ICT Newsline - 16 December 2011

NZCS Newsline	16 December 2011
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		This week: Various: NZCS: Modern times (Part 4 of 4): 2000 - 2010 Paul Matthews and Ray Delany: Important changes at NZCS in 2012 Juha Saarinen: End of times Philip Cockrell: Designing away the stress Garry Roberton: ICT Trends: meeting the future demand for skills Newsline team: Newsline taking a break ICT around town: All the latest ICT-related events in your area
		This Week at NZCS

NZCS: Modern times (Part 4 of 4): 2000 - 2010 by Various NZCS has been part of the IT industry for as long as the industry has existed, celebrating our 50th Anniversary in 2010. However the Society's also seen significant membership growth in recent times with many new members. While we look forwards as an organisation, it's hugely important that with so many new members we don't forget our rich history and heritage. So we're spending a few weeks outlining some of the organisation's history, this week we look at 2000 to 2010. » Continue Reading Important changes at NZCS in 2012 by Paul Matthews and Ray Delany Next year will be another year of significant change for NZCS, a culmination of the new direction the Society has moved in recent times. Attached is an open letter from NZCS CEO Paul Matthews and President Ray Delany to the NZCS community outlining some important changes for 2012. » Continue Reading

		Taku Waimārie Hoki!

End of times by Juha Saarinen Next year is 2012 and I'm not sure how to approach it. On the upside, it doesn't appear the world will end next year. Instead, Bolon Yokte K'uh will come and visit on December 21 for about a week. That's if the Mayans figured it out right thousands of years ago of course. Curiously enough, the Mayans didn't predict the coming of the iPad 3 or... maybe Bolon Yokte K'uh is Mayan for iPad 3? Surely the release date is wrong though? » Continue Reading Contributed content is the opinion of the author only, and not necessarily the view of NZCS.

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Designing away the stress by Philip Cockrell, BDM, Optimal Usability Are all those mundane, admin tasks sucking your time and getting you down? User-centred design might be that elusive but effective answer. Have you ever drifted into a kind of zen-like state when you were mowing the lawns? All of a sudden the lawns are freshly mown; what were you thinking about? Or when your Nonna is making that penne arrabbiata for the umpteenth time, it's like she's doing it without thinking. » Continue Reading ICT Trends: meeting the future demand for skills by Garry Roberton, Senior Lecturer, Wintec The ICT Trends series, published during the latter half of this year [May/June, July/August, Sept/Oct & Nov] highlights both the current and impending ICT skills shortages with ICT-related education and skills training proposed as the fundamental solution. This article focuses on the content of the December edition of the NZ ICT Education and Job Trends, a monthly statistical trends publication for the ICT sector. » Continue Reading Newsline taking a break by Newsline team NZCS Newsline is taking a 3-week break over the Christmas and New Year period and we wish all our readers and the NZCS community in general a fantastic and well deserved break over summer. We'll be back on the 13th January 2012 with more news and views from those who live and breath IT in New Zealand. » Continue Reading Contributed content is the opinion of the author only, and not necessarily the view of NZCS.

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