Public Address | Cafe | Access Granted: 2017 ICT Policy Election Special

catherine greenwood

Tue, 26 Sep 2017 12:46:35 +1300

Is there a transcript of this podcast available?

TracyMac

Sun, 10 Sep 2017 14:08:35 +1200

I work in IT, and I have to say that I wonder what an "ICT policy" is, in this context. You might as well ask about someone's "filing cabinet policy". IT is a tool, for storing and presenting information. Concerns about IT are normally broader than just the tool that's…

Kumara Republic

Thu, 07 Sep 2017 00:40:59 +1200

In any case, the following policy remains a likely deal-maker for me personally. I've touched on it in my guest post.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11742338

Dave Howell

Wed, 06 Sep 2017 20:48:58 +1200

Can we not call it "tech"? There's a whole raft of T out there that has nothing to do with I.

Joe Wylie

Wed, 06 Sep 2017 16:11:24 +1200

...recommended that 'History' be renamed 'Nazis and wars and other cool shit'
Nazis and Pyramids? Last time I had access to Sky they had a channel that seemed totally devoted to nothing but that.

Rich of Observationz

Wed, 06 Sep 2017 14:38:08 +1200

Can we drop the trailing 'T'?
It's only the government/education sector who use it. Everyone else calls it IT, or "tech".

*It's all information, whether it's travelling (being communicated) or at rest

See https://royalsociety.org/~/media/education/computing-in-schools/2012-01-12-computing-in-schools.pdf. That paper recommends losing the 'ICT' term from UK education because the subject had become (in…

Public Address

Wed, 06 Sep 2017 14:38:08 +1200

Discussion from blog post.