Posted 3 July 2009, 8:53 pm
Blogs
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Callender Creates
[Blog] Callender Creates: Sussex Internships Programme
Can’t get a job without any experience, but can’t get any experience without a job? Applications for the Sussex Internships Programme went live this week - you can apply for one of 40 current work placements. The Sussex Internship Programme will provide 100 short-term internships at a wide variety of games, web, software development, animation, TV, [...] -
ATOMICSHED
[Blog] ATOMICSHED: SOUR ‘Hibi no neiro’ webcam music video
A really cool webcam music video.
Funny enough I was considering a photographic project on slightly similar lines. This though is quite awesome, just the story boarding alone would make your brain melt!
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Director: Masashi Kawamura + Hal Kirkland + Magico Nakamura + Masayoshi Nakamura
SOUR official site: http://sour-web.com
2009 Neutral Nine RecordsPosted 3 July 2009, 1:51 pm
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Wired Sussex Blog
[Blog] Wired Sussex Blog: Want a career in media? Apply for an internship today
Applications for the Sussex Internships Programme go live today, Wednesday 1 July 2009 - so you can apply online for one of 40 current work placements in some of the most exciting games, web, mobile, software, animation, TV, music, film and advertising companies across Sussex.
Check out the website today to find out who is involved and what internships are available.Posted 3 July 2009, 1:34 pm
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shardcore
[Blog] shardcore: disfigure (1999)
A flashback, shardcore music from over a decade ago.
majestic, but passive still
i’ve drunk her
and now i’m illa look that
disfigures me
i’m crushed by the weight of she
an eyelash
a flake of skin
a detail of what i’m inshe said
“you and i are one,
let’s finish what we’ve begun”
concludes it with a hurried kiss
not sure what’s meant by this
still
the weekend’s nearly here
and all this will disappearlike
nothinglike dust
it’s settled
not discussedyou ask if i like the dress
to me it’s meaninglessthese are not the lines to read between
this is what i really meanPosted 3 July 2009, 11:23 am
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iestyn.net
[Blog] iestyn.net: iBomber – iPhone game
Here’s another great game for the iPhone: iBomber! You play the part of a bomber in the Pacific in 1943. It’s top-down, and movement is controlled by tilting the iPhone. Bombs are dropped by hitting the ‘Bombs Away’ button. There’s a number of different powerups you can collect by touching them. The aim is to destroy pretty much everything. Ships, submarines, aircraft carriers, planes, AA guns, fuel dumps and so on.
There’s several levels, with achievements for each one. I’ve played a good few hours of it, and it’s definitely worth a paltry £1.19.
Posted 3 July 2009, 7:18 am
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Josh Russell
[Blog] Josh Russell: Brighton conference season - idea
This is an idea that’s been knocking about in my head for the last few years, a festival of festivals, and I’ve mentioned it during that time to several organisers..
Used with permission, Thanks lomokev!In Brighton there is a lot of event activity at the end of each year, here’s a list:
- Develop - 14th-16th July 2009
- Beachdown Music Festival - 28th-31st August 2009
- dConstruct - 4th September 2009
- Barcamp Brighton - 5th-6th September 2009 TBC
- Flash on the Beach - 20th-23rd September 2009
- Mix UK - September 2009 TBC
- Amplified (new) - September 2009 TBA
- Head - October 2009 TBC
- Brighton Comedy Fringe - 15th-31st October 2009
- Paramount Comedy Festival - 15th-31st October 2009
- Full Frontal (new) - 20th November 2009
- CINECITY - Novemeber 2009
- DiMAS (web awards) - November 2009 TBC
- Twestival - 2009? TBC
- Farm Hack Day - November 2009 TBA
And other regular, smaller events, all year round, such as:
So how about joining them together, informally at first, under one umbrella group of events, a festival of festivals if you will! A month (or 2?) of events and activities, strung together, collaborating on parts, and going beyond the normal boundaries. It’s when fringes blur into each other that things get really interesting.
Ok so the dates are a little far apart for some of those events, but others are so close together that maybe other events will appear in between. We’re way off having a single ticket for everything, but a single banner could be achievable.
I can imagine creating an atmosphere of creativity and learning, mixed with music and relaxation, not to mention the meeting people and spending real time exploring ideas in between events, not being rushed, or leaving town the next day..
So would this be a good idea? Would we risk dilution? or would it raise the profile of the events and the city?
What do you think?
(Oh, and any events I missed that would fit in well?)
UPDATE:
Here’s some more groups that meet regularly.. I’m sure they could organise something during the festival too :)Brighton Bloggers, Freelancers Farm, Girl Geek Dinners, UX Brighton, Geek Wine Thing, Brighton Flickr, Open Coffee Sussex, Likemind, Skillswap, Sussex Geek Dinners, Brighton Illustrators, Brighton Vine, Freelance Journalists…
What else is going on in art, music, film or literature that the geeks don’t know about? I’ll add to the list. This is also relevant to Amplified09 too, which will be a one day meeting during this period, of all these groups and networks.
UPDATE 2:
Two other music festivals to add to Beachdown are Loop and The Great Escape, I don’t think they’ll move from the summer, but maybe they could all collaborate on a weekend in September? :)Posted 2 July 2009, 8:49 pm
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Kwiqq Social Networking Software
[Blog] Kwiqq Social Networking Software: Announcement: KwiqqOpen in here!
We are pleased to announce our latest affordable enterprise level Social Networking solution, KwiqqOpen. The software will be made available to public in Autumn of 2009. The product has been developed in conjunction with our customers to address the social networking needs of various verticals.
Features
Efforts have been made to make the software simple to use and jargon free. Our solution is fully hosted or can be installed on your server if required. We take care of all your technical needs, so you can focus on other important areas. KwiqqOpen will help you not only have your own social network with all the bells and whistles but also a fully integrated Community Management software, to maintain content uploaded by users and a Content Management tool to maintain general content on your website.
Overview of KwiqqOpen:
• We will install and configure the website for you. You need no technical knowledge to operate the system. We will also apply your colour scheme and logo.
• A powerful content management system allowing the addition of any text, images, video and other content and the ability to customise any of the pages to include any of the features listed below.
• Users’ profiles.
• Friends lists.
• Friends’ activity feed.
• Forums.
• Blogs.
• Groups.
• Status updates.
• Internal messaging.
• Moderation tools. Site owners will be able to monitor all activity on the site. Any content added will be available to view, edit and remove and moderators can warn or ban users.
• OpenX advertising platform. All installations come complete with the OpenX ad server, giving you the option of running your own advertising campaigns should you choose to.
• KwiqqOpen has been built with multiple-language capabilities. If you are interested in using it in a language other than English, let us know.
Community Management SoftwareIn essence it is a simple tool to monitor your community’s activity as a stream of content. It helps you as an administrator to monitor any malicious User Generated Content (UGC), giving you full control of your community.
KwiqqOpen Community Management Tool
Content Management System (CMS)
Most Social Networking sites have sections on their website like home page, FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) etc which are constantly revised. To make the operation simple we have created a comprehensive but simple to use Content Management System. Now you are in full control of the content of your social network and can modify it anytime using a simple web interface.
KwiqqOpen CMS
Kwiqq Consulting
KwiqqOpen provides you with state of the art social networking features. In addition we can provide you with an engagement strategy and community management consulting to effectively use the technology and further attract and retain your target audience. We can also help you define a value added proposition for your end users, to help you engage and converse with them.
Posted 2 July 2009, 2:42 pm
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NixonMcInnes
[Blog] NixonMcInnes: One & Other - Antony Gormley’s ‘the peoples plinth’ in Trafalagar Square
I have just found out I have won a place to stand on the forth plinth in Trafalgar Square as part of Antony Gormley’s ‘living monument’ project One & Other. I will be on the plinth from 7-8pm on Sunday 2nd August.
For more detail of what this project is about this is an exerpt from the One & Other website:
This summer, sculptor Antony Gormley invites you to help create an astonishing living monument. He is asking the people of the UK to occupy the empty Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square in London, a space normally reserved for statues of Kings and Generals. They will become an image of themselves, and a representation of the whole of humanity.
Every hour, 24 hours a day, for 100 days without a break, a different person will make the Plinth their own. If you’re selected, you can use your time on the plinth as you like. One & Other is open to anyone and everyone from any corner of the UK. As long as you’re 16 or over and are living or staying in the UK, you can apply to be part of this unforgettable artistic experiment.
And to see what Antony Gormley has to say about it check out his video here.
I feel very honoured and excited to be involved and want to make the most of the opportunity. Antony talks about the democrotisation of society and representing people in the UK today, and I would love whatever I do up there to reflect this.
So, I have had a couple of ideas about what I can do with the help of a few of my colleagues, and I would really like to do something which involves crowdsourcing and letting others input to what I do.
One idea is to ask people to twitter to me (create a hashtag for this project within the project) with tweets they would like me to hold up written on card while I’m on the plinth.
Another (which is my favourite so far, from the genius ideas machine that is Jenni Lloyd) is to get people to tweet me stuff they would like me to draw while I’m on the plinth. I could take a flip chart, some pens, and have a lot of fun in that hour. I could even mix it up with requests from the crowd (the real life one, in Trafalgar Square) and take in live tweet requests. I could fold up each finished giant drawing and send it out into the crowd in giant paper planes (so long as people don’t throw them back to me and knock me off!)
What do you think? Any other ideas? Really open to ideas and would like my time up there to be a collaborative peice made by all of us.
Posted 2 July 2009, 2:29 pm
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Delarge
[Blog] Delarge: Don’t stop the desktops
We can’t, won’t and don’t stop those desktop wallpapers oozing out… so here’s the latest in the collection, titled ‘My heart caught fire’, after a line in the Bat For Lashes track ‘Good Love’… hope it does the do for you:
Download sizes:
We’ve also been sent this little beauty from the good chaps at King Underground record shop, pay them a visit for your hip hop vinyl requirements and get your desktop dealt with below:
Download sizes:
Posted 2 July 2009, 2:11 pm
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Tom Hume
[Blog] Tom Hume: Sprint 41: review and retrospective
"In Sprint 41, I invented the bun... I invented the bun, in Sprint 41..."
What we learned:
- You need to be disciplined to get acceptance tests written before development starts on them;
- You need many strategies for communicating with remote teams: not all of them will work in any given situation;
- Retrospective actions need following up, or the whole exercise is of moot value;
- The current UK heat-wave causes problems and opens up opportunities :)
Another write-up of one of our planning days; Glastonbury having abducted our facilitatrix, I was running the review and retrospective sessions. This is undoubtedly a good thing for me to have more practice doing, but I worry about my ability to remain objective when wearing MD and Scrum Master hats, and having some opinions about the Way Things Ought To Be.
Worryingly (scrum smell ahoy!) there was little in the way of production software to show off at the review. Both teams had been working on one project (predominately), and in both cases a couple of large features were nearly-done, but not done done done - mainly due to dependencies on a third party which we're having trouble sorting out in a speedy manner, though in the case of Tonberry they had everything done for one story bar the automated tests. I'm hopeful that this means at the end of Sprint 42 we'll be inundated with new features to show off - i.e. that over 2 2-week sprints we'll have averaged out a little.
Ali showed off some of the widget work he's been doing recently for a new client (more on that in due course, I hope), and we had a good clutch of gold cards: Doug's produced another mobile application for alcoholics ("wake me up when my train gets home"), Chris had been doing some investigations into persistent storage efficiency using our Cactus database components for J2ME, and Tariq had some work on an Android app.
I've been worried about following up actions agreed at retrospectives - or rather, my not following them up as diligently as I should've been: there's little point in regularly agreeing to do stuff if it never gets done. So I kicked off the retro with a review of actions from the last time, highlighting the ones we've done and not yet gotten around to. I get the sense the strike rate was slightly higher, but I need to concentrate more on this in upcoming sprints.
Then the retrospective proper. I returned to a fairly standard format: each team member calling out 4 memorable moments from the previous sprint and getting them up onto a timeline. This brings out areas of common opinion or feeling from the team - unsurprisingly, many of us were pretty worried when one of the guys was taken into hospital at short notice, but environmental concerns about office temperature in the current heatwave were also a common theme, as was the visit a few of us made to Berlin on Monday. Some bug-fixing on an oldish project provided a boost to a few of us; stories not being finished provided a more sombre end-note to the sprint.
Having reached and discussed a group consensus on the previous 2 weeks, we moved onto actions, with each team member voting for something we should do in the immediate future, something we shouldn't do, and something we just don't understand. We then grouped these, discussed them and came out with a few to follow up on this sprint:
- We're becoming one team; with much of our work over the next couple of months being on a particular large project, we're combining the two development teams into one and sharing stand-ups and planning. A particular hope of mine is that this will encourage a lot more pairing up - 6 people can form many more combination of pairs than 3 - leading to a bit of variety, and a quicker path to getting those new to the project up to speed with i.
- We'd slacked off on a practice everyone had agreed had value, and worked well for us: writing acceptance tests for a story at the start of its development, and involving developers, QA, designers and the Product Owner in this session. Efforts are accordingly being redoubled in this department.
- A hot working environment is unpleasant: Thom was tasked to look into possible coolants.
- The speed of communication with a remote customer was highlighted as an issue by the team. I'm quite proud of the quantity of work we've done in the past, working with teams in London, Denmark, Helsinki or China... and past post-project retrospectives have highlighted the value of shortening decision times, so we've lots of little tricks we can use to ease the pain here. Recently we'd hit some problems which they weren't helping with, so we opted to raise the issue with the customer.
Other things we discussed included ways to improve our test automation (with some interesting suggestions floating for ways to document and improve test coverage of the user-interface elements of MIDlets or other mobile apps), and the need (or otherwise) to re-estimate stories before planning. The latter ended up with quite a long-running and heated debate (of the type we try and avoid having normally in retrospectives). I'm not convinced we got to the end of it but it feels like concerns have at least been aired. I posted round a Mike Cohn blog entry on the topic afterwards, which summed up the way I felt, but much more eloquently than I could put it.
Other observations I'd have: sprint burndowns don't seem to be so handy for us. They don't often get referred to and in some cases haven't been updated too frequently. I'm not sure what to do here: I think our story sizing relative to team capacity might be a bit off, and perhaps a larger team will make a difference.
We're Googly as fuck nowadays - we don't tend to move without creating a spreadsheet or document about it, and seem to have settled on it as our standard means of electronic collaboration.
And finally, we're holding standups outside for this sprint - partly to deal with the heat, and partly to recognise that with a team of 8-10, finding a board we can cluster around and actually refer to is tough with our current office configuration...
Posted 2 July 2009, 2:11 pm
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NixonMcInnes
[Blog] NixonMcInnes: Read between the lines…
Brand guidelines should do just that – guide. They should encourage those working with them to think seriously but creatively about the brand. All too often they are implemented rigidly and uniformly, like Health and Safety Guideline. They are not questioned and so do not change. A static brand as laid down in unchanging guidelines is one that fails to keep the pace of change with its dynamic consumers.
MTV gets it right. Their creative executions are always definitely MTV and that each iteration is unique and compelling—they are connected to their fast-changing consumers. Also getting it right is Amnesty. They have really done a lot of work to sharpen up their brand voice. Love or hate Nike, they do produce outstanding campaigns that never look the same but yet are instantly recognisable by their sense of fun.
Set your brand free by engaging honestly and creatively with the guidelines—don’t be afraid to make changes. Be guided not constrained.
Posted 2 July 2009, 1:26 pm
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BuiltByDave.co.uk
[Blog] BuiltByDave.co.uk: Question #33: Vote in, vote out
In our democracy we vote in. If we turned to vote out, would the result be the same? Would more people actively vote? Less? Side effects?
Posted 2 July 2009, 12:34 pm
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zenbullets.com
[Blog] zenbullets.com: 1000 Tweets, Nothing To Say
There has been much talk of Twitter heralding the end of blogging, which is a little like saying Lego killed the construction industry. Twitter is blogging, it is just blogging without the thought process, the craftsmanship or the paragraphs. Which is what makes it so great. But one way in which Twitter is killing blogs [...]Posted 2 July 2009, 11:00 am
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iestyn.net
[Blog] iestyn.net: Star Defense – iPhone
If you’re a fan of tower defense games, then I can highly recommend Star Defense for the iPhone. You know the drill: Different types of turret, upgrades, waves of different enemies – it’s not deviating from the standard formula at all, but it’s presented nicely, seems quite balanced, and the 3D graphics are quite impresive for an iPhone. It’s definitely worth £3.49 – and it absolutely kills train journeys.
Posted 2 July 2009, 8:56 am
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90 Percent of Everything - by Harry Brignull
[Blog] 90 Percent of Everything - by Harry Brignull: Marti A Hearst’s “Search User Interfaces” book – available free online
This is great! The full text of Marti A Hearst’s Search User Interfaces book is available entirely for free online. The RRP is £30 and the book isn’t even due to be publicly available until September 30, 2009.
Caution: actual thought may be required when reading this book. It is an academic text, somewhat reminiscent of a PHD thesis literature review. Don’t expect any top-ten tips.
(via @konigi)
Posted 1 July 2009, 4:20 pm
Flickr
These photos are the most recent added to the BNM Flickr Photo pool.
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[Flickr] friends playing
Posted by atomicShed, on 26 Jun 2009, 1:11 pm
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[Flickr] To Play - Mini estate agent board dome for kiddies
Posted by Nick Sayers, on 22 Jun 2009, 9:27 pm
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[Flickr] f o r e !
Posted by Tim Jameson, on 21 Jun 2009, 11:09 pm
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[Flickr] Ophelia Fancy at Pelirocco Hotel
Posted by James Hedley, on 18 Jun 2009, 11:13 am
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[Flickr] fish and chips with mushy peas signage
Posted by atomicShed, on 15 Jun 2009, 9:06 pm
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[Flickr] Oi, MONSTER, What you got?
Posted by atomicShed, on 13 Jun 2009, 7:50 pm
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[Flickr] self promotion
Posted by atomicShed, on 11 Jun 2009, 4:59 pm
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[Flickr] type box
Posted by atomicShed, on 10 Jun 2009, 4:49 pm
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[Flickr] wild tomatoes
Posted by mrmole, on 6 Jun 2009, 11:19 pm
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[Flickr] orbital 3
Posted by zenbullets, on 2 Jun 2009, 4:21 pm
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Last.fm artist chart
This is a chart of the most listened to artists in the BNM last.fm group. Chart for the week ending Sun, 28 Jun 2009.
- Michael Jackson
- UNKLE
- Gorillaz
- DJ Shadow
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Portishead
- Air
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- Radiohead
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Chart updated every Sunday.
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Events
Events are taken from the BNM Upcoming Group. There are currently 14 events.
You can download, or subscribe to this schedule.
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[Event] Critical Mass Brighton bike ride at The Level
Friday, July 31st 2009. 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.Added by , on Saturday February 25th, 2006
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[Event] Low Tide Sunrise Bike Ride at Shoreham Harbour west wall
Saturday, July 25th 2009. 7:00am—10:00am
Note: This ride will go from the west wall of Shoreham Harbour to the beach at Worthing Pier, unlike all previous rides!
Fun cycle dash over the exposed sand flats during one of the lowest tides of the year. The ride goes along the beach from the west wall of Shoreham Harbour to Worthing Pier, and beyond (note ride start location and time – it has varied!), or as far as you and your bike can make it.
The ride will set off 15-30 minutes after meeting, so as to catch the lowest tide and the sunrise.
Following August 2007's Low Tide Naked Critical Mash-Up bike ride, the event is clothing-optional.
Time and tide wait for no-one, so if you can't make it to the start, join us en route.
We often go for a skinny-dip in the sea at the end of the ride.
Bring bikes, waterproofs, warm clothes, towels and lights. Remember to thoroughly wash the salt and sand off your bike afterwards. If you're worried about using your own bike, pick a scrap one up from a skip.
Tide and sun times for 25 July 2009:
2:02 am BST High tide 6.90 Meters
5:16 am BST Sunrise
8:27 am BST Low tide 0.43 Meters
2:29 pm BST High tide 6.98 Meters
8:50 pm BST Low tide 0.66 Meters
8:55 pm BST Sunset
Previous rides have taken place on:
21 September 2005
18 October 2005
2 March 2006
10 September 2006
20 March 2007
31 August 2007
28 September 2007
8 April 2008
3 August 2008
1 September 2008
Note: Although there was a low tide on 11 February 2009, I decided not to organise a ride then as it'd be too cold. I also wanted to take a short break to renew my enthusiasm for the event!Added by , on Thursday March 9th, 2006
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[Event] BarCampBrighton 4 at University of Sussex Students Union
Saturday, September 5th 2009. 12:00am
BarCampBrighton 4 is planned for these dates in September. We have a plotting meeting on May 5th, http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2374137/
More details, including ticketing information will follow. In the meantime please feel free to start participating in the wiki:
http://barcamp.org/BarCampBrighton4
Note: Saying you are attending on upcoming does not mean you have a place.Added by , on Monday April 6th, 2009
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[Event] Full Frontal JavaScript Conference at Duke of York's Picturehouse
Friday, November 20th 2009. 9:00am—6:00pm
A one day JavaScript conference held in Brighton, UK whose essence is to discuss JavaScript "with nothing concealed or held back".
The conference is being held at one of the world's first cinemas, which first opened in 1910.
Speakers include: Christian Heilmann, Peter-Paul Koch, Stuart Langridge, Simon Willison and more.
After party details to be confirmed - follow @fullfrontalconf for the latest updates.Added by , on Monday April 20th, 2009
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[Event] Many paths to the top of the (mobile) mountain at The Skiff
Monday, July 13th 2009. 7:30pm
This event is a dress rehearsal for the "Many Paths to the Top of the (Mobile) Mountain" workshop which Joh Hunt and Tom Hume will be presenting at Agile2009 in Chicago at the end of August. For more details, see:
http://agile2009.agilealliance.org/node/2562
We'll be exploring an iterative design process over the course of a 90 minute workshop. It'll be hands-on, with attendees splitting into groups and designing some small chunks of mobile user interface, regrouping and discovering what we've learned.
Doors will open at 7:30pm and we'll start at 8:00pm. There'll be discussion afterwards, either at the Skiff or in a nearby pub.
Brought to you by the Brighton Agile Forum.Added by , on Monday May 25th, 2009
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[Event] Interesting 2009 at Conway Hall
Saturday, September 12th 2009. 12:00am
Conway Hall,
Red Lion Square,
London,
‘a one-day conference of ideas for people who want to know more about the world they live in‘
Added by , on Friday June 5th, 2009
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[Event] pre-dConstruct pre-party burgers at GBK
Thursday, September 3rd 2009. 6:00pm
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.
Grab one (or more!) of GBK’s finest burgers — chips & beer on the side, with great web folk before a burger inebriated waddle to the official pre-party for fun & games.
Open to all — conference & non-conference goers.
*** please mark attendance so I can warn GBK in advance :)Added by , on Saturday June 6th, 2009
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[Event] pre-Flash on the Beach pre-party burgers at GBK
Sunday, September 20th 2009. 6:00pm
If FOTB is on, that’ll mean FOTB pre-party, if the FOTB pre-party is on that’ll mean pre-FOTB pre-party Burgers.
Grab one (or more!) of GBK’s finest burgers — chips & beer on the side, with great web folk before a burger inebriated waddle to the official pre-party for fun & games.
Open to all — conference & non-conference goers.
*** please mark attendance so I can warn GBK in advance :)Added by , on Saturday June 6th, 2009
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[Event] pre-Full Frontal pre-party burgers at GBK
Thursday, November 19th 2009. 6:00pm
If Full Frontal is on, that’ll mean Full Frontal pre-party, if the Full Frontal pre-party is on that’ll mean pre-Full Frontal pre-party Burgers.
Grab one (or more!) of GBK’s finest burgers — chips & beer on the side, with great web folk before a burger inebriated waddle to the official pre-party for fun & games.
Open to all — conference & non-conference goers.
*** please mark attendance so I can warn GBK in advance :)Added by , on Saturday June 6th, 2009
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[Event] dConstruct 09 at The Brighton Dome
Friday, September 4th 2009. 12:00am
Now in its fifth year, dConstruct is the affordable one day conference for those designing and building web applications. Each year the conference takes on a different theme, attracting the biggest and brightest to talk about the leading trends and developments in the industry. This year the theme is “Designing for Tomorrow”; bringing together leading thinkers from the fields of ubiquitous computing, interface design, gaming and mobile to explore the challenges facing design in the future. Speakers include Adam Greenfield, Brian Fling, Russell Davies and August de los Reyes.
dConstruct takes place on Friday 4th September, in Brighton UK. Tickets go on Sale on the 22nd June at 11AM GMT, and will be £115 + VAT.
Workshops will be held on 2nd and 3rd September.
Follow @dConstruct and @clearleft on TwitterAdded by , on Monday February 9th, 2009
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[Event] Flash on the Beach '09 at The Brighton Dome
Sunday, September 20th 2009. 12:00am
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 place to go for design, technical and inspiration if you are a web developer. It has grown quickly and gained fantastic status as the 'must go to' conference around. With FOTB06, FOTB07 & FOTB08 being such massive successes, this year we have a hard act to follow, but FOTB09 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. Flash on the Beach brings together the most creative, technical, inspirational, awe-inspiring, educational and entertaining industry leading speakers in the rich media industry.
Not just for Flash..
Don't think of FOTB as just another Flash conference. The Flash bit of the title is more of a mentality or vibe than just a software product. What we mean by that is that Flash is one of the coolest web tools around. It breeds a mentality and vibe that sets it apart.
The Flash community is very supportive of each other. They share, talk, blog, experiment and share some more! They do not limit themselves solely to the product called Flash either. They design, create and deliver some of the best experiences on the web using a wide variety of tools and skills.
Don't think that Flash on the Beach is only about Flash, appearing at FOTB in the past we have had the usual suspects - Flash, Flex, AIR, and then some. Photoshop, After Effects, Processing and many more. If you are a tech-head or a creative, and you need a fix of creative inspiration, or to know the latest how-to's, Flash on the Beach is where you'll get it.
(don't forget the pre-event burgers too)Added by , on Sunday June 7th, 2009
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[Event] Hanover Day at Hanover
Sunday, July 5th 2009. 12:00am
Hanover,
Hanover,
Brighton,
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[Event] Freelance Advisor Training Launch Party at The Werks
Thursday, July 16th 2009. 6:00pm—8:00pm
Freelance Training Launch Party - Thursday 16th July: Have a beer on us!
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new training portal Freelance Advisor Training (F.T) and would love you to come and see us in action at our launch party on the 16th July from 6-8pm at The Werks, Hove.
If the beer and nibbles don’t entice you then come to hear us share with you the key secrets for successful freelancing and some practical tips that you can use to help you win more business and be more profitable.
Hannah Keep and Daryl Close our 2 expert Trainers will be leading the event with our special guest Dan Bowyer, the mastermind behind The Engine Room an I.T training and Support Company, who will be giving us an insightful 10 minutes entitled ‘I.T Sucks’.
Plus 3 lucky winners will be given a copy of Hannah’s new book Fight Back!, a key survival guide for dealing with the ups and downs of not just freelancing but life in general.
If you would like us to cover any specific topics of interest at the event please post a comment and we will do our best to deliver.
Live up North? Never fear, our ‘other home’ is in Manchester and the plan is to launch there and start running events.
If you would be interested in coming, please email training@freelanceadvisor.co.uk.
See you there!
Added by , on Thursday June 25th, 2009
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[Event] 3 Free iPhone Talks + Networking at The Skiff
Wednesday, July 15th 2009. 6:00pm—8:00pm
This time, we'll have the following speakers:
Dan Sayers on: "Balls: a personal take on the app store"
Mark Baker on: "iPhone for the hobbyist developer: the first 1000 sales"
Adam Martin on: "Integrating iPhone with Facebook in 5 minutes"
+ an hour of freeform networking afterwards.
This is the meet-up for anyone with an interest in iPhone development. If you have ideas for apps, or you want to start coding for your iphone, or just want to meet other like-minded folks over beers then come along.
Bring friends. Bring iPhones. If you've got anything you've made yourself, definitely bring it along!
NB: attendance is open to all, but we have limited places - please RSVP by clicking the "i'm coming" link in the upcoming.com page (Upcoming keeps "removing" the limit for some reason - sorry!)Added by , on Thursday July 2nd, 2009