The Foodbank Project in its first six weeks
1. 817 items donated
2. $2,301 in total donations
3. $7,698 needed to reach the pilot goal of $10,000 in donations
4. Diced Tomatoes is the most-donated item
foodbank.org.nz [https://foodbank.org.nz]
Galen King
My experience spending time with an Auckland food bank and some insight into why I created The Foodbank Project
It was an overwhelming (and somewhat emotional) experience spending the morning with the Salvation Army Royal Oak food bank team. It was incredibly humbling talking to the people who work behind the scenes, many of whom have very little themselves.
A co-working space is not just a bunch of great people in a cool space—a co-working space is a community
It seems there is a common (mis)conception that a co-working space is a license to print money – find an empty space, fit it out and make it cool, and fill it up with lots of people.
Things to look at when evaluating the best Shopify theme for your store
One of the more important aspects of a successful online business is the look-and-feel of the storefront. This is the first thing your visitors will see and you need to make a lasting impression while conveying the appropriate feeling and emotion for your brand.
What would it take to encourage tech companies like Vend, Xero, Timely, PocketSmith, Revert etc. to open satellite offices in Nelson?
I know there’s been a push to get large organisations to move their HQs to Nelson—and that would be great—but what about the far more achievable idea of encouraging growing tech companies to open smaller offices here?
Paper samples for Workbooks™ have arrived!
Now we just need a big push to get the project over the line
[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/galenking/workbookstm-pocket-notebooks-for-creatives/posts/667317]
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Please help spread the word.
Launching one of the very first Kickstarter projects in New Zealand
This is my first project of my own and I would value any input or feedback people might have on what I can do to give it the best chance of success.
White-label cloud setup and support
I have been playing around with the idea for some time of setting up a white-label cloud setup and support company for agencies. This would enable agencies to effectively outsource their tech support while keeping a unified experience for their clients.
Are New Zealand mobile carriers out of touch?
With two days remaining before my contract rolls over, this month I have used:
* 2,112mb of 1,948mb data*
* 90 of 300 minutes
* 54 of 2,500 texts
I am with Vodafone—and don’t know if other carriers are better but—it seems to
me these mobile plans
What is the ultimate agency team collaboration toolbox?
Something is seriously missing in the agency collaboration space. There is a plethora of collaboration apps available but, despite what appears to be a saturated marketplace, no one seems to have got it just right.