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Ackama Group acquires AI and chatbot company, Prefer

Breccan McLeod-Lundy December 19, 2018

Ackama Group, a technology company based in Wellington, Auckland and Melbourne, have just bought AI and chatbot company Prefer. Prefer has been around in Wellington for several years, providing services to well known clients such as the Royal…

How cloud-seeding, sci-fi, and philosophy can help you design for ethical AI

December 9, 2018

Sitting in traffic one rainy Sunday, listening to (embarrassingly accurate) 90’s music recommendations on Spotify, I mulled over the increasing presence and influence of Artificial Intelligence in my daily life. On my Sunday drive to Spotlight I can…

Ackama Group delivers world’s first virtual political summit

Kimberly Brabazon December 5, 2018

The Virtual Climate Summit, which took place over the 22nd and 23rd November, was the world’s first virtual political summit. The Summit was hosted by President Hilda Heine of the Marshall Islands, in her capacity as Chair of the Climate…

Ackama launches in style at Wellington Museum

Kim Partridge September 27, 2018

This month, Rabid Technologies relaunched as Ackama. As well as all of the name changes – from a new website right down to the sign on the front door – we decided it would be a good idea to mark…

Rabid Technologies renames to Ackama

Kim Partridge September 10, 2018

Rabid Technologies is rebranding with a new name, look and website. Ackama, a software development company, will offer the same digital strategy, design and development services as before, as well as expanding its offering to include a new consulting service.

WDCNZ 2015: “Surely it’s just an if statement?”

Cara Hill August 26, 2018

(Title credit to Amanda Dorrell from her WDCNZ talk “The fuzzy line between design and development”) I had heard what a great event WDCNZ was after my husband, Samson Ootoowak (a Ruby…

Learning to tweet at the Agile NZ conference

Sandra Clark August 26, 2018

Two major things happened on the 1st and 2nd of September: I attended the AgileNZ 2015 conference and I learned to tweet. The second part may sound ridiculous, but it was a big hurdle for me. I am…

Wellington developer Rabid acquires Auckland’s Resistor

Breccan McLeod-Lundy August 26, 2018

Wellington based software consultancy Rabid has acquired Auckland development house Resistor for an undisclosed sum. Rabid’s CEO, Breccan Mcleod-Lundy, says the acquisition accomplishes three goals. “It reassures our Auckland client base by making our presence there physical, it significantly increases…

On changing languages, frameworks and teams.

Ben Bradshaw August 26, 2018

“Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere” – Chinese Proverb Hi. I’m Ben Bradshaw, I’m a geek, coder, Firefly fan and a bunch of other things including the newest Rabid employee in Wellington. It’s been close to…

Getting to grips with social good in Rabid’s philosophy

Josh Forde August 26, 2018

One of the most challenging topics we talk about is blending a sense of doing good along with what we do here. Rabid is a commercial company – we make a profit and are proud of the value we create…

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