Ethics

Source: http://www.brainyquote.com/photos/p/potterstewart390058.jpg 1. Personal Story Five years ago, in 2011, I was was dating a girl who was around my age. She had a younger sister and brother, whom I got on well with. As time progressed however, their mother eventually bought a laptop for their family to all share. For a while, things were […]

Internationalis(z)ation

Source: http://www.fourthsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/global-apple-500×398.jpg 1. Where did this week’s presentation leave gaps? On the slide titled ‘Locale-specific Items’, only Language and Currency were mentioned. However, there are more things that relate to what locale you are in. For example: Search Engines Google is used in a lot of different countries, but someone living in Spain probably isn’t […]

Copyleft

Source: https://image.spreadshirtmedia.com/image-server/v1/compositions/19248996/views/1,width=235,height=235,appearanceId=2,backgroundColor=f9f9f9,version=1440672003/Copyleft-All-wrongs-reserved-Kids–Shirts.jpg 1. Do I think copying is always theft or not? The short answer is no, or at least most of the time I don’t think it is. When a person makes a copy of someone else’s work, whether it be the latest big movie or a scientific paper on butterfly migrations patterns, as […]

Copyright

Source: http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s–KeG5auq3–/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/18ipc6ouvm79ajpg.jpg What do I think are the biggest issues/problems with Digital Copyright today? Cost of Enforcement Governments and corporations spend a lot of money and time each year trying to enforce copyright laws and handing out copyright infringement notices to people, often even when the person receiving the copyright infringement notice has only used […]

Considering Problem Solving & Bias

Source: https://frodo2016.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/dd0ee-dilbert-confirmation-bias.gif A Personal Bias One bias I’ve noticed in myself for a while now is confirmation bias. Confirmation bias is a bias that affects your ability to consider other views or ideas once you’ve made your mind up about something, making it less likely that you will go back and make a reconsideration when […]

What is Real?

Source: http://3s9h7h3y0i6u2n9j4h5vgkf1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/reality-illusion.jpg What do I think is ‘real’? I think the question “what is ‘real’” is a pretty vague one, due to the ambiguity of the word “real” I suppose. To answer what I think is real, I think it would first help to define the difference between what is real and what exists. For […]

The Internet’s Own Boy

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OhyBJxg9RA What did Aaron Swartz do that got him into trouble? Since Aaron had a JSTOR account that was given to him, he could freely access an online database which contained a lot of scientific papers and other documents. These documents normally cost people money to view. He then downloaded as many documents as […]

The Future of 3D Printing

Source: http://www.3d-print-works.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/3D-Printing-Trends.jpg Introduction 3D printing has been something that still blows my mind as much as it did back when I first heard about it. The many implications of it I think are quite incredible and I personally believe it’s something that may play a big role over the coming decades in shaping the world […]

The Treaty of Waitangi

NZ Land Wars Example #1 In 1846 in NZ, a war called the “Hutt Valley Campaign” occurred in which the British fought with the local Maori people over the land, with the British wanting control over the land and the Maori simply wanting to keep their land. It can be likened too a similar war […]

Business Systems

Useful Links: http://www.business.govt.nz/ http://www.ird.govt.nz/forms-guides/number/forms-300-399/ir320-guide-smart-business.html http://www.ird.govt.nz/forms-guides/number/forms-300-399/ir335-guide-employers-guide.html http://www.ird.govt.nz/forms-guides/number/forms-300-399/ir375-guide-gstguide.html http://www.ird.govt.nz/forms-guides/number/forms-1000-1099/ir1010-guide-business-support-in-nz.html http://www.ird.govt.nz/forms-guides/title/forms-o/ir1022-form-online-trade.html It’s important to know about different business terminologies, as well as the way businesses work, when getting into IT as it gives you knowledge of how the business you’re joining will likely work. Many businesses will use a lot of different kinds of terminology too that can […]