This blog post is a written version of my presentation given at the ITx conference in Wellington on 13 July 2016. Introduction For the last 20 years or so I have been building new business tools at Radio New Zealand, mainly using Free and Open Source Software. These have ranged from a database for our music library, to… Continue reading Using open source to innovate online and save money

I recently posted the following comment on Facebook in regard to Russell Brown’s post on the apparent lack of good process in the procurement of IT systems for the now fnot-so-new Auckland super-city. The primary reason these systems keep being selected is that managers are unwilling and/or unable to manage the risks associated with large… Continue reading Government IT is broken, but can it be fixed?