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Bristol IT Megameet registration extended

Posted on 20/05/2013 by Steve Woods

News has just arrived via email that registration for the Bristol IT Megameet (news passim) on 1st June has now been extended until Friday 24th May. To quote from the email: Although we currently have over 250 people registered, with … Continue reading →

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Register for Barncamp 2013

Posted on 20/05/2013 by Steve Woods

Next month on the weekend from Friday 7th to Sunday 9th, BarnCamp 2013 – a weekend of hacktivism, workshops, entertainment, politics and fun in the sun – will be taking place. BarnCamp is three days of workshops, discussions, demos and … Continue reading →

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Bristol hosts South West CiviCRM meet-up

Posted on 16/05/2013 by Steve Woods

On Thursday 23rd May, Bristol once again plays host to a South West meet-up for people who are interested in, using or developing for CiviCRM, the free and open source customer relationship manager package (as used by Bristol Wireless! Ed.). … Continue reading →

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Bristol IT MegaMeet registration closes tomorrow

Posted on 16/05/2013 by Steve Woods

On Saturday 1st June, UWE will be hosting the 2nd Bristol IT MegaMeet on its Frenchay Campus at Coldharbour Lane Bristol BS16 1QY (map). The event itself will be taking place in Rooms 2Q42 to 2Q50 in Q Block; more … Continue reading →

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Bath Uni student named in top 10 ‘brilliant’ young web developers

Posted on 25/04/2013 by Steve Woods

A student from Bath University’s Department of Computer Science has been shortlisted in the 2013 ‘.Net Awards‘ as one of the top ten ‘brilliant young web developers’ to watch. Jack Franklin is a 3rd year BSc Computer Science student who … Continue reading →

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National Library of Scotland seeks Wikipedian in residence

Posted on 18/04/2013 by Steve Woods

Are you looking for a temporary job? Do you enjoy editing Wikipedia and can you teach others to do it too? If the answer to these questions is yes, a current vacancy at the National Library of Scotland may interest … Continue reading →

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Sign up for Barncamp 2013

Posted on 28/03/2013 by Steve Woods

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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Wikipedia training coming to Oldham

Posted on 22/03/2013 by Steve Woods

A day’s training in editing and using Wikipedia in Oldham (reputed home of the country’s best black puddings. Ed.) has been announced by Wikimedia UK, the charity supporting the work of the US-based Wikimedia Foundation. The training day will be … Continue reading →

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Another CiviCRM meet-up in London

Posted on 21/03/2013 by Steve Woods

We’ve received details of yet another meet-up in London for users of CiviCRM, the open source CRM for the voluntary sector, in London next week. The meet-up will be held on Wednesday 27th March between 5.30 pm and 8.30 pm. … Continue reading →

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Free University’s not so free knowledge

Posted on 14/03/2013 by Steve Woods

The words free (as in freedom. Ed.) and open are quite commonly associated with academia and education: free thought, open access to knowledge and such like. Indeed, these concepts are actually embodied in the names of some academic institutions, such … Continue reading →

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