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Mike Loundes, customer services director and chief technology officer at Manx Telecom is speaking  tonight on ‘the Next Generation Network roll out’ at a meeting of the BCS Isle of Man Section. It’s free and sarnies, coffee provided.  Claremont Hotel 6:00pm start.

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Yup, that’s right all the acronyms together in one room! One night only 20 February, 6.00 pm at the Sefton in Douglas, Isle of Man. Entry is free of charge.
Professor Jim Norton will be speaking on the ‘Responsibilities of directors and managers in IT enabled business change’ at a joint meeting of the BCS, the IOD and the CMI.
“Professor Jim Norton is one of the UK’s pre-eminent policy advisers on professionalism in business,” said Tony Verrall, BCS IOM chairman, “The talk should widen the understanding of where responsibilities lie for …

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The BCS Isle of Man has invited Charles Chang to speak next week’s meeting. Charles will analyse the politics, economics, social change and technology in China and India and examine the implications these have for enterprises and for governments at the BCS Isle of Man’s first event of the year taking place at 18.00 on 17 January 2008, Claremont Hotel.
Charles Chang is a fellow of the British Computer Society and a management consultant who works with major IT vendors to improve their sales and marketing effectiveness. He …

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Tonight at the Hilton in Douglas.  Admission is free…coffee and sarnies served. Come at six.  The panel discussion starts at six-thirty.

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The British Computer Society (Isle of Man) are pleased to announce the second event in their 2007 annual programme, on Wednesday 17th October, Douglas Hilton, 18.00.
This event is intended to be a discussion forum where members can bring up issues, concerns and views about eGaming with respect to both the global aspect and a Manx perspective. The eGaming industry is multifaceted; there are legislative, business and technical aspects to consider and we have brought together a varied panel of experts with a wide variety of experiences in the field of …

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Only one day late…here are highlights of my reading list of the past week. Ethics in journalism, island marketing, a self proclaimed complete wanker and communicating the value of IT are all highlighted.
1. The Press Gazette is reporting that Richard Wallace, editor of the Daily Mirror, has ‘expressed regret’ at having published pictures of Prince William’s girlfriend Kate Middleton. I’ve never heard a less sincere apology in my life. Clearly he’s sorry that there has been a formal complaint filed with the Press Complaints Commission. He’s sorry …

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Just a quick reminder that everyone is welcome to join the Isle of Man’s BCS for a celebration of the society’s 50th birthday today.  Please join us for a drink, some nibbles and a bit of cake at 5.30 at the Sefton hotel in Douglas.  There’s no charge to attend and we’d love to see you.

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Yes it’s true. The British Computer Society is 50 years old this year. And to celebrate the Isle of Man section is holding a good old knees up.
I know that many of our sessions are a bit too geeky to have much mainstream appeal, but our 28 February event is just a party. So don’t expect a deep discussion on computer forensics, virutalisation or any weighty matters. Just a few drinkies, a few nibbles and bit of cake are on offer to everyone who wishes …

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When I started writing the weekly Tech Talk column in the Isle of Man Examiner it was my intention to post the articles online once they had been published. But, so far, I’ve been a bit remiss in actually getting them online. So starting today, I’ll be putting them up, a couple each week, until we’re caught up.
Today’s item ran as the British Computer Society, Isle of Man Section kicked off its season of events with a talk by Dr Ben Fairfax about the benefits of component-based software development. …

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Last week, I spoke to the BCS about how, without good communications,  IT departments risk missing opportunities to inform people of their true value and can contribute to misunderstandings and negative perceptions of the department.
For those who missed it, I summarized my notes for Tech Talk in this week’s Isle of Man Examiner, on sale now.   Next week Tech Talk profiles a cool online gaming company that appeared in the Fox’s Lair earlier this week.  Don’t miss it.