Category Archives: International Events

Overseas events and events that attract international attendances

Thursday is GAAD

Posted on 08/05/2013 by Steve Woods

We learn from Accessible Bristol that tomorrow, Thursday 9th May is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). On that day people all over the world will be coming together to spread the word about accessibility and Accessible Bristol will be among … Continue reading →

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Hollyweb? Tell the W3C no thanks!

Posted on 05/04/2013 by Steve Woods

According to its website, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international community where its member organisations, a full-time staff and the public work together to develop web standards, whose mission is to lead the Web to its full … Continue reading →

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20th April is Hardware Freedom Day

Posted on 15/03/2013 by Steve Woods

Here’s something that’s bound to appeal to our friends at Bristol Hackspace and Dorkbot Bristol: 20th April has been announced as the date for Hardware Freedom Day 2013. Hardware Freedom Day (HFD) is an annual celebration of Open Hardware. Open … Continue reading →

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Neelie Kroes criticises lack of women in ICT

Posted on 08/03/2013 by Steve Woods

Today is International Women’s Day and Neelie Kroes, the European Union Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, has drawn attention on her blog not only to the opportunities that ICT can provide for women, but also to the dearth of women … Continue reading →

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Dresden to host LibreOffice Impress sprint

Posted on 27/02/2013 by Steve Woods

The LibreOffice project has been offered a project weekend from Friday 22nd March to Sunday 24th March at Dresden Technical University which will focus specifically on Impress, LibreOffice’s presentation tool (an open source alternative to death by PowerPoint. Ed.). The … Continue reading →

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DFD 2103 registration opens

Posted on 26/02/2013 by Steve Woods

Today event registration opens for Document Freedom Day 2013 which will be held on Wednesday, 27th March. Local event teams can add details of their activities to the Document Freedom website and have them marked on the global campaign map. … Continue reading →

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Show your love for free software on Valentine’s Day

Posted on 12/02/2013 by Steve Woods

The whiff of romance is in the air as restaurants, the cards business and florist gird their loins for Valentine’s Day on February 14th. The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) is asking all free software romantics to do something different … Continue reading →

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Coming soon: control Impress presentations from Android phone

Posted on 04/02/2013 by Steve Woods

Online tech news website The H reports that the developers of LibreOffice, whose version 4.0 is due for release within days (posts passim), are also planning to release the “Impress Android Remote” application that will enable the office suite’s presentations … Continue reading →

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Next Wednesday is CiviDay 2013

Posted on 17/01/2013 by Steve Woods

Next Wednesday, 23rd January, has been designated CiviDay 2013 and 2 meet-ups have been arranged in London and Bristol respectively for users of CiviCRM, the open source CRM package, as used by Bristol Wireless. The meet-ups are described as a … Continue reading →

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Prototype camera for Raspberry Pi exhibited

Posted on 26/11/2012 by Steve Woods

Technology news site The H Online reports that a prototype of the Pi Cam camera for the Raspberry Pi was presented at Germany’s Electronica 2012 show. The camera offers a 5 MP sensor and can record 1080p H.264 video at … Continue reading →

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