SUMMER OF TECH 2011

Hope to see you at our Xero Summer Seminar on Friday 21st January! Please RSVP over here!

YOU are invited, yes, that means YOU! SoT2010 Interns, Mentors, Colleagues, members of the UP and wider Wellington Tech community!

We’d love to see you at our summer seminars, supporting & developing & connecting the top talent of Wellington and the top employers of Wellington. Here’s the details for our 21 January #xsss:

Open Source – What? Why? How??

One of Nat Torkington’s hot tips for up-coming IT professionals went something like this:  GET INVOLVED in open source projects! It’s a great way to get experience, build your portfolio, and show what you can do.  More tips from Nat over here.  This week, Francois Marier presents an intro to Open, including What it is, Why you should care, and most importantly: How to contribute.

This session will show you how you can join an existing Open Source community and help on a project, and give you tips on starting your own project. Most people will be exposed to Open Source in their careers and participating in a community is one of the best way to prepare yourself for it.

Francois Marier has been involved in Open Source communities for more than 10 years. Currently a senior software developer at Catalyst IT, he is a long time Debian Developer and has worked on commercial Open Source projects for most of his professional career.

One of his most recent contributions to the New Zealand Open Source community was linux.conf.au 2010 where he sat on the organising committee that ran a successful technical conference which brought almost 600 delegates to Wellington. He blogs regularly about Open Source related topics at http://feeding.cloud.geek.nz

When… 12.15-1.30pm, Friday 21 January 2011
Where… level 3, NZ Post House, 7 Waterloo Quay, Pipitea, Wellington (here’s a map)
Rsvp… is essential!! please do this over here on the groovy lil’ regie platform.
What… are you waiting for? inspiring & informative speakers! lunch! awesome networking with the Wellington IT community!

HUGE thank-yous to Xero for being our fantastic sponsor of the seminar series. And to Kiwibank for being our venue partner.

Thanks for making these events possible.