Started in January 2000, the Brighton New Media Mailing List is a resource aimed at people working within Brighton's new media industry. This site aggregates content created and tagged by the members of the list.
Here's some of what's happening on Planet BNM…
I came across this excellent presentation by Marta Kagan thanks to Paul Fabretti’s tweet. There are plenty of introductions to social media around the web but this one is especially well put together. Marta makes a convincing case for the importance of social media, all backed up with facts and figures. It’s well worth flicking through.
Posted 5 July 2008, 5:03 pm
JW FLV MEDIA PLAVER v4.0
Major update now includes skinning functionality
also…
Playback of live streams (RTMP MP3 and FLV, images without duration)
Efficient HTTP streaming (when seeking to loaded parts, no servercall is made).
SMIL playlists (PAR and SEQ sequences; no positioning).
ATOM playlists (Youtube!)
RTMP publishing of DV devices or webcams.
Error handling (error messages are shown in the display)…
ok that’s boring, here you can read all the changes - much more interesting
The major major note is that the player is now written in Actionscript 3 so will only work on flash player 9 or later
The plugin installbases are presently about 95% (9+) and 98% (7+). Here is Adobe’s latest plugin survey.
The v3 player was fantastic I’ve used it on two live jobs
dk.com/egyptorium
and
http://popkorntv.com/
utilising the watermark feature, RSS playlist (that also doubles up as the general playlist) javascript API and the recommend what to watch next thingie once
the video has been played. Very call indeed
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I’ll be heading up to the University of London tomorrow for Open Tech 2008. The last Open Tech was in 2005 which was, by all accounts, a legendary affair—it led directly to the creation of the ORG.
I’ll be speaking about microformats, probably reworking some of the things I was talking about at XTech. It looks like there’ll be quite a lot of discussion around social networks, portability and privacy so I’m going to concentrate on XFN and hCard. Speaking of which, be sure to read Ben’s excellent article on Digital Web and then check out David’s superb implementation of the Social Graph API: what a productive pair of flatmates!
I put together an hCalendar schedule for Open Tech so if you’re going along, you might want to subscribe. I recommend subscribing over downloading as the schedule is likely to change. I’ll do my best to update the hCalendar document accordingly. Depending on the WiFi situation and how knackered I am after the early start from Brighton, I may try to do some liveblogging.
Tagged with opentech08 opentech speaking microformats hcalendar
Posted 4 July 2008, 5:52 pm
I've been beavering away at the API behind the scenes for a little while, and if you follow me on Twitter you've probably already seen the API browser has already been upgraded.
The key change I've made is to de-couple the API search engine from the front end. What this has resulted in, is a fairly simple API to create any number of bespoke front ends to the jQuery API browser.
Since the engine now runs separately, it's been easy to create different front ends.
So now the following front ends are available with the latest API:
There's no reason this can't be utilised within a Dashboard app (or update the existing one), implemented as an iGoogle widget and so on.
Currently there's no icon for the app - any designers out there want to contribute? Please get in touch.
Originally the app had a quick silver "smoke" look to it, but I've since changed it a straight window so it can be minimised, maximised, etc.
I'm also aware the window settings don't save and the auto updater might ask each time you open the app - there will be updates to fix this very soon!
I've got all the code in Google's SVN repo (though I'm also mirroring across in git - but it's pretty new to me).
If you're app is online, I strongly recommend pulling the code, or at the least the API database, directly out of the SVN repo to ensure you're running from the latest API.
If you're working offline, I encourage you to build in an auto update feature, if only to refresh the database.
Before loading the database, you must import the api-loader.js library which holds the callback to mount the functions on the API database
(since it's all contained within one object)
<script src="api-docs.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
The API database is loaded in one of two ways:
The pro of the JSON version is that the browser doesn't have to do any processing before the data is available. The con is that it's almost twice the size of the raw XML version. I'm looking at what I can do to optimising the JSON version.
<script src="api-docs.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
Call the loadDocs function when the DOM is ready.
There is an option to point the XML database to a different location via the xmldoc variable. If you've exported XML from the wiki (via
createjQueryXMLDocs.pl) then the XML is compatible. For example, the API browser currently works with all the jQuery Ui documentation (I'll be adding this soon).
$(loadDocs);
The API database is a global variable called jquerydocs.
When the database is loaded it triggers a api-load-complete event on the document.
$(document).bind('api-load-complete', function () {
alert(jquerydocs.version);
});
The jquerydocs is an array with properties and a single find function. Running a query on the database returns the same structure back filtered
by the given string.
>>> console.dir(jquerydocs);
'categories' : [Object name=Core subcategories=[5], 8 more...],
'data' : [Object jquery1=Object, 226 more...],
'letters' : ["a", "b", "c", 20 more...],
'searchNames' : ["jquery1", "jquery2", "jquery3", 224 more...]
'startdoc' : "API",
'timestamp' : "2008-06-03T15:40:58Z"
'version' : "1.2.6"
'find': function()
The best way to get familiar with the API database is to drop jquerydocs in to Firebug and look at the properties.
Generally everything is queried through the find function.
The find function takes two parameters, the second being optional:
If the field filter isn't passed in, the query will search for functions, selectors and properties that 'start with' the query string.
A few examples:
// all API functions starting with 'trigg'
jquerydocs.find('trig');
// all functions in the category start with 'ajax'
jquerydocs.find('ajax', 'category');
// this would be the ID of the result
var id = 'trigger141',
item = jquerydocs.data[id],
i = 0,
blank_iframe = '/index_blank.html',
examples = $('exampleHolder'), // arbitrary placeholder
html = [];
for (i = 0; i < item.examples.length; i++) {
if (item.examples[i].html) {
html.push('<iframe id="'
+ item.examples[i].id
+ '" src="'
+ blank_iframe
+ '"></iframe>');
}
}
examples.append(html.join(''));
// runExample is a helper in api-loader.js
runExample(item);
If you're running offline, you'll need to ensure the following:
example_jquery is pointing to - currently it points to the Google jQuery copy 1.2.6. If you're running
online, this will update when the loader script is updated.
blank_iframe points to. This is required for the live examples. If you don't run the examples in your
code, then you shouldn't need to change this.
Posted 4 July 2008, 5:32 pm
Welcome once again to another spirited read-through of the screenplay that is the Cogapp internal blog. Let’s kick off scene one with a mash-up.
These boots were made for walking
Spotted by Ian.
A fabulous Google Maps mash-up (what, another one?) which lets you plan and calculate a route on foot. Simple, useful and nifty.
Get your pedestrian jollies at: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/
Shiny image fun in your very own browser
Spotted by Sam
Now a lot of us at Cogapp Towers are generally suspicious of super-flashy-yet-purportedly-useful browser plugins, but this one is pretty cool.
PicLens lets you zoom around a wall of photos pulled from sites like Flickr, Google Images or Facebook. It’s slick, and actually quite useful for image searching - we’re not just gimmick-mongering here.
Try it and you’ll see - flying around endless panels of images and videos is really quite addictive. You can even navigate through Amazon this way, which is quite an eye opener…
Oodles of Doodles
Spotted by Gavin
Always trying to organise meetings with people and can’t find a time that works for all of you? Then maybe you should Doodle it!
Doodle is a simple and easy to use online group calendar - think Google Calendars but without the fuss. For example: if you’re trying to arrange a meeting with a lot of people, you send them a link to a calendar you have set up (which takes 5 minutes), and they tick the days/times they can attend. When everyone has done this you can see which times everyone can make it and arrange your meeting. Particularly useful if you’ve got people from multiple organisations or departments.
Again it’s a simple but powerful idea, well executed. Doodle doesn’t do much, but what Doodle does do Doodle does do well. Try saying that ten times quickly on a late Friday afternoon.
And finally…
Let’s be honest. We have lots of ‘and finally’ candidates on our internal blog. Too many to mention here, but here are a few tantalising whistle wetters…
Making movement complexity visible, spotted by Tristan - http://www.moframes.net/
An oldie but a goodie, spotted by Tristan - if Microsoft designed
the iPod packaging.
Ah it gets better every time I watch it.
The legendary Johnny Lee returns with intriguing thoughts on flexible display surfaces, spotted by Joe - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhSR_6-Y5Kg
And if you’ve really not got enough things to do today, spotted by Joe - 65 things that look like Pac-Man
And that’s a wrap, people. We’ll be back soon with more somethings from the Cogapp something (it’s late on a Friday, can you tell?)
Posted 4 July 2008, 4:51 pm
I’m sitting here looking at some client copy. It grates. It grates a lot.
The reason? It uses a kind of overblown, wordy marketing speak which gets in the way. It’s using language like this:
…using the built-in chocolate-making capabilities included with every mega purple widgit
Do you really need the word ‘capabilities’? Try reading it without:
…using the built-in chocolate-making included with every mega purple widgit
I think it’s better without. It also punctures the corporate grandiosity that lurks heavily in the background of such a writing style.
If you’re bothered by seeing ‘chocolate-making’ as a verb, how about this?:
…using the built-in chocolate maker included with every mega purple widgit
Be concise, simple and clear. Your customers will reward you for it.
Posted 4 July 2008, 4:47 pm
We are delighted to announce we have our first sponsor for BarCampBrighton3 - MySpace. They are also taking the Gold sponsorship slot so will be covering the costs of the University staff over the weekend. Cheers guys!
As well as sponsoring, the guys from the MySpace developer platform will be attending the event and running a session on using their platform which allows you to develop third party apps for MySpace with OpenSocial. Anyone interested in taking an active role in the session on the day should sign up to the developer platform beforehand as it takes a couple of days for approval to come through.
Here’s a little more information about the platform from the team:
“The MySpace Developer Platform is a combination of services that provides third party application developers with hooks into MySpace’s data and functionality.
These services include:
In short, the MySpace Developer Platform allows you to create stable, secure applications that (if you add the magic sauce) entertain MySpace users and allow them to explore the “social graph” in new and interesting ways. It also enables you to integrate your own site’s functionality into MySpace. What do you get out of it? By writing an application that successfully entertains MySpace users (and believe us when we say they are fickle), you will gain fame, recognition, and traffic to your own site or service.”
Posted 4 July 2008, 1:37 pm
DISCLAIMER: All of this is a horrid hack. Don't blame me if it pees in your cornflakes.
So, alot of you will have seen the Carsonified timelapse videos showing their team developing their new web application Matt.
When I saw this, the first thing I thought about was using this as a means of tracking my productivity. Looking back on a days work after you've done it can give you a lot of hints as to where you're wasting your time. So, I set about working out how to make these myself.
I butchered some bits and pieces of Applescript floating around the internet to take the pictures during the day. Note: I work with my laptop screen and a desktop monitor, and chose to record both of those (screen1 and screen2). The applescript is below :
set save_location to ¬
(choose folder with prompt "Choose where to save screenshots")
on quit
display dialog "Stop recording?"
buttons {"No", "Quit"}
if the button returned of the result is "Quit" then
continue quit
end if
end quit
repeat with shotcount from 1 to 1440
do shell script "screencapture -C -tjpg -x " & ¬
quoted form of POSIX path of save_location ¬
& "screen1-`date '+%y%m%d.%H%M'`.jpg "& quoted form of POSIX path of save_location &"screen2-`date '+%y%m%d.%H%M'`.jpg"
do shell script "/Applications/isightcapture "& quoted form of POSIX path of save_location &"face.`date '+%y%m%d.%H%M'`.jpg"
delay (60 * 1) -- delay 1 minute
end repeat
This expects a freeware program isightcapture to be in your /Applications/ directory, and you'll need to compile this script into an application and run it (it's also a bit flaky and doesn't quit properly - I don't know applescript at all and built this script in about 15 minutes.)
So, after running this for a whole day, you'll have a folder full of timestamped images. For the next part, you'll need imagemagick and mplayer/mencoder installed. I got both of these from macports, but you may choose to get them in some other manner.
To process the folder, first you need to merge the images together so that the screens and face appear in the same image. I did this with a shell script like this :
#!/bin/bash
mkdir processed
for time in `ls face*.jpg | awk -F"." '{ print $2 "." $3 }'`; do
montage -geometry '600x600' -shadow -background none -tile 2x face.$time.jpg screen1-$time.jpg screen2-$time.jpg processed/montage.$time.jpg
done
You may wish to mess around with the geometry and tiling, background, etc. You can take a look at this page about the montage tool in ImageMagick.
Finally, you need to use mencoder to make a movie ! Optionally, you can add an MP3 or ogg file for background music. Inside the processed image folder, run the following (Messing around with the fps can be helpful.) :
mencoder mf://*.jpg -mf w=1280:h=800:fps=4.3:type=jpg -ovc x264 -x264encopts pass=1:bitrate=256 -audiofile /path/to/music.mp3 -oac mp3lame -o timelapse.avi
You'll be left with an video file. I built one for the afternoon of that day. Interestingly, it was a day that I had to go out and pick my car up from servicing and also get my hair cut, which shows me some good productivity drains right there !
Posted 4 July 2008, 4:34 am
The device - dubbed MEDUSA (Mob Excess Deterrent Using Silent Audio) - exploits the microwave audio effect, in which short microwave pulses rapidly heat tissue, causing a shockwave inside the skull that can be detected by the ears. A series of pulses can be transmitted to produce recognisable sounds.
This falls well within the class of "obvious torture gear that simply should not be built" as far as I'm concerned. Add it to the list of banned goods along with napalm, cluster bombs, etc. Does anyone honestly expect that devices such as these won't be abused?
From the comments:
To be tested on the unfortunate souls illegally incarcerated in Guantanamo Bay no doubt.
[Someone replies] Could you watch these guys and make sure they don't attack or hurt anyone again? ...
That someone continued with a different defence, but I'm strongly repulsed by where he started. When society regresses in the name of freedom to a point where we are repaying torture with torture, I sincerely doubt there will exist even the dying embers of what we once called our civility. This disgusts me.
I understand that global peacekeeping involves complexities which I can barely even dream of understanding, but still I find myself wondering: what price am I willing to pay for the conveniences of modern life, and at what point would it cost my conscience less to forgo our supposed advances in life and simply go live in a bloody field? Even the waterboard would be better than this.
And for those who haven't seen the Active Denial System, this contraption is already deployed by the US. Only a fool could believe that Officer Chump and his merry battalion of meatbrains may be entrusted with technology like this in a war theatre full of innocent civilians. One of my school friends went on to join the army, and from my experience of him, the army teaches anger and hatred long before judgement and understanding (if in fact they ever do).
These are not tools for crowd control or nonlethal retaliation. They are designed for nothing more than the acquisition of total and utter involuntary obedience.
Wrong wrong wrong!
Posted 4 July 2008, 2:35 am
The day before the mass exodus to Copenhagen was an exciting one at the Clearleft HQ. Tickets went on sale for dConstruct 2008.
Sales were going at their usual quick pace until five eighths of Clearleft were safely ensconced in Denmark. At that point, Murphy’s Law struck with a vengeance. The server at Joyent, where both Clearleft and dConstruct are hosted, decided to experience—to use the modern parlance—epic fail.
This was no minor outage. Our sites were down for days while we frantically moved our cyberworldly goods to a different host and waited for DNS changes to propagate. Joyent did finally managed to get our sites back up but we were faced with the unwanted time travel experience of losing five weeks of changes: that’s how infrequent their backups had been. Fortunately we had a somewhat more vigorous backup routine in our office so we were able to get things back to their pre-fail state.
So if you were trying to get hold of a dConstruct ticket but found your quest frustrated, I apologise. If you weren’t trying to get hold of a dConstruct ticket …are you crazy!? Don’t you realise that for a measly £125 (including VAT) you can attend the kickassingest conference there is?
Just look at that line-up: local games geek Aleks Krotoski; newly-published author Joshua Porter, designer-extraordinaire Daniel Burka, the microformats man himself, Tantek Çelik. Last year we had one brilliant Matt, this year we have two: the Dopplr duo of Jones and Biddulph. But most exciting of all, the event will be keynoted by Steven Johnson, author of Emergence, Everything Bad Is Good For You and most recently, The Ghost Map.
So what are you waiting for? Register now!
Oh. Wait. I think I’ve just figured out why you might not have yet grabbed a ticket. Perhaps you’ve noticed the little glitch in the line-up.
‘Tis true, I’m afraid. If you fork over one hundred and twenty five of your hard-earned squid, you’ll have to suffer through one of my rambling pretentious flights of fancy (unless you duck out early).
I have no idea what my name is doing on such an illustrious roll call but I’m going to do my utmost to live up to the honour. That means that, as September 5th approaches, I will be shitting bricks with ever-greater frequency. Why not come along to dConstuct 2008 at the Brighton Dome and watch me make me a complete idiot of myself?
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Posted 4 July 2008, 12:55 am
There are two new posters to download and print, in both black and white versions, A3 in size and featuring a fine spread of tapes from way back. It was all about hitting play and record, peep the labels for some old school type steez.
» Download from the posters section.
Posted 4 July 2008, 12:50 am
think they might need a more robust widget, and one you can choose the size of
Posted 3 July 2008, 12:07 pm
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some more brighton rock If you like, please vote for it on jpgmag.com
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This list of subject headings is generated from the last 50 posts made to the BNM mailing list which also had a response.
This is a chart of the most listened to artists in the BNM last.fm group. Chart for the week ending Sun, 29 Jun 2008.
Chart updated every Sunday.
These are links tagged by members of the BNM mailing list with the tag ‘bnm’. If you find something you think other readers may find useful, why not do the same?
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Events are taken from the BNM Upcoming Group. There are currently 28 events.
You can download, or subscribe to this schedule.
Tuesday, July 15th 2008. 10:30am—12:30pm
Last session before summer holidays.
10.30 - 12.30
GAMES, SHORT AND LONGER PIECES
and
EDITING CLINIC - with teacher and/or class input as you wish. Bring your project ideas or words along for feedback... websites, stories, brochures, scripts, novels.
or
EXTRA FREE WRITING...leave the ferocious editor outside and keep the pen moving across the page.
More at the link above...
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Monday, September 15th 2008. 12:00am
This is a 3 day Performance Testing course presented by Scott Barber.
To be presented in Brighton in May. Final date, location and prices to be confirmed very soon.
Only rarely are sufficient time, resources and skilled individuals available to teams who are developing commercially driven software systems to effectively apply rigorous approaches to performance test that system. In cases where applying rigorous approaches would not be effective, a risk-based, flexible approach to performance testing is needed. Rigorous or not, any approach to performance testing needs to focus on collecting the data necessary both to assist the development team in identifying, prioritizing, and tuning areas of sub-optimal performance and to assist stakeholders in making sound business decisions related to performance risks.
In this course, you will learn:
* Nine core principles found in most successful performance testing projects
* Concise, universal heuristics and models for rapid application of those principles
* How to determine and apply oracles to software system performance criteria
* How to apply the core principles into your team’s development process
* How to plan ahead without reducing your ability to react to change
* How to communicate performance testing concepts to non-performance testers
* How to rapidly design performance tests that will achieve your performance testing objectives
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Thursday, September 18th 2008. 12:00am
A Performance Testing course presented by Scott Barber.
To be presented in Brighton in May. Final date, location and prices to be confirmed very soon.
In this course, you will learn:
* Nine core principles found in most successful performance testing projects
* How to communicate the application performance aspects of your buisiness objectives
* How to apply the core principles into your team’s development process
* How to plan ahead without reducing your ability to react to change
* How to determine and apply oracles to software system performance criteria
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Wednesday, September 3rd 2008. 12:00am
dConstruct is an affordable, one-day conference aimed at those designing and building the latest generation of social web applications.
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Wednesday, July 9th 2008. 10:00am—5:00pm
BOOK NOW
A 2-day convention leading the debate in serious games and all contexts it takes including learning, exer-gaming, marketing, awareness, policy, health and defence games : across all sectors and across all platforms including web, virtual worlds and handhelds.
http://www.applyseriousgames.com
Discount Time-Line:
Now- 31st March: Very special Super Early Bird of £199 + vat for the conference on 10th July, plus $£$£ off other scheduled events
31st March - 15th June: Early Bird = Good discounts but not as good as Super Early Bird
After 15th June - the pre-booked fees go up.
The convention includes:
9th July
1-Day Academic & Research Summit
2 x workshops on virtual worlds and web 2.0
10th July
1 Day Apply Serous Games Plenary Conference
Live Demos
Expo
VIP invite-only conference dinner
With more being assembled over the next month.
All bookings through http://asg.eventbrite.com
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Saturday, July 19th 2008. 12:00am
WordCamp is an informal gathering of WordPress bloggers, podcasters, designers and developers.
Saturday and Sunday 19-20 July 2008
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Friday, July 25th 2008. 6:00pm—8:00pm
Critical Mass Brighton
Free mass bike ride through the heart of Brighton & Hove
Celebrating cycling and promoting a fun, healthy, sustainable alternative to petrol-dependant transport.
Bring bikes, lights and noise!
The ride meets at the Level on the last Friday of every month at 6pm.
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Wednesday, July 9th 2008. 7:00pm
Tonight we welcome Mike Stenhouse and Tom Armitage...
From Ego to Ergo: Using Influence in Design
Led by Mike Stenhouse
We love stories, recognise patterns in a fraction of a second and have a set of highly developed social behaviours. Mike will be running through a collection of these hard-wired influence points and exploring how they can be used in the design of products, interfaces and experiences.
Settling New Caprica: Getting Your Pet Project Off The Ground
Led by Tom Armitage
Pet projects: everybody's got them. But how many of them never see the light of day? In this talk, Tom Armitage looks at some of the obstacles that impede such projects, and how to get over them. The talk also considers some ways to streamline the process of releasing software when you're your own client, and perhaps might give some ideas to improve not only your personal projects, but your work projects as well. There should be plenty enough time for a healthy Q&A session after the initial presentation.
Sign-up on Eventwax from Wednesday 25th June at 11am.
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Thursday, July 17th 2008. 9:00am—11:00am
A regular morning meeting at the Sussex Innovation Centre for people interested in conversations about business and technology.
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Thursday, July 17th 2008. 5:00pm—9:00pm
Business Blogging Without A Budget
Online social networks and ever changing social media space are ripe with potential for new ways of learning, earning, collaborating and creating!
With this in mind we are delighted to welcome Libby Davy, a Director of Brighton-based Authentic Blogging & Presence Labs to our “Business Blogging Without A Budget” training event.
As a coach, consultant and trainer in the online marketing and communications field, Libby offers a strong framework to understand why everyone’s talking blogging. In a dynamic, interactive event, you will also get specific case studies to reveal why, when and how to, or not to, blog – as well as how to develop online social networks, which help you:
• Get seen & heard
• Attract the customers and employees you are meant to have
• Create authentic, loyal relationships with your key stakeholders
• Research markets in low cost ways
• Share your insights and good news
• Be reflective
• Create creative collaboration that opens up possibilities
• Inspire positive word-of-mouth referrals, and more
This event will be of benefit to all, with a special emphasis on very cost-effective resources for smaller businesses, non-profits and social entrepreneurs.
To book your place, please call 01273 719097 or visit our website www.businessinbrighton.org.uk.
Time: 5.45pm
Cost: Free for members, £15 for guests
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Wednesday, July 9th 2008. 8:00pm—11:30pm
Meeting for freelancers and small business people working in web design, development and related industries.
Come along for a chat over a beer about work you've got, work you want, client frustrations or the latest technology.
Generally 12-14 people attend over the evening. To help find us look out for the technical book on the table (normally a black and orange Apress book.)
We'll be in the beer garden if the weather is good.
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Wednesday, July 16th 2008. 8:00pm—11:30pm
Meeting for freelancers and small business people working in web design, development and related industries.
Come along for a chat over a beer about work you've got, work you want, client frustrations or the latest technology.
Generally 12-14 people attend over the evening. To help find us look out for the technical book on the table (normally a black and orange Apress book.)
We'll be in the beer garden if the weather is good.
Added by , on Tuesday May 20th, 2008
Wednesday, July 23rd 2008. 8:00pm—11:30pm
Meeting for freelancers and small business people working in web design, development and related industries.
Come along for a chat over a beer about work you've got, work you want, client frustrations or the latest technology.
Generally 12-14 people attend over the evening. To help find us look out for the technical book on the table (normally a black and orange Apress book.)
We'll be in the beer garden if the weather is good.
Added by , on Tuesday May 20th, 2008
Wednesday, July 30th 2008. 8:00pm—11:30pm
Meeting for freelancers and small business people working in web design, development and related industries.
Come along for a chat over a beer about work you've got, work you want, client frustrations or the latest technology.
Generally 12-14 people attend over the evening. To help find us look out for the technical book on the table (normally a black and orange Apress book.)
We'll be in the beer garden if the weather is good.
Added by , on Tuesday May 20th, 2008
Tuesday, July 8th 2008. 8:00pm—10:00pm
A meet-up for programmers, web developers and designers to discuss and showcase their "£5 apps" - lightweight software created by one or two people who take a simple idea and run with it.
The discussion will range from technical (what tools/languages were used during development) to business (building communities, spreading the word, costs and rewards).
After a bit of thought we've decided that this £5app meet will be a DemoCamp (http://barcamp.org/DemoCamp).
One of the reasons that we wanted to run the £5app was so that we might encourage people to simply get doing things. A DemoCamp seems like a really good way to foster this. It lets people show off what they've been working on and as each demo isn't too long it's less nerve-wracking.
If this works well, we'll most likely alternate DemoCamps with regular talks.
So far we have seven demos lined up:
* Google Maps + GPS + Python + Series 60 + giant pencil == live biking location demo, Tristan Roddis (CogApp)
* Google App Engine 'stuff', Simon Willison & Natalie Downe
* Evolvable flight-paths for crash-resistant landing vectors at a major airport, Matt Sarjent
* 'Pistach.io: a cracking idea!', Aral Balkan and Dave Stone
* 'Inuda's first public app... after two years of 'Innovating' alongside client work', Jon Markwell and Kev The Dev
* Seb Lee-Delisle - 'Arduino - Beyond Blink' - Making cool stuff with LEDs (see: http://www.sebleedelisle.com/?p=170)
* AllSizes+, Premasagar Rose - Hacking Flickr with Greasemonkey, dealing with unresolvable ethical conflicts and building a Greasemonkey client-server communications engine.
For more details see the wiki page for this meetup (http://fivepoundapp.com/wiki/Meetup12/).
Added by , on Wednesday May 21st, 2008
Wednesday, July 9th 2008. 10:00am—5:00pm
35 + speakers EARLY BIRD ENDS 15TH JUNE - BOOK NOW & join the industry thought-leaders, practitioners and your colleagues. Limited places available. Book through http://www.viswebconvention.com
A 2-day convention leading the monetisation and application debate for: Web 2.0, virtual worlds, social networks, casual games exploiting Facebook etc- reaching the 500m+ social networkers, serious games (climate change, policy, learning revolution) with roadmaps for Broadcasting & Media, Defence, Oil & Gas, Healthcare sectors.
We also bring industry and academia together to discover the secret of addressing the digital creative industries talent crunch, rewarding good talent without being held hostage and the use of future platforms in the games industry.
http://www.viswebconvention.com
The convention includes 4 main events (all separately bookable) and a small Expo:
9th JULY
- Academic Summit: Addressing the talent crunch - Schedule on main website
- Monetise Web 2.0 & Social Networks Conference - keynoted by Eric Winbolt, Head Digital at EMI Records. Microsite: http://www.monetisesocialnetworks.com
-Extra sessions: Machinima workshop, IP pitching afternoon.
10th JULY - Keynoted by Lord David Puttnam, joined by leading speakers from industry
- Third Annual Apply Serous Games Conference Microsite: http://www.applyseriousgames.com
- Apply Virtual Worlds & MMOs Microsite: http://www.applyvirtualworlds.com
- Extra sessions include: Roadmap consultations for a number of industries and a virtual worlds & serious games legal clinic.
All VIP Day and Full Convention passes available through http://visualweb.eventbrite.com. Individual event passes available through http://www.viswebconvention.com
Speakers include:
- Lord David Puttnam - focus on areas of application in government for serious games and/or virtual worlds; including government policy
- Eric Winbolt - Head of Digital at EMI Records
- John Nordlinger - Program Manager, Microsoft Research
- Matt Spall - MD, Morpheme Games Studios (part of Eidos)
- Sebastien de Halleux - COO, Play Fish
- Kevin McNulty - President, Coole Immersive
- Matthew Jeffery - Head EMEA Talent Management, Electronic Arts
- Sanjay Mistry - VP, EA University
- Dan Hon - CEO, Six to Start
- Margaret Robertson - Journalist & Consultant
- Gobion Rowlands - CEO, Red Redemption
- Claus Nehmzow - MD, Method Ltd
- Donald Clark - Leading Learning Commentator and Entrepreneur
- Martin Mackain Bremner - Learning Programme Manager, Defence Academy UK
- Prof Alan Hatcher - CEO, Homeland Security Group
- Richard Ellis - Stratum Management
- Jason Ryan - iCrossing
- Tom Nixon - Nixon McInnes
- Paul Durrant - Business Director, Abertay University
- Thomas Bidaux - VP, Avaloop
- David Solari - VP Online, Codemasters
- Thor Gunnarsson - VP, CCP Games (Eve Online)
- Sean Dromgoole - CEO, Some Research
- Frank Jennings - Associate Solicitor, DMH Stallard
- Kevin Corti - CEO, PIXELearning
- Paul Miller - CEO, School of Everything
- David MacQueen - Senior Mobile Analyst, Screen Digest
- Dave Taylor - Senior Virtual Worlds Researcher, Imperial College
- James Kinross - Surgeon, Imperial College
- Ivan Pope - CEO, Sniperoo (leading widgets and gadgets developer)
- Dr Pamela Kato - Former Co-founder and CEO, Hopelab (where games were proven to help sick children)
Added by , on Sunday May 25th, 2008
Saturday, July 5th 2008. 12:00am
Open Tech 2008 is an informal, low cost one-day conference on technology, society and low-carbon living, featuring Open Source ways of working and technologies that anyone can have a go at."
Taking place on 5th July, 2008, in London, the line-up currently features:
* mySociety
* No2ID
* Open Rights Group
* plus whatever you offer for a session
This event's predecessor, was Opentech 2005 - a low cost, one-day conference about technologies that anyone can have a go at, from "Open Source"-style ways of working to repurposing everyday electronics hardware. Before that was NotCon 2004, an informal, low-cost, one-day conference on things that technologies were perhaps not intended to do.
***** You can register for this event on Upcoming but this is just a convenience so it will be in your upcoming calendar and you'll get reminded about it.
IT DOES NOT GUARANTEE YOU ENTRY TO THE EVENT
You'll be able to pre-register for the event nearer the time on the event's website. We'll let you know (via Upcoming) when this is available. ****
Added by , on Thursday February 21st, 2008
Thursday, September 25th 2008. 9:00am—6:00pm
A Conference by Developers, for Developers.
The first ever CFDevCon was in November 2006 and was started by Russ Michaels. His original goal was to bring to the UK what the Americans had been enjoying for years through cfunited, cf:objective and other ColdFusion related conferences. Like many developers Russ either did not have the time or the money to make the trip to the USA for these conferences, so decided to make his own. Thanks to the membership of his existing community CFDeveloper, getting the word out was not too difficult.
The first CFDevCon was a resounding success with around 200 attendees, which rivaled the first ever cfunited in the USA. This was quite a feat, considering how tiny the UK is compared to the USA, and how few developers we have in comparison.
Added by , on Thursday May 29th, 2008
Sunday, July 13th 2008. 2:00pm—6:00pm
The english version of Cupcake Camp (http://cupcakecamp.pbwiki.com/)
In true geek style and an excuse to get a bit social comes AfternoonTeaCamp. It’s on the weekend (this Sunday), in the afternoon at The Werks. The idea is that everyone brings something to share and that we can all enjoy each others company.
Being a geek is not essential, though social and good company is.
How is going to work?
1. Bring something related to afternoon tea. E.g tea bags, milk, sandwiches, scones....
2. Sign up on the list where people should say what they are going to bring. (We wouldn't want everyone to bring just milk 'n' tea!)
3. There will be slots for people to give presentations (BarCamp style)
4. Kids are welcome, perhaps they could make something too and show it off.
5. Any sponsors want to help out with costs?
Mark yourself as attending here or stick your name down on the wiki - http://afternoontea.pbwiki.com
Added by , on Tuesday June 3rd, 2008
Wednesday, July 23rd 2008. 6:00pm—9:00pm
* Please register on the Wired Sussex website. Marking yourself as attending here does NOT admit you to the event *
The BBC is one of the largest commissioners of digital content in the UK. Ever wondered how your company can get work from them? Want to know what they are looking for, who you should be talking to and how? Here is your chance to find out.
Wired Sussex has teamed up with the BBC to bring some of their top executives to Brighton to tell our members what their digital strategy is, what they are looking for and how to pitch to them.
Whether you are a freelancer, a small business or a larger company, this is a great opportunity to spend an evening both listening to what the BBC have to say and then networking with them and fellow Wired Sussex members. What’s more (and thanks to the generous support of the BBC), it is free to our members.
Added by , on Thursday June 12th, 2008
Friday, July 11th 2008. 6:00pm—8:00pm
This is your opportunity to meet face to face MARE 139 and gain a greater understanding how his journey from Graffiti artist to sculptor has challenged his work. MARE 139 creates work as a direct response to his environment. For the first time in the UK we are proud to have MARE 139 share his ideas and journey with us.
Entry is FREE but you have to register your name and names of your party via email: tickets@risingstyles.com ………no name/s, no entry
All ages welcome
SUPPORTED BY: University of Brighton • Lighthouse • Red Bull International • Arts Council England • Brighton & Hove City Council
Added by , on Friday June 6th, 2008
Sunday, September 28th 2008. 12:00am
Never heard of Flash on the Beach?
If you have only just heard about Flash on the Beach, then you must have been on a desert island! Flash on the Beach conference is the premier Flash conference in Europe! It has grown quickly and gained fantastic status as one of the 'must go to' conferences around. This year we have a hard act to follow, but it will be even better!
Nearly 50 of the world's most talented designers, developers, creatives, film makers and artists presenting on 3 tracks over 3 full days, plus we have 2 full day pre-conference workshops to get indepth training.
Flash on the Beach has brought together the most creative, technical, inspirational awe-inspiring, educational and entertaining industry leading speakers in the rich media industry.
Who is Flash on the Beach for?
If you are a designer, developer, coder, student, manager, game developer, artist, animator or a newbie, then this conference is for you! Don't miss this opportunity to see over 40 of the best minds in the industry delivering 3 full days of awe-inspiring sessions.
This year we have another stellar line up of speakers. We love our venue! The Dome has so much history, charm and character, we would be mad to use anywhere else, and are already looking forward again to the most exciting Flash conference for years!
Added by , on Tuesday May 6th, 2008
Thursday, September 4th 2008. 7:00pm
If dConstruct is on, that’ll mean dConstruct pre-party, if the dConstruct pre-party is on that’ll mean ‘pre-dConstruct pre-party Burgers’, it’s almost tradition now for some… one of GBK’s finest burger’s with great webby folks before a slow-burger-walk to the official dConstruct pre-party for fun & games.
Added by , on Sunday June 22nd, 2008
Saturday, September 6th 2008. 12:00am
BarCamp is coming back to Brighton and will again be hosted at the University of Sussex.
More details, including ticketing information will follow. In the meantime please feel free to start participating in the wiki:
http://barcamp.org/BarCampBrighton3
Note: Saying you are attending on upcoming does not mean you have a place.
Added by , on Sunday June 22nd, 2008
Friday, July 11th 2008. 10:00am—5:30pm
Free online tools + Education = Progress
"(Online) social networks... are the growth economies of the internet. And the rapid growth of social interaction online will lead to deeper changes for the charity sector, as people seek trusted personal connections in place of corporate communications..."
"The overwhelming majority of charities ... want to engage with supporters in social networks... The pioneering work of charities online already shows how the sector's landscape will change irrevocably, and for the better." - The Guardian - Society
"The number of charities using blogs, YouTube, Flickr and other social media tools, along with mobile technologies in campaigns, will rise this year. The challenge will be choosing the right combination."
- From Third Sector Magazine.
Who? UK charity, social enterprise, community or voluntary organisation, NGO or other positive venture.
From London, Sussex, anywhere (only need to come to Brighton for one day).
- Communications / Marketing types
- Project Leaders
- Senior Leaders
What?
* building stronger relationships with your stakeholders
* getting more attention online and in real life
* using powerful, free online tools to run campaigns
* fundraising
* collaborating creatively and build innovative approaches to social and environmental challenges
* building networks and communities.
10 participants only.
Focussed, personal attention.
Note: this is an integrated learning programme, not a one-off event.
This date is for the group learning day. Other elements of our Social Media Learning Package - Part One, start early July. Register soon!
Scholarships available for future courses (dates to be set)
http://nodestone.com/2008/06/19/scholarships-available-for-next-course/
Even if you can't make this date, register your interest on Upcoming.
Added by , on Monday June 23rd, 2008
Thursday, September 18th 2008. 12:00am
*n.b. Sign up on the website - marking yourself as attending here does not grant you entry*
ReMix UK 08 is a 48 hr conversation; join us from the 18 - 19 September 2008 at the Brighton Centre, Kings Road, Brighton. ReMix UK 08 is all about the ‘Next Web’, what it means today and the potential impact of technologies, tools and techniques for the future.
Inspiring designers and developers to take the media they love to new levels of user experience. The conversation has begun, so come together for a ‘48-hour conversation’ about where next for the web.
Be one of the first 300 people to book and you can save £110 on your entry price.
* Early Bird price £239 (inc. VAT)
* Full price £349 (inc. VAT) from the 301st ticket to sell out
Added by , on Wednesday June 25th, 2008
Wednesday, August 6th 2008. 3:00pm
Come along for tea, cake and company if you're a:
- Freelance writer
- Copywriter
- Writing translator
- Information writer
- Elearning writer
- Content editor
- Sub-editor
...or if you earn your living as any kind of writer.
The idea is to compare notes, bounce ideas around, talk about opportunities, industry trends, discuss tips and tricks and basically just have a good ol' natter with likeminded folk. Not structured - just cosy.
Do send me an email if you plan to come, or even if you can't come - let me know when might be more convenient in future: ellen@ellendevries.co.uk
Added by , on Wednesday July 2nd, 2008
Tuesday, July 15th 2008. 6:45pm—9:00pm
Talk by Thomas Forsyth
As we develop into adulthood, the type of play in which we partake commonly becomes increasingly structured or rule-based. I am challenging preconceptions towards rules within play, and attempting to create the opportunity to indulge in the process of touch and exploration in a way that adults are rarely encouraged.
Tom is essentially creating an excuse to interact with objects in the way that children do. Tom has explored a number of different approaches:
* Strategies that allow things / events to be discovered through interaction, rather than defining them in advance.
* Using the perception of a game as a temporary 'low-risk' environment, in which it is acceptable to interact with the aesthetic/tactile qualities of objects.
* Use of emergent properties, such as mark, structure or surprise, as a means of engaging people with the objects.
Toms work explores the gap between spontaneous/creative and rule-bound forms of play. The concluding objects strive to make a personal adventure of ideas and concept accessible to all.About The Speaker
"It's never too late to have a happy childhood"
— Tom Robbins (popular author)
About the Speaker
Thomas Forsyth is a designer and artist based in Brighton. He is currently graduating from Brighton University where he studied a BA(Hons) in Wood, Metal, Ceramics and Plastics. Always having taken a great interest in the way people perceive and interact with objects, his recent work explores and challenges rules within play.
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ALSO: SHOW AND TELL
Following the talk there will be an opportunity to show and tell something that you've been working on.
You don't have to have a polished presentation or anything just spend 5-10 minutes telling the group about something you're working/have worked on.
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This event is free but it would be nice if you could drop a little something into The Werks' piggybank of theirs that they have at The Werks there.
Added by , on Friday July 4th, 2008