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  • Getting Out of the Way

    Friday, October 19th, 2007

    I’ve got a friend visiting right now, a colleague of mine from my previous life in the world of software start-ups and corporate manoeuvring. For about as long as the World Wide Web has been around, we’ve been part of a community of explorers, people who defined the Web, extended it and made its strengths [...]

    A Matter of Trust

    Friday, August 10th, 2007

    “We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know, because they have never deceived us.” These words belong to Samuel Johnson, a wise man indeed. St. Augustine looked at things from the other side and famously observed, “Familiarity breeds contempt.”
    We in Vanuatu have a distinct advantage over our neighbours in other countries. Our [...]