Nat Dudley launched her UX career in a queue at Auckland's annual Gather event ... actually it started even earlier with a random conversation in a bar. From these events Nat has emerged as one of the countries top UX designers with a true empathetic approach to her work. Nat discusses not only her career, her approach to design but how there are very few, if any, true career paths for UX people within New Zealand. We also covered equability and diversity within tech, and what that means for all...
Sep 10, 2018•36 min
We receive an update from Hiria as she traipses the West Coast of America in search of knowledge, connections, and investment ... ------------------------------------------------------ The Whare Hauora update is brought to you by Hiria Te Rangi and Access Granted NZ. All the updates: https://www.accessgranted.nz/whare-hauora/ Get all the Whare Hauora updates: - http://www.wharehauora.nz/ - https://www.facebook.com/wharehauora/ - https://twitter.com/WhareHauora Access Granted is the leading New Z...
Sep 10, 2018•8 min
Andrew Mayfield (or "Andrew Fantastic", it's not a drag name) loves creating and measuring impact as he discusses Optimal Workshop and how they are "growing at the speed of revenue". Andrew has a range of advice for startups, from, "Don't use fonts made out of dots', through, "Don't send this podcast to the shareholders", to, "If you want to run a big business, learn to run a small one first". We also like, "Call it a plan rather than proposal". - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewmayfield/ - ht...
Sep 04, 2018•40 min
Hiria outlines new organisations wanting to use/trial the sensors, but many of them are siloed and Hiria wants to connect the right parts/people together ... the work continues. The team are working on showing what you can get from the data such as the change that is that is occurring in your house and what can be done about it. Hiria will travel to America to talk to many people in San Diego at a summit about domestic violence and also venture to San Francisco to look for people interested In i...
Sep 02, 2018•16 min
Nicole Ferguson is the CEO at Research and Education Network New Zealand (REANNZ) which provides leading edge services for our country’s top researchers and educators, who often need access to technology that cannot be provided by commercial networks. Nicole, according to the ancient Mike, is a young CEO and Nicole disavows him of that view as she discusses the journey to the CEO role. Nicole also has some great views on women in tech, the tech community, the collaboration that REANNZ has to eng...
Aug 28, 2018•47 min
Hiria takes us through the Whare Hauora Pledgeme, running pilots for teams in Waikato, and why they have pushed out manufacturing until February. Hiria also has three BIG announcements! 1 – Hiria is going to Dev Academy, https://devacademy.co.nz/ 2 – Hiria is going to San Diego to learn and San Francisco to get funding New company called Ruruhau (a social Enterprise) which is the R&D arm of Whare Ha- 3 – Nominated for the NZ Open Source Awards, https://nzosa.org.nz/finalists2018/ And finally...
Aug 26, 2018•22 min
Philip Fierlinger has worked amongst the "gods of Silicon Valley". Raj and Philip have a fascinating run through Philip's design life, from the early days in film, before his design love took over,. They discuss design, what it is, and why it's essential to your business, and how it has played such a pivotal role for Philip in such roles as co-founder of Xero. Also check out this lot - Philip learnt to code at 12, came up with the smartphone concept 16 years before Apple, started a company that ...
Aug 20, 2018•51 min
We have met many people that are driven by passion, a deep desire to change the world for the best, and yet we have never met someone quite like Rohan Wakefield. Rohan, and all the team at Enspiral Dev Academy, have, for a number of year, been beavering away in Wellington and Auckland ensuring that the ever growing New Zealand tech sector has the people and skills required. It's not just about the pure technical skills and you will hear Rohan discuss the core skills that he is so energetic about...
Aug 13, 2018•37 min
With Hiria in all parts of the country drumming up support from individuals, corporates, and the healthy industry we had to jump onto a quick Google Meet to catch up. Some big learnings (maybe even a pivot), some new rewards and only SEVEN DAYS TO GO! https://www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/5701-whare-sensors-that-tell-you-when-your-home-is-making-you-sick ------------------------------------------------------ The Whare Hauora update is brought to you by Hiria Te Rangi and Access Granted NZ. All the...
Aug 13, 2018•10 min
Priscilla Loong is the Activation Manager at Te Papa's STEM accelerator, Mahuki. Having kicked off a cracking startup, The Misprint Co , from a Startup Weekend Priscilla has been ensuring the health wealth, and well being of the Mahuki cohort and they are now into their 4th programme. FInd out what an "activation manager" is, what "STEM" stands for, and how you could be involved ... - https://nz.linkedin.com/in/priscillaloong - https://www.mahuki.org/about/mahuki-team/priscilla-loong - https://s...
Aug 06, 2018•37 min
PledgeMe project is kicking in, a few weeks to go so please please support this amazing charity - simply go to the project page, "Sensors that tell you when your home is making you sick". As the project runs questions come in and Hiria and team have answered a lot of them in a video (on the project plage and linked below). Hiria has been hitting the media with TV, newspaper, and radio slots abound especially after the first of the workshops at Strathmore in Wellington. Monday (6th Aug) Hiria is ...
Aug 05, 2018•15 min
Simon Che de Boer is a rockstar ... no, not because he looks like one, but he truly is in the world of virtual reality. His self-taught techniques, use of open source, and sheer amount of work he puts in has meant there is no-one on the planet is able to create the level of hyperreality that he can. Just ask his fans all over the world, including many production companies, major software companies, hardware vendors, and fellow AR/VR creators. Now, with any rockstar there comes a heartfelt backgr...
Jul 31, 2018•34 min
Wow, a packed System Error recording this week with Raj hosting Deborah Robb, Kay Jones, and Kowhai Montgomery as they all gathered around a table at Golding's Free Dive to shoot the breeze about anything and everything that came to mind. JOIN US NEXT TIME - same venue, Thursday 13th September, 4pm-6pm But for now, get the views on the following: * Metlink changes * Recycling * Uses of various data and sharing your data between companies * Meat alternatives, * Tinder vs Grinder vs pink sofa vs a...
Jul 25, 2018•1 hr 1 min
In our second crossover podcast we find out why Chris Desmond runs his "Uncomfortable Is OK" podcast, what it means to be a new Dad (uncomfortable?) and how easy, or not, it was to get into podcasting when not a techie by any stretch of the imagination. - http://uncomfortableisok.libsyn.com/ - https://www.facebook.com/uncomfortableisok1/ - https://www.instagram.com/uncomfortableisok/ - https://twitter.com/ChrisDesmondnz ------------------------------------------------------ New Zealand tech, med...
Jul 23, 2018•36 min
Listen about the PledgeMe project ... and then GO PLEDGE: https://pledgeme.co.nz/projects/5701-sensors-that-tell-you-when-your-home-is-making-you-sick We need your help to take the next step and run trials in key communities, so we’re asking you to pledge to buy a kit, and for each kit you buy we’ll give one to a family in need. Each kit comes with 4 sensors, a gateway and a free app that helps you measure the health of your home. We believe every home in New Zealand should have sensors, and tha...
Jul 23, 2018•10 min
Paul Ramsay is co-founder and director of the NZ-owned consultancy firm Equinox, a day-to-day hands-on worker bee, and one of the few true gentlemen of tech in New Zealand. It was a pleasure to hear Paul's views on how to stay real in a growing company, what it takes to overcome a serious blip in a company's progress, and how the Government can truly help grow the New Zealand ICT industry to become the nation's 2nd income earner [spoiler] ensure it's easy and a focus for agencies to become custo...
Jul 16, 2018•37 min
Hiria Te Rangi's weekly Whare Hauora catch up and she discusses the partnerships the charity is making, especially getting the sensors nationwide. Hiria also discusses and sharing of data with such organisations as Powershop which will help their residents work out how effective their homes are at keeping the warmth in. 20th JULY: PledgeMe campaign goes live - get prepared to support the team in their mission! https://www.pledgeme.co.nz/ If you're approached by the Whare Hauora team approach you...
Jul 16, 2018•14 min
Edwina Mistry has an origin story that has given her the worldview that women can do anything (as they can). From her coding days, to her managerial and directorship times she now concentrates her efforts on ensuring tech, and the internal workings of tech, are available to all - from schools in South Auckland to girls shadowing those working in tech (as we say, "you can be what you can't see"). Edwina is a New Zealand powerhouse and has recently been recognised as such by a number of institutio...
Jul 10, 2018•48 min
Welcome to Hiria Te Terangi, Kaiwhakahaere at Whare Hauora, and her inaugural weekly update on running a startup. Each Monday we'll have a quick catch up with Hiria to see how the product, the charity Whare Hauora, and the scaling are progressing. Every start-up has their own story however they all experience similar trials and tribulations, success and golden moments - follow along to see how a New Zealand start-up does it. ------------------------------------------------------ The Whare Hauora...
Jul 08, 2018•17 min
Michael Gregg, a man of many stories and we are lucky enough to hear a lot of them in today's episode. With Michael's recent-ish move into the VR/AR world, based upon a deep desire of many years ago, we hear about the rapidly expanding ProjectR collab/working spaces initially started in Wellington but now opening up in places all over the world (Taipei for instance). Michael was also helped found and is current Chairman of the New Zealand VR/AR Association AND is MD of Blackeye - https://nz.link...
Jul 03, 2018•52 min
As part of sharing the Wellington podcast love here is our crossover recording with Laura Keown who graciously hosted us at the Wellington Access Radio studios where she produces the weekly B Side Stories. "Stories from the people who make Wellington tick! B-Side Stories takes us beyond the mainstream to celebrate the unsung heroes, rebels and enthusiasts who shape the fabric and flavour of Wellington, New Zealand. B-Side Stories is aired every Tuesday from 5-6 pm on Wellington Access Radio." It...
Jun 25, 2018•32 min
Together with Brenda Wallace and Amber Craig, Hiria Te Rangi have created Whare Hauora with one mission and one mission only, "An Aotearoa, where your home, does not make you sick." It started a few years ago and we are proud to be sharing Hiria's own story just as Whare Hauora launches into two key pilots, and gears up for a public release of their sensors via a PledgeMe campaign: http://www.wharehauora.nz/preorder-1/ Start-ups are hard, actually making a difference is tough, and doing it with ...
Jun 18, 2018•49 min
It took 24 hours for 10 teams competing in the first ever international ActInSpace hackathon to come together, produce a thing and pitch before an esteemed set of judges ... and they did it! Te Mārama won first prize, a trip to Toulouse where they go head-to-head with all other international winners! Apart from the trip on the 'vomit comet' + support and IP, they are up for so much networking with ALL the big players in the space industry it's almost frightening. Te Mārama, whose startup idea wi...
Jun 18, 2018•36 min
Maru Nihoniho chats around her passion for storytelling, game making, and how to make the leap from one industry into another. After listening with Maru I think we can all agree that the journey to games developer has, for Maru, been one of the highest adventure, courage, and certainly following her dream. We salute and thank you Maru for showing the way. AND, watch out The Guardian, coming to a games console near you VERY soon ... - https://nz.linkedin.com/in/marunihoniho - http://www.metia.co....
Jun 11, 2018•49 min
NZ Rise kindly asked us to record their May 2018 "Privacy fireside chat" with the wonderful John Edwards, NZ Privacy Commissioner, and the skilky tones of Miki Szikszai (Snapper CEO). - https://www.privacy.org.nz/ - https://nzrise.org.nz/ - https://twitter.com/jce_pc - https://twitter.com/mikiszikszai ------------------------------------------------------ Access Granted podcast featuring Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Pascale Hyboud-Peron, Vaughan Rowsell, Dave Lane, and others sharing the NZ peo...
Jun 06, 2018•59 min
Paul Fraser, Advisory Director at EY, and Mike have been mates since the old days (hence the photo, that was NOT taken at the recording) and were key in the growth of Wave Adept and the subsequent acquisition by Cloud Sherpas. However, they come at life with a very differing view point with Paul focussing very much on services (Mike is more of a product person) and with this talk we hear about the good, bad, and sometimes difficult sides of services and consulting thereof. Paul is also a non-use...
Jun 05, 2018•53 min
It's ranty, it's heated, it's wide ranging, it's loads of fun and really YOU need to be here (next one is Thursday July 19th, 4pm-6pm at Golding's Free Dive in Wellington. Enjoy (and we make no apologies for sound quality ... you gotta come along really ;) Our System Error Collection: https://www.accessgranted.nz/system-error/ ------------------------------------------------------ Access Granted podcast featuring Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Pascale Hyboud-Peron, Vaughan Rowsell, Dave Lane, and...
May 31, 2018•1 hr 5 min
AG show stars Kate Henderson and Kai Koenig, came along with their fellow organising buddy, Nick Parfene, to let us all know about the 3rd annual Mobile Refresh conference in Wellington on September 7th. They are keen to get the word out, especially the call for 'papers', ie, are you up for giving a talk. It can be anything to do with mobile development, deployment, marketing, and, getting the apps into people's hands to make a difference. They are particularly keen to maintain and increase thei...
May 28, 2018•32 min
DAY 5 ... and that's a wrap on Techweek TV for 2018! The team (minus Mike who had to rush off to run a 24 hour hackathon) take us through the time in Christchurch, share some thoughts on the whole week and relax into an amazing job well done. ALL the videos are available from source - https://www.facebook.com/TechweekNZ/ - and on our dedicated page - https://www.accessgranted.nz/techweektv-2018 - that also includes some highlight photos and a link to ALL our week's photos. A big shout out to ALL...
May 25, 2018•15 min
Day 4, and after a narrow escape from a sticky AirNZ created situation, the team were back live on Facebook - brilliant work from the lads, Jono, and Courteney! We review the day, Courtney gives her thoughts on the morning's speakers and we're in and out of your ears as fast as a rabbit, being hunted by the quick fox. See you all in Christchurch tomorrow for the final day of #TechweekTV: https://www.facebook.com/TechweekNZ/ ------------------------------------------------------ Access Granted po...
May 24, 2018•16 min
