The topic for the April NZPCA meeting at St Giles will be different from previously notified.
Brent Wood has very generously agreed to come along and share his experience.
Brent works for NIWA, and uses Open Source software extensively. The presentation will cover GIS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIS) and data presentation with discussion about how Open Source software enables activities that would be impractical using expensive commercial software; there may also be some discussion of other Open Source software, Linux and OpenOffice as time permits. If you are interested in hardware, Brent will be bringing a Shuttle PC along, this is your chance to see one running and put to practical use.
Brent may have some LiveCDs of the software he uses for the demonstration to give away for those interested in persuing these topics further. The presentation will not be technical and will be quite informal so you will be able to ask questions.
It is important that members show support for guest speakers by attending. Brent is a very interesting speaker and you should not miss this meeting.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Wellington Meeting for 18th April, 2007
The meeting at St Giles for this month is centred around another brainstrust evening, so bring along all your computer problems and have them solved on the night by Roger and his team.
Hutt Meeting for 16 April, 2007
Debbie Noon, from IBM, is going to give a Powerpoint presentation on "Web Adaptive Technology" at Moera next Monday. There will be a short video on the subject as well. If you are not sure what it is all about, come along and find out.
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