Global Day of Coderetreat Last weekend I participated in the 2013 Global Day of Coderetreat, joining the session running at the Xero offices in Wellington, New Zealand. Along with 2,000+ other software developers across 165 locations on all continents, I… Read More
Social entropy in software
One of the less obvious aspects of software entropy is changes in its social context. I use the Nike + iPod software when I go out running. Despite a recent software upgrade, if I run further than my previous sessions… Read More
Cloud analytics – Using cloud based services to analyse big data
Cloud analytics – Using cloud based services to analyse big data Last week I presented on cloud analytics at the Massey ecentre’s ‘Into the Cloud’ event. The slides are now available on Slideshare.
There goes the neighbourhood
Imagine if your neighbourhood was one where criminals blatantly plied their trade down your street, banging on your door at all hours of the day and night and extorting money from you, breaking into houses and taking credit cards, stealing… Read More
The ICT skills shortage and why bleating is not enough
The shortage of ICT professionals is not a new phenomenon in New Zealand, nor in many other developed economies. Professional organisations such as NZTech and the NZ Institute of IT Professionals (IITP) are well aware of this issue. New Zealand… Read More
Too much money chasing not enough IT grads
Too much money chasing not enough IT grads According the the government’s careers web site, taking data from TradeMe, 6 out of the top 10 paying jobs in New Zealand in 2013 were in Information Technology. The top paying job… Read More
Still the same old flux capacitor
‘Back To The Future’ was recently on TV again. According to the movie, I should now be driving a fusion powered flying car. Oh well. In another example of how things change more slowly than we may think, I just… Read More
Mobile devices in teaching and learning – Top 20 uses
I was recently asked to present some information to a committee about mobile devices in the future of teaching and learning. I made this into a ‘top 20’ list of things that mobile devices can be used for in education,… Read More
Information Systems versus Information Technology – Complementary to a ‘T’?
Recently, a colleague from the College of Business and I (in the College of Sciences) have been attempting to play football in the nomansland between the Information Technology and Information Systems disciplines, in an attempt to repair the damage of… Read More
Testing mobile apps with geolocation and i18n
Testing mobile apps can be tricky, particularly if they use geolocation. Sometimes there’s no substitute for manual testing with a mobile device in situ. For the last couple of years we have been developing a mobile learning game that uses… Read More