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by Nick | 1, Jan, 2015 | News
By Nicholas Click on the pictures or diagrams to expand them. Success is an abstract term that means different things to different people. It is not easy to try to define what success is. The Oxford English Dictionary says that success means the attainment of fame,...
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by Nick | 13, Dec, 2014 | News
By Nicholas Click on the pictures or diagrams to expand them. An Infopreneur is one (human, animal or machine) whose primary business is gathering and selling electronic information. This term is derived from the words “information” and...
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by Nick | 8, Dec, 2014 | News
By Nicholas Click on the pictures or diagrams to expand them. Last week, I was talking with an IT Recruitment specialist. “What is the most “in demand” skill, Nicole?” I asked. “Business Analysis” she said. “What is Business Analysis?” I asked, even though I did...
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by Nick | 30, Nov, 2014 | News
By Nicholas Click on the pictures or diagrams to enlarge them. Are older people wiser people? As I have researched this topic, I have become so fascinated that I will produce a few more blogs. In an earlier blog entitled “Seniors are adaptable” I commended seniors, or...
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by Nick | 23, Nov, 2014 | News
Hullo. My name is Nick. I introduced myself as a no nonsense cat. I had to think about this. My sister Polly is naturally friendly, and everyone likes her. My brother Tick has the gift of discernment, plus he has been enjoying himself travelling up the East Cape of...
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by Nick | 23, Nov, 2014 | News
Hullo. My name is Nick. I am a no nonsense cat. I live on the campus of the local Gisborne Polytechnic. That is where I was born. Three of us were born in December 2010 at the Polytechnic. That was me, and my brother and sister. We were named Polly, Tick and Nick...
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by Nick | 17, Nov, 2014 | News
The government is stuck in a conundrum. We have been told that the tax payer will not fund all our retirement, so we must save for ourselves. However, governments cannot resist the temptation to increase superannuation taxes or wind back contribution limits. The...
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by Nick | 17, Nov, 2014 | News
I first met Rob (later to become Sir Robert) Muldoon outside New Zealand’s parliament buildings in 1972. At the time, he was serving as the Leader of the Opposition (the National Party). At the time, I was driving egg trucks around Wellington, the capital of New...
by Nick | 3, Nov, 2014 | News
How can Te Reo (Maori language) and Tikanga (Maori culture) relate to computing? I have been told as a computer person many times and by many people that we are a strange variety. Names such as “geek” or “weirdo” have been thrown my way. I am amazed by some of the...
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by Nick | 28, Oct, 2014 | News
How often do we frantically rush about trying to achieve something? We are trying to do the best we can, but is this frantic panic like behaviour worth it? A lot of the secret to successful living is getting the right balance. In New Zealand, the culture of our...
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by Nick | 24, Oct, 2014 | News
Education is the key. The key to what? The key to many things. For one thing, the key to success. What is success? Earl Nightingale possibly offers the best definition I know: “Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.” • A success is the school...
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by Nick | 20, Oct, 2014 | News
Cats are great companions for people of all ages and walks of life. Whether you are a busy single professional living alone in a small apartment in the city, a family with children living in a house in the suburbs or a senior citizen living in a retirement home, a cat...
