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  • TTCS Lime on August 15 2012 from 7:00pm to 9:30pm

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) will be having its next lime on Wednesday August 15th, 2012 at Joe’s Pizza, St. Augustine from 7:00pm to 9.30pm.

    Come join us as we discuss various topics, including:

    • The State of Online Banking in T&T
    • Traditional television and will we be able to stream the Olympics without a VPN in 2016?
    • Mars Curiosity Rover

    …and more…!

    Anyone interested in computing and ICT is welcome to attend. A contribution of $50 is expected towards the food bill.

    Address:
    Joe’s Pizza
    #5-6 Emerald Plaza
    Eastern Main Road, St Augustine

    Detailed Directions:
    Heading East on the Eastern Main Road after UWI, just before St. John’s Road (the road with Scotia Bank), look for Emerald Plaza on your right. Take the second entrance on your right.

  • TTCS Lime on Wednesday July 25 2012 from 7:00 pm to 9:30pm

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) will be having its next lime on Wednesday July 25th, 2012 at Joe’s Pizza, St. Augustine from 7:00pm to 9.30pm.

    Come join us as we discuss various topics, including:

    • 4G / Broadband / Wi-Fi / Fiber (!)
    • Desktop vs Web Email Clients
    • The State Of RIM

    …and more…!

    Anyone interested in computing and ICT is welcome to attend. A contribution of $50 is expected towards the food bill.

    Address:
    Joe’s Pizza
    #5-6 Emerald Plaza
    Eastern Main Road, St Augustine

    Detailed Directions:
    Heading East on the Eastern Main Road after UWI, just before St. John’s Road (the road with Scotia Bank), look for Emerald Plaza on your right. Take the second entrance on your right.

  • TTCS Lime on June 20 2012 from 7:00pm to 9:30pm

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) will be having its next lime on Wednesday June 20th, 2012 at Joe’s Pizza, St. Augustine from 7:00pm to 9.30pm.

    Come join us as we discuss various topics, including:

    • WWDC
    • E3
    • TTCS Upcoming AGM
    • ICANN Prague Meeting
    • ICANN gTLDs Announcement
    • CaribNOG
    • Next TTCS Tech Meeting

    Anyone interested in computing and ICT is welcome to attend. A contribution of $50 is expected towards the food bill.

    Address:
    Joe’s Pizza
    #5-6 Emerald Plaza
    Eastern Main Road, St Augustine

    Detailed Directions:
    Heading East on the Eastern Main Road after UWI, just before St. John’s Road (the road with Scotia Bank), look for Emerald Plaza on your right. Take the second entrance on your right.

  • TTCS Online Meeting on Monday June 4 2012

    The TTCS will be having an online meeting via Skype, today, at 6pm. On the agenda:

    • Planning for the next Tech Meeting (on Social Media).
    • Working Groups within the TTCS and their autonomy.
    • The upcoming Annual General Meeting of the TTCS.

    TTCS Skype Name: trinidadtobagocomputersociety

    I deeply apologise for the extremely late notification and hope that as much of you as possible can attend despite this.

    Regards,

    Ryan Shripat
    Secretary
    secretary@ttcsweb.org

  • TTCS Lime on Wednesday May 16 2012 from 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) will be having its next lime on Wednesday April 18th, 2012 at Joe’s Pizza, St. Augustine from 7:00pm to 9.30pm.

    Come join us as we discuss various topics, including:

    • Digicel 4G
    • BMobile 4G
    • Samsung Galaxy S III Launch

    …and more!

    Anyone interested in computing and ICT is welcome to attend.
    A contribution of $50 is expected towards the food bill.

    Address:
    Joe’s Pizza
    #5-6 Emerald Plaza
    Eastern Main Road, St Augustine

    Detailed Directions:
    Heading East on the Eastern Main Road after UWI, just before St. John’s Road (the road with Scotia Bank), look for Emerald Plaza on your right. Take the second entrance on your right.

  • smartTT National ICT Plan (2012)

    2012 Ministry of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education ad promoting the online consultation of the National ICT Plan from 26 April to 13 May 2012
    2012 Ministry of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education ad promoting the online consultation of the National ICT Plan from 26 April to 13 May 2012

    The Ministry of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education (MSTE) and iGovTT launched a series of consultations on the National Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Plan 2014-2018 on Wednesday 21 March 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel which culminated in a two-day Conference on July 11 2012 as the final point of consultation on the Draft National ICT Plan.

    Read MSTE/iGovTT press ad on April 2, 2012 (PDF ; 1.3MB) which reported on the initial consultations and the schedule for consultations. Persons were also invited to comment on the draft ICT plan at http://www.ictconsultations.gov.tt/

    The draft National ICT Plan dubbed “smartTT” focused on 5 thematic areas to guide the implementation of ICT development agenda for Trinidad and Tobago. The five themes were:

    • Innovation and Human Capital Development,
    • Access and Digital Inclusion,
    • e-­‐Business and ICT Sector Development
    • Infrastructure Development
    • e-­‐Government.

    The plan was predicated on the National ICT vision which is to create

    “A dynamic knowledge based society, driven by the innovative use of ICTs to enhance the social, economic and cultural development of the
    people of Trinidad and Tobago.”

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) also submitted comments to the National ICT Consultation.

    On July 11 2012 at the start of the two day conference,  attendees were shown the draft smartTT ICT Plan for 2012-2016

    Read/View smartTT Draft ICT Plan 2012-2016 (PDF ; 18MB ; 58 pages)

    Jacqueline Morris also managed to do a ustream live webcast during the first day of the July 11 2012 conference.

  • Draft TTCS Comments to the National ICT Consultation (2012)

    National ICT Consultation

    Draft TTCS Comments

    Invitation to Comment

    Hi All,

    Please find included links to the Draft Comments the TTCS proposes to submit to the
    (Online)  consultations for the National ICT Plan.

    Google Document
    PDF Version

    Comments are enabled on the Google Document and we encourage feedback from you. Comments on the PDF document can be made through the Membership List or by emailing the Secretary at secretary@ttcsweb.org. We intend to submit this document after review by Monday, April 30th.

    Regards,
    Ryan Shripat
    Secretary
    Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society

  • TTCS lime on Wednesday April 18 2012 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) will be having its next lime on Wednesday April 18th, 2012 at Joe’s Pizza, St. Augustine from 7:00pm to 9.30pm.

    Come join us as we discuss the various projects that the TTCS is currently involved in and how you can participate.

    Anyone interested in computing and ICT is welcome to attend. A contribution of $50 is expected towards the food bill.

    Address:
    Joe’s Pizza
    #5-6 Emerald Plaza
    Eastern Main Road, St Augustine

    Detailed Directions:
    Heading East on the Eastern Main Road after UWI, just before St. John’s Road (the road with Scotia Bank), look for Emerald Plaza on your right. Take the second entrance on your right.

    Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society

  • TTCS OSSWIN DVD v0.8.4, a 1.5GB DVD collection of Free and Open Source Software for Windows 7/Vista/XP available for download

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) is pleased to announce the availability of the TTCS OSSWIN DVD v0.8.4 as a free download on March 24 2012.

    The TTCS OSSWIN DVD (http://www.ttcsweb.org/osswin-dvd/) is a compilation of  95 Free and Open Source Software programs for Microsoft Windows 7/Vista/XP.

    The web-based interface of the DVD allows you to quickly browse the variety of software organised into the following categories:

    • Desktop Applications
    • Educational
    • Games
    • Graphics
    • Internet
    • Server
    • Sound and Video
    • Utilities
    You can use your web browser to read detailed information about each program in this compilation : what the program does, its key features, useful related websites, view a screenshot of the program and find links to the program's website and to download/install the program from the TTCS OSSWIN DVD.

    Visit http://www.ttcsweb.org/osswin-dvd/ for a complete list of programs and how to download and use the 1.5GB ISO via direct download or via BitTorrent.