Yesterday, I felt the worse I had in a looooong time. There was a knot of dread in my belly, fear that threatened to suck me into illusion. I felt bad. I felt as if I was bad. I’m familiar with this space — it used to be there almost…

Let me tell you a story… Once upon a time, in the World that Births Worlds, the Great Mother looked down upon the Earth and she saw that the people were in need. Many of them had forgotten who they were. They had lost their kinship with the land and…

There I am, waist-deep in an impending NFT Project Launch, and the crypto market tanks. It’s a blood bath, according to industry commentators. Crypto holders lost about 30% of their wealth overnight. Now, this isn’t unusual for the crypto market — it’s a volatile asset class, and it jerks around…

I’m deep in the NZ Spirit Festival NFT Project and I’m getting some GREAT questions about NFTs. This article answers all of those questions and more. What’s an NFT? A Non-fungible Token. Fungible means something that is essentially interchangeable as its units or parts are indistinguishable from each other. Money is a great example. $100 bill…

He demonstrates how money in the hands of people with values is a very good thing. Today I learned the name of Australia’s third-richest man. Mike Cannon-Brookes. He’s a 42-year-old tech entrepreneur with a passion for renewable energy. There was an article on him in the Herald at our local barber, where my son was getting his hair cut. See, Mike just put…

It was right before Closing Ceremony and my phone buzzed. Normally I don’t carry it at a Festival, but I’d been tracking my steps so it was tucked into my back pocket. “Franko’s keen for you to do the announcement at Closing Ceremony.” What? Fuck. Ok. The announcement was a big one — that NZ Spirit would be releasing 120 NFTs (non-fungible tokens) that give the owners lifetime access to NZ Spirit Festival.

I was standing just outside the Chai Tent at NZ Spirit Festival, absorbing the insistent beat of the drum, resting my weary body. Or trying to, because the beat was difficult to resist. ‘Aren’t you exhausted yet?’ His question implied he’d noticed how long I’d been dancing. Six hours or…

This morning I attended an event where David Seymour, leader of the ACT Party was speaking.

Six months ago my 11 year old wanted to invest in NFTs, so I took a deep dive into the world of crypto and NFTs. Now I’m MCing a panel at NZ Spirit Festival called Cryptos & NFTs for Conscious Investors, Businesses and Creatives, and running a survey to determine…