Monthly Archives: April 2010

Changing media and economies of Asia-Pacific

By Julie Starr | Published: April 24, 2010
I have the good fortune to be attending a conference this coming week in Hong Kong which brings together 250 journalists from around Asia, the Pacific and US to talk about the changing economic and media realities of the Asia Pacific region. The line-up of speakers is impressive and I’m really looking forward to hearing, [...]
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The problem of the last mile

By Julie Starr | Published: April 11, 2010
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Carl Honore praises slowness

By Julie Starr | Published: April 11, 2010
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The beauty of checklists

By Julie Starr | Published: April 7, 2010
I’ve just read The Checklist Manifesto, a lovely little book by Anul Gawande, a surgeon and New Yorker writer who wrote a notable piece last year about finding that more expensive healthcare wasn’t necessarily better healthcare. The premise of the book is that a simple (but well devised) checklist is perhaps the best tool we [...]
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NZ news on the iPad

By Julie Starr | Published: April 6, 2010
Lance Wiggs went to the US, bought an iPad and posted some screen shots of New Zealand news websites as they appear on it. A nice little preview, thanks Lance. Here’s stuff.co.nz, herald.co.nz and nbr.co.nz: Lance looks at a bunch of other sites too and checks out how well ads and various functions work. Worth [...]
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