Yes, been awhile since posting. Our Imaginality Unleashed product is close to completion, so I have been very busy testing in schools and preparing for public release closer to Christmas (I’ll keep you posted).
As part of this preparation, I needed to set up an international bank account in the USA, which has been quite an experience, and I can’t say a good one. I think I counted about 8 different form I had to fill in, and about 6 verified copies of ID etc.
What really struck me was the number of time I had to repeat myself – I’ve lost count of the number of times I had to write my name, address, phone etc – often more than once on the same form. It reminded me of those less fortunate times at school when you had to write the same sentence 100 time in the hopes you would somehow ‘memorise’ good behaviour. Not that I experienced that too often of course…
So it occurred to me that these school punishments were in fact training me to excel at bureaucracy. Well at least they were good for something.
I guess it just goes to show how good we have it in New Zealand – apparently we are one of the top developed countries for ease of setting up a company, and we also have among the most efficient banks on the world. Not that things are sloppy and backwards over here – I guess we just have the ability to read someones name once and not need reminding on page 3…
