drives distracted by their tech. ------------------------------------------------------ We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, ...
Sep 08, 2015•36 min
This week we have an exclusive chat with Alastair Thompson (@althecat), co-founder of Scoop. We cover a variety of topics including the press gallery, going digital, how he started, the whole Kim.com "Extravaganza", and the evolution of Scoop to the "New Scoop" which launches soon! Its a fascinating chat. Enjoy. ------------------------------------------------------ We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that do...
Aug 31, 2015•1 hr 7 min
