Author Archives: andy dingfelder

About andy dingfelder

Andy is a CISO/CTO in the fintech sector with over 20 years of experience in Software Delivery and Team Leadership in multiple industry domains. Master's Degree (MPA) in Public Administration Information Systems and over 10 years of board governance experience for multiple organisations. Full bio is available at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/dingfelder and links available at https://linktr.ee//dingfelder or follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/dingfelder. Andy lives in the Wellington region, New Zealand with his wife and two daughters.

Day 23 of 30 (in 30 days of Geek) – Post a review of an application that you use.

Posted on January 2, 2012 by andy dingfelder

Day 23 – Post a review of an application that you use. I am not sure if/when I will get around to doing this.  Maybe one day. Until then how about checking out my next next post or my twitter … Continue reading →

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Day 22 of 30 (in 30 days of Geek) – Release some software under an open source license that you haven’t released before.

Posted on November 2, 2011 by andy dingfelder

Day 22 – Release some software under an open source license that you haven’t released before. While I love lots of open source software packages, and support the licensing model, I am going to have to take a mulligan here. … Continue reading →

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Day 21 of 30 (in 30 days of Geek) – Favourite thing & worst things about working in IT?

Posted on November 2, 2011 by andy dingfelder

Day 21 – Favourite thing & worst things about working in IT? I really like communicating with people, sharing what I know, and helping others solve problems.  Thats what I like to do. When a user has a problem, and … Continue reading →

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Day 20 of 30 (in 30 days of Geek) – Where do you stand on Internet Censorship?

Posted on October 2, 2011 by andy dingfelder

Day 20 – Where do you stand on Internet Censorship? I am not a big fan of the government trying to censor the population.  I think Australia for instance is going too far. And as a US citizen (dual US/NZ … Continue reading →

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Day 19 of 30 (in 30 days of Geek) – Most hated computing environment

Posted on September 2, 2011 by andy dingfelder

Day 19 –Most hated computing environment I have to say I don’t really HATE any computing environment, but I like some better than others. I find strengths and weaknesses in all of the main operating systems, I like Mac, Linux … Continue reading →

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Day 18 of 30 (in 30 days of Geek) – Most cringe-worthy geek moment

Posted on August 2, 2011 by andy dingfelder

Day 18 – Most cringe-worthy geek moment I’m going to have to go a bit geek here and quote the urban Dictionary: Geek is One of four titles used to classify someone based on their technical and social skills. The … Continue reading →

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Day 17 of 30 (in 30 days of Geek) – Post a useful HOWTO to solve a challenge you’ve come across recently.

Posted on July 2, 2011 by andy dingfelder

Day 17 – Post a useful HOWTO to solve a challenge you’ve come across recently. How to get a bunch of twitter followers – for free ! I have read a LOT of twitter posts that basically say: “click here … Continue reading →

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Day 16 of 30 (in 30 days of Geek) – First computer you’ve ever owned & your favourite ever.

Posted on June 2, 2011 by andy dingfelder

Day 16 of 30 (in 30 days of Geek)… – First computer you’ve ever owned & your favourite ever. My First computer was a 286 PC, 12  mhz speed.  With a TURBO BUTTON ! (Don’t ask me why it had … Continue reading →

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Day 15 of 30 (in 30 days of Geek) – Earliest geek experience

Posted on April 2, 2011 by andy dingfelder

Day 15 of 30 (in 30 days of Geek)… – Earliest geek experience? This one goes back quite a while. I would say this is a close call between 2 events: Writing my first software program (on a TRS-80) Winning … Continue reading →

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Day 14 of 30 (in 30 days of Geek) – Favourite computer conference?

Posted on March 2, 2011 by andy dingfelder

Day 14 of 30 (in 30 days of Geek)… – Favourite computer conference? First of all, I have to note that it has been a long while since I blogged here, but I am back, and I will try and … Continue reading →

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