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Hamish @polemic.nz · 11/09/2026

(Slides for an upcoming talk)

Hamish @polemic.nz · 11/09/2026

Most organisations today could extract more business value from their GIS by moving the entire stack to a single S3 bucket of raw files, a text file describing the contents, and their favourite AI coding agent. Come at me.

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 15/08/2026

Karanga-a-Hape station first look - what an brill piece of #Auckland infra.

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 05/06/2026

ah yes the "can't beat wellington culture on a good day" take.

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 16/02/2026

Coutts minimizing double compound leg fractures with "nobody was really seriously injured" and they should "perhaps respond in a better way in future" but "there is an element of danger and the athletes know it" is just.. red flags all over the place.

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 16/02/2026

Well F1 got safe by getting incredibly serious about building survival cells, along with a range of other devices. If you want to be like F1, figure how to make crashes survivable! </rant>

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 16/02/2026

Wild watching the SailGP crash between NZ and France, and the follow-up that is focused on the number of boats & racing format rather than the physical safety of the machines. Coutts suggesting that sailors "know the risk" and it's like F1.

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 24/11/2025

So we're saying a Labour/Green coalition elected by townies will have absolute control over water and transport assets of farming communities? Interesting interesting.

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 24/11/2025

Oddly enough NZ has a thriving medical tech industry. but no one is an MP long enough to get fired for a multi-decade long Salesforce/IBM/whatever debacle.

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 24/11/2025

> ..roll out in three phases: stabilising critical systems, modernising platforms, and enabling innovative healthcare models.. seems reasonable > ..a collaboration between Health New Zealand and global experts in AI and process engineering.. Ah ok expensive disaster.

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 14/11/2025

Just one of the many cool side events happening at FOSS4G next week. #gischat

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 10/11/2025

50 workshops over 2 days, 4 keynotes and 250 talks over 3 days, gala dinner, b2b networking event, icebreaker event, geochicas night, women in spatial breakfast, movie screening, Rangitoto volcano day trip, 2 days of community events including 5 code springs, EO lab hackathon and HOTOSM mapping!

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 10/11/2025

Ok #gischat less than a week until @foss4g.org - the open, inclusive, educational and fun geospatial conference happening in Auckland from 17th-23rd November. 2025.foss4g.org - can I fit everything we're doing into one skeet (takes a breath)...

2025.foss4g.org

FOSS4G Auckland 2025

FOSS4G stands for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial, a conference hosted in partnership with OSGeo.

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 05/11/2025

(1) put all your phones in this shredder

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 05/11/2025

My word of the year is "Fractional". Mate, just say part-time.

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 27/10/2025

AI might no be taking all the jobs, but university student study participants might be top of the list.

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 27/10/2025

Choose your fighter: medical efficacy study [in mice]; safety standard [based on 1950s white male]; sociological research outcome [using AI agents in place of humans]

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 02/10/2025

Email us at chair@foss4g.org and we'll sort it out

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 27/09/2025

New Zealand used to have a spine on international issues. This is very disappointing, and the weeks of "wait and see" coyness from the PM is a bonus insult. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

rnz.co.nz

NZ not yet recognising Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announces

The government has decided against recognising Palestinian statehood, retaining its "when, not if" position.

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 26/09/2025

He should also consider voting in his own electorate instead of casting a special. Didn't stop him declaring victory on the night so we all know what this is really about.

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 26/09/2025

I find it interesting that the majority of GIS innovation happens outside of the USA. Tell me I'm wrong. #gischat

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 19/09/2025

Workshops are only $NZ 50 and similarly available, the best value 3-hour training by industry experts you'll ever get.

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 19/09/2025

Also proud to be providing childcare & travel grant assistance. If you're in New Zealand and you just want to network, the Business 2 Business event is on $NZ 25 and open to everyone. Come along for an afternoon and find out what the OSGeo community is all about.

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 19/09/2025

Hey #gischat don't forget to register for FOSS4G 2025. The schedule is up at 2025.foss4g.org. Just a few highlights: - 4 amazing keynotes - 44 workshops, 140 presentations, 50 lightning talks, 2 community days - business 2 business, geochicas and gala dinner events - movie screening + much more

2025.foss4g.org

FOSS4G Auckland 2025

FOSS4G stands for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial, a conference hosted in partnership with OSGeo.

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 19/09/2025

And according to the government of personal responsibility, it's everybody else's fault.

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 18/09/2025

They want her fired because hasn't gone far enough cutting services, not because she's trashed the economy.

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 15/09/2025

Oh that's a very nice combo of technologies. 👏

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 13/09/2025

This was very effective, A+ planning by the organisers. They were a sad little group in the end.

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 13/09/2025

This is... massive. I thought it would be big but this is off the chart. RNZs "10,000" and highlighting the literal handful of counterprotests is very silly.

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 13/09/2025