If You Make It, They Will Come! Brighton Mini Maker Faire
It’s baaa-aaack!
This time Brighton’s superb Maker Faire will span two days: the two days right after dConstruct.
This is going to be one helluva weekend.
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Responsive Day Out highlights on Vimeo
A lovely little highlight reel that Craig put together from the Responsive Day Out.
A Responsive Day Out, Brighton by Hydrant
A nice write-up of the Responsive Day Out with all the right take-aways.
Brighton Science Festival Edo Wonderpark Hack Day
There’s going to be mini Science Hack Day at Lighthouse as part of this month’s Science Festival in Brighton. Come along — it’ll be fun.
Audio clips from Full Frontal 2012 | Lanyrd
All the talks from this year’s excellent Full Frontal conference in Brighton, available in audio form for your huffduffing pleasure.
Planning Notices in Brighton « Phil Lucas
I wish to cover the entire Brighton Pavilion in Bakelite for my own amusement.
Hacking the Future: Clare Sutcliffe at TEDxBrighton - YouTube
A great short talk from Clare about Code Club.
Fear and Coding in Brighton : Full Frontal 2012
A terrific write-up of this year’s Full Frontal conference, with a descriptive rundown of each talk.
NodeCopter Brighton
Let’s spend the day after Full Frontal programming flying robots with JavaScript. Clearleft is sponsoring a drone; want to play with it?
Kev aka Lomokev- Brighton street photographer: YouTube
A nice little profile of local Brighton photographer extraordinaire, Lomokev.
A massive thank you by Paul Swain
Aw, this is so nice!
Playing with the future at the seams | Labs.info.nl
Yet another write-up of this year’s dConstruct.
dConstruct 2012 - a set on Flickr
A really great set of photos from this year’s dConstruct by Geri. Just look at the smile on my face!
dConstruct 2012 | Happy Famous Artists
A nice write-up of dConstruct that focuses on three ideas that were threaded throughout the day:
- Digital is about beauty and about layers,
- The power of play, and
- The interconnectedness of things through chance.
dConstruct 2012 – a review : Sjors Timmer
Another thoughtful write-up of this year’s dConstruct, weaving a thread between the talks from Jason Scott, James Burke, and Tom Armitage with a detour via Italo Calvino.
dConstruct 2012 – Our positions of power
This is my favourite write-up of dConstruct so far. I love that way that, rather than simply giving a linear description, Laura weaves together the implicit strands that were running throughout the day — a very thoughtful, considered approach.
And how about this for an opening line:
After a weekend of reflection, I’ve decided that dConstruct 2012 had the best talks of any conference I’ve ever attended.
dConstruct 2012: the alternative theme was Education - andrewjohns.net
I like this! Andrew Johns found a thread in this year’s dConstruct that ran parallel to its official tagline of “Playing With The Future”: Education.
dConstruct 2012: A quick review - andrewjohns.net
Another really good description of this year’s dConstruct that describes each talk.
Playing With The Future – dConstruct 2012 | HYPERNAKED
A lovely write-up of this year’s dConstruct:
Curated well by the Clearleft team, its speakers are always intelligent, insightful, and on the whole, world-class. Pouring out insights through divergent thought, challenging norms and touting innovation.
Improving Reality 2012 : Joanne Mcneil
Note’s from Joanne’s presentation at Improving Reality.
d.construct 2012 - a set on Flickr
Eva-Lotta’s sketchnotes from this year’s dConstruct.
dConstruct 2012 - a set on Flickr
A nice set of photos from this year’s dConstruct.
Warren Ellis » How To See The Future
The opening keynote from Warren Ellis for this year’s Improving Reality. I’d like to walk into space with this man.
Lessons from dConstruct 2012 | Michel’s Exhaust
A great write-up of this year’s magnificent dConstruct and its theme of playing with the future.
Brighton: South by South East?
Honor compares next week in Brighton to Austin in March.
Made In Brighton: Games Gone Global - 06.09.12
A mini conference on gaming taking place in Brighton the day before dConstruct. The events just keep on coming, don’t they?
dConstruct 2012 discounts on Map Tales
If you’re coming to Brighton for dConstruct, make a note of these eating places where your attendee badge will get you a discount.
ntlk’s blog: South by South East
Natalia is as excited as I am about the first week of September in Brighton: Reasons To Be Creative, dConstruct, Improving Reality, BrightonSF, and Maker Faire, now with added speakers.
United Pixelworkers — Brighton
Now you can proudly sport a Pixelworkers T-shirt of England’s finest seaside geek town.
Officrèche: Flexible childcare and office space with parent community
A co-working space in Brighton combined with a crèche: such a great idea!
Andy Budd on dConstruct 2012 | Interview | .net magazine
Andy gives his thoughts on this year’s dConstruct. He does a good job of explaining what to expect, and—more importantly—what not to expect.
Brighton Mini Maker Faire is Back – and We Need YOU! | Brighton Mini Maker Faire
Brighton’s Mini Maker Faire (which was fantastic last year) will take place the day after dConstruct and this time, they’ve got a lot more space. Want to get involved? Get involved!
Lighthouse Monthly Talk — James Bridle
James is giving a talk here in Brighton next month. I’ll be there with robot-actuated bells on.
What Would Molydeux? • Articles • Eurogamer.net
A blow-by-blow account of last weekend’s MolyJam in Brighton.
Points mean Pixels - 8th May 2012 at The Skiff, Brighton
This looks like being a fun little local event ‘round at the Skiff in May.
Dance Yrself Clean - LCD Soundsystem - Muppets rock out in Brighton ! - YouTube
A trifecta of nice things:
- Muppets.
- Brighton.
- LCD Soundsystem.
Web Intents - Design Push
This looks like it’s going to be a great event on February 25th right here in Brighton: a gathering of minds to brainstorm around web intents. Get there if you can.
This is Brighton on Vimeo
A lovely timelapse tilt-shift video of Brighton.
MAKE ROOM NOW
Matt is offering up his space in central Brighton every Wednesday afternoon for free-for-all Arduino tinkering. I should try to get over there.
British Sea Power
Oh, this is good! British Sea Power are doing a monthly residency at The Haunt in Brighton. I’ve got my ticket for the first show.
Brighton Brains
This is great idea! A website for putting the digital makers of Brighton in contact with the city’s student population.
Choosing the Right Words – Web Intents — Glenn Jones
Glenn has written up the discussion that followed his UXCampBrighton talk on web actions.
The Transformers at dConstruct 2011 – Hubbub
Kars has written up his (excellent) dConstruct talk. Set aside some time and read through this. It’s worth it.
dConstruct 2011 — My Digest — Laura Kalbag
Laura’s account of dConstruct is wonderfully written. Instead of giving a linear run-down of each talk, she has spent time looking at the overlapping themes and patterns that emerged. The result is a really great read.
Update 2011 Conference Recap :: Freelance WordPress Developer Amber Weinberg
I’m loving Amber’s detailed write-up of the Update conference, especially her description of the panel discussion as me versus everyone else.
Lucozade Energy Advert 2011 - Feeder’s ‘Buck Rogers’ by The James Cleaver Quintet. - YouTube
So that’s what they were filming when I came out of band practice the other day. This is my neighbourhood.
Please Send Me To The UK For The Update 2011 Conference :: Freelance WordPress Developer Amber Weinberg
Amber really wants to come to Aral’s Update conference. Can you help her out?
Lava Lamp Installation on Vimeo
Brighton hacker Jason Hotchkiss demos his music-generating lava lamps in this promo video for the Brighton Maker Faire taking place the day after dConstruct.
Calling all UK Makers to Brighton’s First Mini Maker Faire | Brighton Mini Maker Faire
Hardware hackers, you’ve got until June 30th to submit something for Maker Faire in Brighton this September (the day after dConstruct).
Brighton Digital Festival
September in Brighton is going to be ker-razy! Here’s a nice responsive holding page listing just some of the events that will be going on …dConstruct, Maker Faire, Flash On The Beach and more.
The Ampersand Story | Clagnut § Brighton · Typography · Clearleft · Conferences
Getting the background on Ampersand from Richard is getting me very excited for the conference.
Dead drops in Brighton (beat: James Burt’s weblog)
Looks like those dead drops that Jessica, Brian and I created haven’t survived the inclement weather.
Tidy Street electricity usage | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
I really like this idea: one street in Brighton is openly displaying its electricity usage over time.
Home - Brighton Open Kitchen Project
This looks like an excellent project for Brighton:
We would like to create a community cooking space in the heart of the city, for people with a passion for food. This will give people access to a commercial kitchen space from which they can learn, share and improve skills while potentially starting food-related ventures.
DOY100 | The Duke Of York’s 100 Project
A nice website for Brighton’s own Duke of York’s cinema, which will celebrate its 100th year of continuous operation.
Ampersand · The Web Typography Conference
If you're at all interested in web typography, be in Brighton on June 17th, 2011.
My Faith in Nerds: Stronger Than Any Gelatinous Cube | 43 Folders
I'm very touched by this description of dConstruct from Merlin. We were incredibly lucky to have him come and speak. He the man.
My experience of dConstruct 2010 - abitgone+
A really, really, REALLY good round-up of this year's dConstruct. No doubt about it: it was the best yet.
Dot finds a photo of herself at @lomokev's book launch - Jane on the move
It's a small world after all.
Emily Toop » BuildBrighton needs your help
Live in Brighton? Like hardware hacking? Build Brighton needs your input.
UX Brighton 2010
Brighton gets its own UX conference.
Save The Freebutt
One of Brighton's best music venues is under threat of closure. Sign the petition to save it.
Async | The Brighton JavaScript meetup group
A new geek gathering in Brighton, every second Thursday, all about JavaScript.
Brighton's existentialist chalkboard (From The Argus)
In local news: Area man receives messages from chalkboard.
SPLENDOR CINEMA
The manager of Brighton's Duke of York's cinema has a blog.
UXBri
The UX Brighton website is sporting a new lick of paint and looking rather lovely.
Brighton Girl Geeks
Geek girls of Brighton: don't miss Natalie's CSS talk in The Eagle on March 4th. Nat is the best front-end developer I know.
Say “No” to Starbucks on St James’s Street | Clagnut § Brighton · War & Politics
Starbucks has opened a branch in Brighton by disregarding planning permission, ignoring planning laws, and by asserting is not in fact a café or coffee shop but a retail outlet.
The Skiff - An intrepid little office in the heart of Brighton
Brighton has a new co-working space right 'round the corner from the Clearleft office: The Skiff.
Brighton Wifi Hotspots (and WEP/WPA passwords)
WiFi hotspots in Brighton (including passwords where required) courtesy of Josh.
Coworking / BrightonCoworkingCafeBar
It looks like Brighton is getting its own dedicated geek coffee bar thanks to Josh.
BBC NEWS | England | Sussex | Giant Lego man appears on beach
"Mystery surrounds the appearance of a giant Lego man on a beach in Brighton ... In August 2007 a giant Lego toy, bearing a close resemblance to the Brighton figure, mysteriously appeared on Zandvoort beach in Holland."
cafe scientifique brighton
Philip Ball (author of the excellent Critical Mass) is coming to Brighton to speak at the Café Scientifique on the third Thursday of November. Excellent!
Brighton geek cafe
Trying to find the perfect geek venue for meetups, coworking, networking and boozing in Brighton. I love the smell of scenius in the morning.
5 Questions for Kevin Meredith « Flickr Blog
Brighton's own Lomokev gets interviewed by Flickr.
BBC World Service - Find A Programme - Digital Planet
The BBC were at dConstruct. This podcast episode includes interviews with Steven Johnson, Aleks and the the Dopplr Matts.
YDN UK at dConstruct (Yahoo! Developer Network Blog)
A write-up of dConstruct 2008 from the YDN crew who so kindly co-sponsored the closing party.
10^0, 10^1, 10^2 predictions
Brian and Josh are organising a Long Bet style gathering for the day before dConstruct. To participate, choose a timescale and enter your prediction. What an excellent way to kick-start some discussion.
Hide and Seek Sandpit » Events
There will be an evening games in the foyer of the Clearleft office building on Thursday, August 21st.
Planet BNM
The homepage of the local Brighton New Media mailing list has had a facelift. It's now a very nifty aggregator of Brighton geek content.
thecourtsofchaos » Blog Archive » BarCampLondon2 - Visualisation Presentation
A recap of an excellent presentation at BarCamp Brighton 2 on data visualisation.
Licence to Roam » BarcampBrighton - Portable Information
Liveblogged notes from a discussion I participated in at BarCamp Brighton 2 about Social Network Portability.
ATypI Brighton 2007
Audio and video from the typography conference held in Brighton earlier this year, including Joe's presentation about the signage in the Toronto subway. Download the files or subscribe to the podcasts.
Home « Widgety Goodness
A conference all about, well, widgety goodness. In Brighton of course—home to all the best conferency goodness.
Sussex Police Uncovered - H900 - The Eye In The Sky
Click on the "What's the helicopter doing over my house?" link to get the latest eye-in-the-sky reports. The latest is: "Person trampled by cows" on the South Downs.
Brighton Wok: The Legend of Ganja Boxing: New Movie Trailer on Vimeo
This looks like being the year's best Brighton-based ninja stoner movie.
Making The "Perfect" Cup of Tea » SlideShare
John Sutherland's excellent presentation from BarCamp Brighton.
Morethanseven » Brighton Rock(s)
The slides from Gareth Rushgrove's presentation at BarCamp Brighton. It's all about Restful Rabbits.
Barcamp Brighton talk - Dracos.co.uk
The slides from Matthew Somerville's excellent BarCamp Brighton presentation: Is Cornwall part of England?
Propeller falling from the sky and nearly killing/severely hurting somebody - a photoset on Flickr
A paraglider loses a propellor over Brighton Marina. Citizen journalism ensues.
Brighton geek venues
Natalie put together this handy map of geeky hangouts in Brighton.
Brighton Girl Geek: Competition - girl geek logo and slogan
Want tickets to dConstruct? If you're a girl geek, here's your chance.
BarCamp Brighton Blog » Blog Archive » BarCamp Brighton Logo
Here's the logo for BarCamp Brighton, taking place the day after dConstruct. Looking good.
Police In Knife Standoff Up For Awards (from The Argus)
Yet more on the events I blogged about down the street, again from the local newspaper.
Hero PC Tackles Knife Man (from The Argus)
Here's the local paper's take on the happenings on my street that I blogged about.
BBC NEWS | England | Sussex | Man attempted to stab policeman
The somewhat lightweight BBC report of the incident I blogged about earlier. "Reports of a man with a knife threatening and chasing people": that's me (the reports, I mean).
£5 app
This has become a regular event here in Brighton. Developers get up and talk about cheaply-made apps. I want to try and get a slot sometime.
Sussex Digital - Focusing on the Sussex digital community
A list of just some of the cool geek stuff going on in Brighton right now. This town really does rock.
Wireless City (from The Argus)
Sounds like Brighton is ready to become one big WiFi hotspot.
FT.com / Home UK / UK - Brighton cluster at new media cutting edge
I'm living on the cutting edge, apparently. This article is more like a press release meets an annual report, completely missing out the real reasons why Brighton is a cool place to live and work.