Community
Involvement in our community is a key principle of all the work we do. It is important to us that we contribute back to the community we live and work in.
Members of our team regularly attend, contribute to and organise events such as the PHP Meetup, Digital Accessibility meetup, and MUV Talks. We also enjoy mentoring and volunteering through the likes of Startup Weekend and other organisations both in the tech sector and our wider communities.
Posts about Community
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Our experience upgrading from Silverstripe 4 to Silverstripe 5
By robin, Jun 20, 2023
When you build a project using the Silverstripe CMS you know the time will come when a major version will be released, based on past experience it’s not one that necessarily fills you with joy. On May 4th 2023 Silverstripe released version 5.0 into the wild, as Silverstripe specialists we’d been keeping an eye on the alpha and beta versions. But it’s only when you get a stable release that you can really get your hands dirty and see how extensive or trivial the upgrade path is going to be. -
NetHui 2019: Safety, inclusion and wellbeing on the open Internet
By ben and laura, Oct 11, 2019
Last week Ben and Laura attended NetHui 2019 — a gathering of people from industry, policy makers and community to discuss all things internet, with a specific focus on ‘Safety, inclusion and wellbeing on the open Internet’. Essentially, over two days we heard about and discussed some of the biggest challenges we face as not only providers of technology services, but simply as users of the internet. -
Our experience using CWP 2.0
By ralph, Nov 13, 2018
The following outlines our experiences using the Common Web Platform 2.0 (CWP 2.0) during the development of the Practice Centre site for Oranga Tamariki. -
Working from Barcelona
By laura, Apr 6, 2018
At Springtimesoft we’re a remote working team – spread across New Zealand through Auckland, Wellington, Gisborne and beyond – but in Winter 2017 I decided to take things a little further. With a firmly entrenched love of travel, a desire to discover more of the world, and finding myself in the peak time of the remote worker, it felt almost inexcusable not to give it a go. I booked an Airbnb on the outskirts of Barcelona, a coworking space near the beach, a solid mobile data plan, and off I went. Little did I consider the 12 hour time difference and my fairly abysmal command of the Spanish language, but we’ll get to that. -
Exciting things afoot in Nelson
By laura, Sep 18, 2017
Last weekend, we sponsored Startup Weekend Nelson - an awesome 54 hours that we are proud to have been a part of. So, what was it, what did we do there and how did it go? All very good questions… -
Supporting MUV Talks 2017
By laura, Jul 14, 2017
MUV Talks was co-founded in New Zealand by Pauli Sosa and myself with the aim to create an environment where passionate people can gather together to learn, be inspired and celebrate the stories of others. Each event consists of a set of seven talks for seven minutes with different experiences and points of view and is interspersed with activities and networking. -
Techweek '17 - a few of our favourite things
By laura, May 15, 2017
And just like that, after over 280 events in 24 locations around New Zealand in the past 9 days, Techweek ‘17 has come to a close. These events were dedicated to bringing together local technology and business talent to tackle global issues, and ranged from deep dives into blockchain, aerospace and agritech to discussions of diversity and capability building. -
10 Startups in the Making
By laura, May 8, 2017
Last weekend we went along to Startup Weekend Auckland’s pitch night, to check out what ideas are on the minds of Auckland’s budding entrepreneurs. -
Linux Minecraft Server Build
By perrin, Feb 26, 2017
Godson: ‘My friend’s older brother has his own Minecraft server.’ -
Kiwicon 2016 Wrap Up
By laura, Dec 15, 2016
This November, the Springtimesoft team headed to Kiwicon in Wellington, taking on the earthquake, heavy rain, flooding and road closures to soak up some information with more than 2000 other attendees. -
Springtimesoft and startups
By perrin, Apr 12, 2015
We are passionate about startups. We help develop them, mentor them and most importantly run them ourselves. -
PHP User Group in Wellington
By ben, Mar 16, 2014
For more than a year Springtimesoft is now running the PHP User Group in Wellington. The goal of the meetup is to get web developers together, talk about anything PHP related and have a chat over some pizza and beer after that. Originally founded in October 2012 by Lenz Gschwendtner and Benjamin Reichelt we got Sam Parkin from Enspiral involved at the end of last year to help us organising the meetups.