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Category: events

  • Reviving the Brizzlecamp idea

    So yesterday I was in my standard January 1st mood (not helped by a storming hangover it has to be said) and I wrote my review of 2009 while in not the best state of mind.  That said when I re-read the post today there wasn’t much about it that I would change despite feeling…

  • Mobile Roadie: DIY iPhone App for your event

    I wasn’t at LeWeb last week – it has never been one of those events that has appealed to me and the bad press it got last year certainly didn’t do much to change that opinion.  It seems to have been more warmly received this year though and one of the real hits was Mobile…

  • Eventgineering: getting wifi right at events

    Anyone who has read this blog for a while will know I am fascinated by the way events have been changing in the last few years.  The rise of the unconference, live streaming and the backchannel are all elements I have written about before and I firmly believe we are only at the start of…

  • JISC Rapid Innovators invade Manchester

    Yesterday I was lucky enough to be invited to attend a really impressive event hosted by UKOLN (with support from JISC) at the City of Manchester Stadium. The event continues today but I was unable to stay the distance 😦 The event brought together JISC Rapid Innovation projects alongside a number of other people with…

  • Quango Web Managers Workshop – an IWMW for the rest of us

    I’ve always been a big fan of the Institutional Web Managers Workshop and think Brian and latterly Marieke have done a great job fostering a genuine community amongst web staff in HE. The thing is when I have attended in the past it wasn’t quite a perfect fit for me. Whether I was at ESRC,…