Rules-as-code is steadily gaining interest in government as an approach to policy development and implementation (Ackama has over the last year assisted with several rules-as-code projects at the New Zealand DIA Service Innovation lab). I believe the key value of…
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On the 12th of June, I had the opportunity to speak at the Freeplay Independent Games Festival on a couple of topics that are dear to me – game accessibility and the representation of disabled characters in games. The…
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@durdn from Atlassian wrote an excellent tutorial on how to manage dotfiles using a bare Git repository . Your dotfile setup will be ship-shape within minutes! Yet, it took me hours to demystify the tutorial. It uses a bare repository in…
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Originally posted on LinkedIn. The New Zealand Prime Minister is certainly popular in Australia, and a great ambassador internationally for my home country. I travel between Wellington and Australia regularly for work and the enthusiasm for NZ has…
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Ackama and Midas Infomedia are excited to announce the beginning of a transition process where Midas Infomedia will join the Ackama Group. Together they have been looking at ways to better weather the challenges of the current crisis and of…
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The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting everyone around the world through impacts to health systems, government mandated shutdowns, travel restrictions, and supply chain disruptions. All industries are affected, including the NZ Technology sector, although we can be better equipped than most…
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Ackama prides itself on its social values and many of our employees freely and regularly give their time and money to causes they feel strongly about and support outside of work. On Friday 21st February, we organised a group volunteer…
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This article was originally published on The Mandarin: Why the proliferation, what if anything is new and what are the challenges that are emerging? Being based in Wellington, I get exposed to lots of discussions on innovation policy…
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I am a graduate of a coding bootcamp, and throughout my career as a dev I have noticed some definite comp sci degree-sized gaps in my knowledge. Certain concepts and design patterns and data structures that didn’t get covered…
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In the last couple of days, there has been public argument on the Kāinga Ora project to put monitoring sensors in NZ state homes. Particular areas of concern being raised are about the nature of data being shared with government, issues of consent and vulnerability, and that this is individual level collection. By individual, I mean that it’s deep enough information to establish not just when people are home but also information on their behaviours. Additionally people might not be given easy access to their own data without making a direct privacy request.
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