[wellylug] [Wellington-pm] Kiwi PyCon Media Statement - "How a programming language is changing the Web"

[Tim Knapp]

On Tue, 2009-10-06 at 09:49 +1300, Lee Begg wrote:
> "Silicon Plains" as it gets called.
> 
> There are a lot of electronics and embedded system companies in 
> Christchurch. They are mostly centred around Trimble, Allied Telesyn 
> Research and PayGlobal in Addington/Riccarton and the CII in the CBD.
> 
> Wellington is a lot stronger on IT services and software development, 
> but there is a lot of embedded software and increasing amounts of web 
> development in Christchurch.
> 
> 
> In summary: Wellington - mostly software. Christchurch - mostly hardware.

What she said :)

> 
> Regards
> Lee Begg
> Ex-Wellington, ex-Canterbury Uni, ex-Christchurch, Software Developer in 
> Wellington
> 
> 
> 
> Sam Vilain wrote:
> > On Mon, 2009-10-05 at 22:32 +1300, Tim Knapp wrote:
> >   
> >> “As Christchurch has the reputation of being the Silicon Valley of New
> >> Zealand, 
> >>     
> >
> > Who knew!
> >
> > I've heard the term "Silicon Welly" before as well - and given the
> > number of blue chips here, the amount of central government IT including
> > the biggest two - ie IRD and MSD, plus Weta Workshops... not that
> > unfair.  Maybe not as much overall compared to Auckland but certainly
> > very high for the population of the city.
> >
> > But Christchurch?  Really?  Did you mean to put the term (in the South
> > Island) in there somewhere?
> >
> > Sorry, don't mean to troll... just really interested as to what would
> > make someone say that.
> > Sam
> >
> >
> >   
> 
>