Only 3-5% of work was done remote prior to March 2020. Now, the majority of us are working from new environments, and likely will be for a long time. Studies even show that 75% of workers in Germany hope to continue working from home after the Pandemic. Our team at Read more…
SXSW 2020 was a bit different this year, and we’ve all done our best to still connect despite not sharing tacos and cheap beer in Austin. I had the pleasure of interviewing GitLab’s CEO, Sid, back in March via Auckland, at our originally scheduled SXSW panel time back in March. Read more…
I was quarantined back in December 2019. At the time, it was a surreal and unexpected disruption that closed out what seemed to be a pretty crap year for everyone. Little did we know what horror was just around the corner. In an effort to help some stay sane during Read more…
Turtle.dev curated an insightful group of remote work experts to discuss how teams and leaders can best adapt to our new collective isolation. This video is a great reminder that it’s okay to not be okay, that the best answers come with a link, that we have to create space Read more…
It feels like a lifetime ago that SXSW was cancelled. In reality, it’s only been a month since were all scheduled to gather in Austin and share ideas over tacos and cheap beer. Our panel was slated for March 13th, 2020, and despite the radical change in circumstances, the GitLab Read more…
The New Zealand Tech Podcast is long-time favorite of ours, and Savannah had the pleasure of joining host Paul Spain for an episode March 10th, 2020. Note that this photo and podcast were captured before social distancing measures were put in place :). From the show notes: “This week on Read more…
The regional Māori hackathons we do in collaboration with T3W, Datacom, NZTE, and regional government organizations across New Zealand are the most important work we do each year. It’s been an honor to participate and speak at two Hack Tairawhiti Gisborne hacks, in May 2018 and May 2019, subsequently empowering Read more…
Kiwis often joke about New Zealand being a “rock on the bottom of the Earth.” The reality is, it’s a massively creative, stunning, sustainability-focused prototype for the communities of our future. It’s not just their progressive agenda, or (relatively) agile government, it’s the value they place on community. It’s the Read more…
There are a select few humans that get to design the future, and Greg Broadmore is one of them. He’s been with Weta Workshop for 18 years, and has lead the creative studio designing Magic Leap’s first games for seven. If you’re unfamiliar with Weta, they’ve designed some of the Read more…
“This is an evening that is really about celebrating the unique innovation New Zealand brings to the world.” If you know me, you know New Zealand is my favorite place on Earth. Their unique innovation ecosystem lends itself to some of the coolest products and strongest communities I’ve ever seen. Read more…