Australian Moodle Moot 2016
There’s a lot happening in the education technology conference space in the next few months. Here at Catalyst we are passionate about all things elearning, so we are always keen...
The Great Cloud Debate - Aug 2016
Last night I was fortunate enough to attend the Docker Meetup Groups event. Docker in this case being the forum for a cloud-centric discussion -- The Big...
Catalyst's SAML Authentication Moodle Plugin
In Catalyst’s capacity as a Moodle Partner, we do a lot of work in the identity and authentication integration space. This means integrating Moodle and other existing...
Bleeding Edge Chat
Traditionally Catalyst has been a huge user of Internet Relay Chat (IRC) for our internal chat and private messaging requirements. IRC is a big part of the way that Catalyst...
Pe5ky P@ssword$
A password needs to be easily remembered but hard to guess – seems conflicting right? The trick with making a good password is to have it so specific to you, that no one will be...
KohaCon16 – Chris Cormack's experience
In the beautiful city of Thessaloniki, Greece, 252 people attended KohaCon16 from 30th May to 4th June.
The conference attracts people from all around the world, who all share...
Training - transformation, learning and up skilling
Training is the essence of transformation, learning and up skilling. At Catalyst, this couldn’t be more true. Since 2013, Catalyst have offered training courses in open source...
Exercise + Rest = Strength
How is your memory? Do you often find yourself forgetting things? Or do you need to put constant reminders in your phone calendar so you remember specific events? Perhaps you find...
Kohacon is on!
Kohacon16 is on right now at Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece. Congratulations to the organisers who have arranged live streaming, and already published the videos...
Half Moon Bay tech whiz Benjamin Denham graduates at 19
"Denham says it became clear early on that IT was what he wanted to pursue." Benjamin Denham started at Catalyst as an intern and on 28 May he will graduate from his degree...
Pursuing a life of serenity
In the Catalyst office you will find a bunch of hard working individuals, from developers to designers. From those who spend copious amounts of time behind their computer screens...
Communicating across the technical divide: talk nerdy to me
Catalyst is a company populated by some of the most technically able people you're ever likely to meet. Highly complex, brain-stretching problems are what get our...