Tag: IT

WOSSAT – Wellington – 21 August 2018

What

Wellington Open Source Show And Tell (WOSSAT)

Martin Krafft — Stepping up the game against Web trackers

The attempt to standardize the Do-Not-Track HTTP request header is going nowhere, and it’s cute anyway, in that it expects the other side to honour the request, and how would we know if they did? After all, tracking is serious business, and it’s hard to imagine a company in this field walking past money lying on the street without picking it up.

Martin is at war with what the Web has become, and he’s here to talk to you about techniques he’s using to minimise his browsing footprint on a day to day basis. Do not attend if you’d prefer to think of the Web as the decentralized knowledge-sharing network it was originally conceived as.

Brent Wood — NIWA’s Marine Data Portal

The NIWA Marine Data portal started life as a web portal for a Bay of Islands research project in 2008. The entire site was based on open source and open standards to provide open data (and open information – there is a difference!). NIWA has a number of other marine research projects that need a “web presence” so the site was enhanced and renamed to support multiple projects.

The portal is based on a suite of open Source applications, including Silverstripe (CMS), PostGIS (spatial database), Geonetwork (metadata catalogue), mapserver (spatial data web services), Openlayers (web map client). It runs on Linux servers. Data is served and accessed using OGC web services (WMS, WFS, CSW) and some of the data services have been picked up and reused elsewhere.

Wellington Open Source Show And Tell is a monthly meetup for fans of all things open. Come along to share tools, techniques and experiences.

When and Where

6pm Tuesday, 21st August 2018

Catalyst IT
Level 3, Catalyst House,
150 Willis Street, Wellington

How Much

Free

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Meetup event

Future Meetings Schedule:

Monthly meetings alternate between the 3rd Tuesday and the 3rd Thursday of each month.

Postgres window functions in Rails, Thor gem & Android + Turbolinks – Auckland – 23 August 2018

What

Auckland Ruby meetup is a monthly group that explores the use of Ruby. We welcome anyone interested in the language!

We have 3 talks this meetup:

  • Rebecca Pinheiro from Nectar will talk about Postgres window functions in Rails
  • Ricky Hurtado from Trineo will show us how to use the Thor gem
  • James Scott Tayler will build a real world Android app using the Turbolinks Android wrapper with a Rails backend

When and Where

Thursday 23 August 2018
6:30pm to 9:30pm

MYOB Office
Level 5
12 Normanby Rd
Mt Eden
Auckland

How Much

Free

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Meetup Page for the event
Ruby Nights: The Auckland Ruby Group

Visual Analytics Meetup: GapMaps, Making Data Meaningful – Auckland – 2 August 2018

What

This Visual Analytics Monthly Meetup is on the 1st Thursday of every month to discuss all things data, and using Visual Analytic tools like Tableau and others to help people understand data.

Its all about spatial, geolocation, seeing your data answer questions with a spatial reference! We’ll have our traditional introduction and a question for you – – then bring on our presentation for the night!

GapMaps – Making Data Meaningful – https://gapmaps.com

We make data meaningful. Using demographic, government and industry data, viewed through a simple to use mapping platform, we impart powerful, cost-effective insights to our clients. We enable them to create revealing market intelligence for fact-based decision-making.

I’m Alex Wardle – a banking professional most of my career, I was accountable for BNZs network investment, customer experience and change programmes for the branch and ATM network. Now I help people in roles like my old one to make sense of big data, to get the competitive edge and de-risk decisions regarding their investment. In NZ we work with great businesses from Briscoes to BP, McDonalds to Hirepool and Childcare to auto servicing.

When and Where

5pm – 7:30pm
Thursday 2 August 2018

Sweat Shop Brew Bar
7 Sale Street
Freeman’s Bay
Auckland

How Much

Free

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Visual Analytics Meetup Page

Code Craft Dunedin: August Meetup – Dunedin – 7 August 2018

What

We are a group of people interested in software development, learning and getting together. The group consists of members of the local IT development and educational community.

The August meeting will be held at the Polytech and we currently have two speakers lined up:

Matt Kraemer: A crash course introduction to machine learning

Matt works with AI and machine learning on a day to day basis and is going to introduce some of the tools and techniques to the group. There has been a lot of interest in these topics within the group so please let anyone you think may be interested know about Matt’s talk.

Thomi Richards: Zapier: What we do, what I do specifically, and how we hire people. Thomi has recently moved virtual companies… something I think is only going to become more common in the IT field and it will be interesting to hear from him on his experiences working for a completely remote organisation.

When and Where

5:30pm to 7pm
Tuesday 7 August 2018

D102
D Block
Otago Polytechnic
Forth Street
Dunedin

How Much

Free

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Meetup page for the event
Code Craft Dunedin Meetup Page

RailsBridge Workshop – Wellington – 11-12 August 2018

What

RailsBridge is a free weekend workshop for underrepresented peoples looking to get a taste of tech. We provide a warm and encouraging environment as we run you through tutorials and activities about coding in Ruby, Rails, and whatever else might catch your eye.

This is primarily for women and non-binary peoples who are beginners to coding and want to try it out and see what it’s all about. We welcome Māori and Pasifika, those in LGBTQIA+ communities, and any who are underrepresented in tech. We’re here to support YOU!

The venue is wheelchair accessible. If you require a sign language interpreter, child care or the like, we’d be happy to accommodate you 🙂

RailsBridge is open to people of all ages, but if you are 13 or under you must attend with a guardian.

When and Where

8:30am – 5pm Saturday 11 August
9am – 2pm Sunday 12 August

Flex Federation
Customhouse Quay
Wellington CBD

How Much

Free

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RailsBridge NZ Website

Introduction to openHAB and Android Things – Wellington – 26 July 2018

What

Wellington Home Automation Hackers are a meetup group of like minded people who are interested in home automation, whether it’s plugging in off-the-shelf IoT lightbulbs, or soldering your own PCB designs doing BLE – and everything in between!

For our second meetup, we have two exciting presentations lined up.

David Cole is going to do an introduction to openHAB, including comparing some of it’s key differences with Home Assistant (as featured last time).

And Dave McKelvie is going to do an introduction to Android Things, Google’s platform for building smart/IoT devices.

When and Where

5:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, 26 July 2018

Schedule
17:30 – 18:00: Casual chat
18:00 – 19:00: Presentations
19:00 – 19:30: Casual chat

Sailthru,
Level 1 14 Blair Street,
Wellington

How Much

Free

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Meeting Page
Wellington Home Automation Hackers Meetup Group Webpage

Agile Hamilton: Data Driven Product Development – Hamilton – 26 July 2018

What

Interested in Product Development?
Data driven decision making?
Splunk?

Come along to our July event

Introducing our featured talk for our meet up:

Listen to a case study from LICA about the pursuit of embedding a data driven mindset to product development.

Nick Winter and his team at LICA will take us through the theory behind the strategy: Observe, Orientation, Decide and Act.

We will hear an open discussion about the common behaviours and pitfalls that happen when product companies execute on the strategy.
As well as showcasing the tools LICA currently use to make data driven decisions and offer real time and proactive support to both their domestic and international product base.

When and Where

7pm – 9pm
Thursday July 26 2018

The Alumni Room, by Peta Pit
WINTEC Hamilton
Hamilton CBD

How Much

Free

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Data Driven Product Development Meetup
Agile Hamilton Meetup Group

Women in Tech Meetup – Auckland – 31 July 2018

What

Lightning Talks

Women in Tech Auckland hosts regular events for our community, and our purpose is to create networks and amplify the voices of people from marginalised groups. We’re looking for speakers for our next event, on 31 July, which will be a series of short Lightning Talks.

This is a format where you get 5 minutes to speak, you provide 20 slides, which are set to advance automagically every 15 seconds. For people who want to practice their speaking skills, Lightning Talks give you the opportunity to present for the first time without having to create a formal presentation proposals, and its short so its a great intro to speaking in public. A good lightning talk is insightful, inspiring, thought-provoking, useful, humorous, controversial, or enlightening.

You do not have to be an experienced speaker! Your work and time are valuable even if you have never spoken before. We are happy to meet with you for coffee and brainstorm ideas, as well as attend a dry run of your talk and provide constructive feedback.

Let us know if you’d like to do a Lightning Talk using this form.

We value the participation of each member of our community and want all attendees to have an enjoyable and fulfilling experience. Please familiarise yourself with our Code of Conduct ahead of attending a Women in Tech meetup.

When and Where

ASB Cube North Wharf, 12 Jellicoe St, Auckland

How Much

Free. Please RSVP.

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Women in Tech Meetup Auckland – Lightning Talks

Many thanks to ASB (https://www.asb.co.nz/) for sponsoring and hosting this event.

WeTest Conference – Auckland/ Wellington – 23/25 October 2018

What

WeTest is the heart of the New Zealand software testing community. We bring together people who are passionate about testing, providing a platform for sharing ideas and learning through experience-based sessions and workshops.

The 2018 is a single day conference being held (with the same speakers) in Wellington and Auckland

When and Where

8:45am – 5pm
Wellington – Tuesday 23 October 2018
Auckland – Thursday 25 October 2018

Te Papa Tongarewa,
Te Aro,
Wellington

Cordis Auckland (ex Langham),
83 Symonds Street,
Grafton,
Auckland

How Much
$250

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WeTest 2018 Programme Overview

New Zealand Game Developers Conference – Auckland – 1-3 August 2018

What

The New Zealand Game Developers Conference (NZGDC) is an annual professional game development conference hosted in Auckland, New Zealand. NZGDC18 will be an action-packed three-day conference for professional and indie game developers.

This year’s conference will span three days with one day dedicated to hands-on workshops (1st August), and two days full of a mix of presentations and panels (2nd-3rd August). Sessions will cover a variety of topics, from Art & Game Design to Production & Marketing and everything in between.

When and Where

Level 4,
SKYCITY Convention Centre,
Federal Street,
Auckland

Wednesday 1 August 2018 – Workshops
Thurs 2/Friday 3 August – Main conference
Plus Evening events

How Much

NZGA Member – Full Pass  $280
NZGA Member – Thurs Pass (+ Free Wed Workshop pass) $180
NZGA Member – Thurs Pass (+ Free Wed Workshop pass) $180
Student single day tickets $50

If you’re a New Zealand based game developer, make sure you’ve registered as an NZGDA member for a 15% discount on your NZGDC ticket! Register at http://nzgda.com/about-us/join-now/

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Conference Website