#nzcio summit reflections
Ok, so two days of trade stand working and C level exec schmoozing does not make the CIO Summit New Zealand the top of my “must attend” list. But when one of my peers came up to...
What does a Business Analyst do?
I recently passed a milestone in the journey of my career. I've now spent over two years as a formal "Business Analyst" or "BA" here at Catalyst IT. In actuality, I've been a BA...
Why Catalyst is a great place to start your career as a new tech graduate
Starting out as a full-time employee in the tech industry is an exciting transition for anyone, the old certainties of study life are swept aside and in their place, you must...
Open Source Academy student to Catalyst employee: Liam Sharpe
I caught up with Liam, one of our front-end developers, about his experience going from an Open Source Academy student to a Catalyst employee.
What year was it when you...
Koha tips and tricks
Koha is a Library Management System used worldwide by approximately 15,000 libraries. The Koha team at Catalyst are passionate about using Koha and helping libraries (big and...
Open Source Academy student to Catalyst employee: Aleisha Amohia
I caught up with Aleisha, one of our Koha Developers, about her experience going from an Open Source Academy student to a Catalyst employee.
What year was it when you were...
Open Source Academy student to Catalyst employee: Priya Patel
I caught up with Priya, one of our eLearning Consultant, about her experience going from an Open Source Academy student to a Catalyst employee.
What year were you a...
The perfect place to start as a woman in tech – the Catalyst Academy
by Aleisha Amohia
The last thing a young woman expects when she’s walking into a technology-related course or workshop, is to be in a majority group. This was the case...
Why world's largest radio telescope is an opportunity for NZ
The NZ SKA forum took place recently at Auckland University of Technology (AUT).
This four-day event brought together a wide variety of national and international visitors who...
Round the Bays 2018 - lessons learnt
I'll be honest, enrolling and organising a fun run for colleagues, sounded like anything but 'fun'. How does the words fun and run even go together? I suspect using the tag “Dumb...
Open values at VALA2018
Around about now I should start emailing you to say, “come and talk to Catalyst about your library technology plans! Visit me at Stand 44 at #Vala2018!” right? Well, yes, but...
An introduction to Inkscape for absolute beginners
Image credits : John Morgan on Flickr, CC BY 2.0
Inkscape is a powerful, open source desktop application for creating two-dimensional scalable vector graphics....
