Q&A with Pav Hundal – Love it or hate it, Swyftx makes it easy...

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There’s no more divisive word in tech at the moment than “cryptocurrency”. Either you see crypto as a giant Ponzi scheme or the future of money - or perhaps a bit of...

Veteran Kiwi writer Simon Sweetman tried Substack – here’s his verdict

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Since March 2021, music and pop culture essayist Sweetman has been publishing on Substack multiple times a week – often nearly every day. He told theBit it all began when a...

Kiwi Youtuber remakes The Simpsons – Hit and Run in a week

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A remake of the popular 2003 action/adventure game The Simpsons Hit & Run game has rocked the world of video game enthusiasts and it only took a week to achieve. Kiwi...

Annie Taunga – Behind the scenes at Weta Digital

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The Lord of the Rings holds a special place in Annie Taunga’s heart; it was her first visual effects project and the first time she saw her name in credits.   The series...

Q&A with Hamish McKenzie (the Kiwi co-founder of Substack) on how writers can make...

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Michael Moore joined Substack the other day. So did Dan Rather, Alison Roman, and even Edward Snowden. They join Andrew Sullivan has joined Substack as have Glenn Greenwald, Cheryl Strayed, Patti...

Jannat Maqbool: My career in tech

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The technology industry has grown exponentially in the last few decades, however, only 26 per cent of employees are females. With this in mind, Techwomen was developed in order to encourage...

Meet Scott Brown – the Kiwi carpenter with 275K subs on YouTube

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Scott Brown's face may be familiar to many of you. The Auckland-based carpenter has over 275,000 followers on YouTube, and if you've ever searched the web for carpentry-related DIY advice, you've...

Ollie Hill has worked at HP for 20 years…now he’s in charge (and he...

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Most international tech companies exist in the abstract; big, sleek organizations removed from the New Zealand community. Yet Oliver Hill, the Country Manager of HP New Zealand, has a vision for...
Meet Mitchell Pham

Meet Mitchell Pham: The man responsible for helping the government “understand digital”

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Mitchell Pham is chair of the Orwellian-sounding Digital Council for Aotearoa. Appointed in December 2019, the 49 year old tech entrepreneur leads a now six-strong group of ‘well-connected experts’. One founding member,...