The TTCS will be having an online meeting via Skype, today, at 6pm. On the agenda:
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
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:
…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.
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:
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.
The TTCS has submitted its official Comments to the National ICT Consultations.
We would like to thank all those who contributed.
Attachments:
National ICT Consultation Press Ad
TTCS-comments-for-the-National-ICT-Consultation-Plan-(Online)-2012
Hi All,
Please find included links to the Draft Comments the TTCS proposes to submit to the
(Online) consultations for the National ICT Plan.
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
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
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:
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.
The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) will be having its next lime on Wednesday March 14th, 2012 at Joe’s Pizza, St. Augustine from 7:00pm to 9.30pm.
Come join us as we discuss various computing and ICT topics.
Anyone interested in computing and ICT are 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.
The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) will be having its next lime on Wednesday February 8th, 2012 at Joe’s Pizza, St. Augustine from 7:00pm to 9.30pm.
Come join us as we discuss various computing and ICT topics including :
…and more!
Anyone interested in computing and ICT are 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.
According to a article In a Saturday December 17 2011 Trinidad Express newspaper article “Kamla considers laptop for every pupil”,
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago, Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar said there is a $45 US computer and has asked educators to determine whether such computer would be suitable for the nation’s schools.
“That means I can give every child, not just every form one a laptop. I’m not making that a promise, it depends if the computer has the capacity in the way that we want it to work for our schools,” she said.
The $45 US computer is likely to be the “Aakash” or Sky tablet launched by the India Government and the Datawind company in October 2011.
Here’s a video from Al Jazeera’s Prerna Suri on the launch of the Aakash tablet:
According to Datawind’s press release, the Aakash is a 7″ resistive touch screen tablet at 800×400 resolution running Android OS v2.2 (“Froyo”) with a 366Mhz CPU, 256 RAM, 2GB internal storage, expandable to 32GB via a microSD slot, 2 USB ports, 3.5mm audio in and audio out jacks, and includes WiFi (802.11 a/b/g) connectivity.
However, the commercial variant of the Aakash tablet called the Ubislate 7 is expected to be available in early 2012. There are reports that this features several upgrades such as a faster CPU, Android v2.3 and built-in GPRS connectivity.
