NetTuesday event

Lots of ideas of topics to cover were generated at the last session .... so we're making a start on the list of topics/ speakers suggested.

The September session we will include:

Geoff Palmer talking about how to get great software and applications without paying - not by ripping off anyone, but by using open source (more details below) a chance to pitch your great idea, share some practical know-how, or seek some expert input a round of news, event notices, resource tips, etc whatever else is important to everyone attending. About this month's topic and speaker

In 2008, report by the Standish Group – a Boston-based IT research company – reckoned that open-source software was saving consumers around US$60 billion a year. In this seminar we’ll look at what “open-source” is and what it really means: its history and development, the huge range of free applications available, and how you can benefit from (and perhaps even take part in!) the largest collaborative development project in the history of computing. The bottom line? Never spend a cent on software again. Ever.

Geoff's bio

Geoff Palmer is an award-winning technology writer based in Wellington. Although he’s spent more than 25 years in the IT industry, he’s best known for his columns and blog in New Zealand PC World and (until recently) his Digital Culture columns in the Sunday Star Times.

Geoff has won four Qantas Media Awards and was short-listed for Columnist of the Year in 2002. His first novel, Telling Stories, won the North & South/Reed Fiction Award in 1995. His latest novel, Too Many Zeros – the first part of a rollicking sci-fi adventure series – was published by Penguin in 2011.

Ten years ago, Geoff set himself the task of using nothing but open-source software for a month. Since then he’s used little else.

What is the NetSquared Wellington meet-up?

The meet-up is for anyone using the web to make the world a better place. You may work on a website for a community organisation or NGO, work in the web industry, be studying, or have a keen interest in using the web for social change.

Come along to share ideas and practical help.