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These are my notes for a talk prepared for the NZ Fabian Society in Christchurch, 18 October 2018.

Today in New Zealand, local and central government procurement of IT services and software uses a model which, if you ask many of us in the local IT industry, produces unsatisfactory results.

By now, most of you in the tech sphere will have gotten wind of this: Microsoft

I grew up with parents who lived through the most recent tangible existential threats to humanity - World War II and the Cold War (in the US and Europe).

Introduction

Hello members of the Committee. I thank you for taking the time to listen to me this vital matter.

Here's a tip for all of you talented, would-be tech entrepreneurs.

There's a newish (last few years) "team communication" platform called "Slack" that most tech (and many non-tech) people use to communicate in asynchronous text, imag

NZ is on the verge of joining the CPTPPA - the awkwardly rebranded "Comprehensive and P

Over the years quite a few folks - representing businesses and organisations - have asked: "give me some reasons why we should be open sourcing our code".

For some people, there's a sense of security in fast food restaurants. For the most part, they've got something right: consistency.