Bristol Wireless on Twitter- BristolWireless: last week to register for #Barncamp 2013 https://t.co/PAza14tBqo 24/05/2013
- BristolWireless: #BarnCamp 2013 is being brought to you by HacktionLab, Bristol Wireless and FLOSS Manuals https://t.co/Oyjv0MP8fT 21/05/2013
- BristolWireless: At #Barncamp 2013 - Your blog and on-line communities with Wordpress Networks (for Beginners) https://t.co/vOpnCut8DL 21/05/2013
- BristolWireless: need more information about #Barncamp 2013? See https://t.co/Yz2OP7ZyJI 21/05/2013
- BristolWireless: see the ideas for workshops at #Barncamp 2013 https://t.co/NrTv0mhJYi 21/05/2013
- BristolWireless: pay in advance for #Barncamp 2013 and save £3! https://t.co/Oyjv0MP8fT 21/05/2013
Category Archives: National Events
Open source career taster days for women
In conjunction with both Fossbox and Flossie, BCSWomen, the British Computer Society’s specialist women’s group, is organising 3 open source career taster days for women in London next month. The days involved are 13th, 20th and 28th May and the … Continue reading
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Sign up for Barncamp 2013
The email below has been posted today to the Hacktionlab mailing list. Hi All, I’m pleased to announce that the BarnCamp 2013 sign-up is now live and on-line: https://barncamp.org.uk/ More information about BarnCamp on that site and at: https://hacktionlab.org/barncamp/ You … Continue reading
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London CiviCRM meet-up
The email below has been received from CiviCRMInfo for a meet-up in London next week. The venue is Gamesys, 10 Piccadilly, 4th Floor Reception, London, W1J 0DD (map) and the event will be held on Wednesday 27th February from 6.00 … Continue reading
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University in challenge
Bristol University announced yesterday that it is taking part in a unique code-breaking competition as part of this year’s Cyber Security Challenge UK. Four UK university computer science departments have accepted the challenge to develop their own cipher – a … Continue reading
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Next Wednesday is CiviDay 2013
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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ORG local training sessions announced
Regular readers will know that Bristol Wireless takes a dim view of the government’s draft Communications Data Bill, also known as the Snooper’s Charter (news passim). Consequently, we were pleased to hear that the Open Rights Group is organising a … Continue reading
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Stop the Snooper’s Charter
The Open Rights Group is jointly hosting an event on the Communications Data Bill with Index on Censorship in London from 2.00 pm to 6.00 pm on Saturday, November 24 2012. The venue is the Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon … Continue reading
Wikimedia UK to hold Black History Month editathon
Wikimedia UK, the charity that supports the work of Wikipedia and its sister projects in the UK, is organising an editathon this week for Black History Month in conjunction with University College London’s Equiano Centre. The event will be held … Continue reading
Our Digital Planet lands in Broadmead
Our Digital Planet is an exhibition showcasing the positive opportunities and developments that have been made possible by the internet. The exhibition is being sponsored by Nominet Trust, the charity established by Nominet (the organisation which administers the .uk domain … Continue reading
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Coming soon to Hebden Bridge – Open Source Hardware Camp 2012
The delightful Yorkshire town of Hebden Bridge (think Glastonbury with Yorkshire pudding & gravy. Ed.) plays host this year to the Open Source Hardware Camp 2012 (aka #oshcamp2012) from 9.00 am on Saturday, 15th September 2012 to 4.00 pm on … Continue reading
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