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"I realised, right then and there, that it was all wrong, and it all had to change. And that the change... had to start with me."

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

Note: this post discusses the NZ government's IT procurement, but these concepts apply equally well to IT procurement in governments of other countries, and in organisations and businesses worl

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".