OpenTech 2013


Photo of me at OpenTech conference standing in front of a presentation about bribing MPs.

Another year - another OpenTech! See blog posts from 2010 and 2011. It feels like every year the event gets bigger and better. It's still the same crowd of politically aware techies, and it still costs a ridiculously cheap fiver to come along, and the talks were of an abnormally high quality. Here are my […]

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(Gadget) Geeks Of London


People in a pub sat around a projection screen.

Geeks Of London kicked off the new year with a gadget meet up. It was great seeing so many weird and wonderful gadgets. I think it would have been a good idea to give everyone a 30 second slot to talk about what they'd brought to show off. As for me, I took along an […]

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BarCampBrighton4 and High Def Video


Photo by tristan_roddis on Flickr of a wall covered in post-it notes with speaking suggestions.

Another weekend, another BarCamp.  This time the Fourth Annual BarCampBrighton. The BarCamp was excellent.  A great bunch of people.  The venue was beautiful, but the lack of walls (and floorboards!) meant that sound bleed was a problem. The problem I have with BarCamps is there are invariably two or three talks which I really want […]

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