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.
Tags: event
Responsive Day Out highlights on Vimeo
A lovely little highlight reel that Craig put together from the Responsive Day Out.
Inclusive Design: Where Accessibility Meets Usability
I’ll be speaking at this event in London on Thursday. It would be lovely if you could come along. It’s free!
Science Hack Day is coming to your city! by Ariel Waldman
Want a Science Hack Day where you live? Make it so!
A Responsive Day Out, Brighton by Hydrant
A nice write-up of the Responsive Day Out with all the right take-aways.
Write The Future by Tom Hunter — Kickstarter
Now this looks like my kind of event:
A new micro-conference on science, technology, communication and fiction, organised by the Arthur C. Clarke Award.
100 meters above the sea
I met up with Nick on Wednesday night at the Altitude event in Portsmouth and we had a chat about his crazy week.
Support Scrunchup
If you’re coming along to the Responsive Day Out and you’ve got some tech books you no longer need, bring them along. We’ll collect them and distribute them to schools.
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.
Science Hackday Dublin
Dublin is going to play host to its second Science Hack Day at the start of March. It looks like it’s going to be a fantastic event (again!) but they need sponsors. Do you know of any?
Front-end London - A New London Based Meetup for Front-end Developers, hosted by Made by Many
This looks like being an excellent (free) event in London featuring three talks related to front-end web development.
The inaugural event this month features a talk on responsive design, a talk on data visualisation, and a talk on accessibility.
Altitude 2013 - A web event in Portsmouth, 100 meters above sea level
In a very mundane take on the cliché of a climactic showdown, I’ll be having a chat with Paul Boag at the top of Spinnaker Tower in February. Come on by if you’re in the neighbourhood.
Ethan Marcotte AEA Boston June 18, 2012 on Vimeo
Ethan’s excellent talk from last year’s An Event Apart.
In this session Ethan reviews strategies for handling trickier elements that would make even the most seasoned designer quail: stuff like advertising, complex layouts, deep navigation patterns, third-party media, and, yes, actual, honest-to-goodness content.
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.
Going Full Frontal — Acko.net
Steven Wittens, who gave a terrific talk all about maths at last week’s Full Frontal conference, describes his experience at that most excellent event.
Science Hack Day San Francisco 2012 - a set on Flickr
Oh My Science! It looks like the most recent Science Hack Day in San Francisco was great.
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?
The Charge of the Scan Brigade « ASCII by Jason Scott
Live in or near San Francisco? Interested in preserving computer history? Then you should meet up with Jason this Friday:
This Friday, October 5th, the Internet Archive has an open lunch where there’s tours of the place, including the scanning room, and people get up and talk about what they’re up to. The Internet Archive is at 300 Funston Street. I’m here all week and into next.
Brian Eno & Peter Chilvers at The Apple Store, Regent Street
Well, this is quite something. Matt will be interviewing the creators of Bloom in London this Friday. You might have heard of that Eno chap.
Q&A with Jeremy Keith - Charlotte Front-End Developers (Charlotte, NC) - Meetup
Do you live in Charlotte, North Carolina? If so, you might be interested in this event that I’ll be Skyping into.
14islands: Smashing Conference take-aways
A nice round-up of some of the themes that emerged at Smashing Conference. As with An Event Apart, there was a definite focus on process.
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: 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.
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.
Brighton: South by South East?
Honor compares next week in Brighton to Austin in March.
LukeW | An Event Apart: Spirit of the Web
Luke’s notes from my talk at An Event Apart in Chicago.
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?
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.
Sponsorfied | Science Hack Day SF
The next Science Hack Day in San Francisco will be at the start of November. It would undoubtedly be a great event …but it needs sponsorship.
Do you know anyone who could help out?
The Kitschies present… Beukes, Miéville and Ness
An evening with Lauren Beukes, China Miéville and Patrick Ness in London the week after dConstruct. Sounds like fun!
Bringing a knife to a gunfight — my slide deck from An Event Apart, Austin 2012 | Stuff & Nonsense
Andy remarks on the same synchronicity I talked about at An Event Apart Austin:
Every An Event Apart conference feels special, but at this one the (unplanned) recurring themes were spooky.
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.
API Panel
The video of the panel I moderated on device and network APIs on the second day of Mobilism in Amsterdam. It’s not quite as snappy as the browser panel (which, given the subject matter, is unsurprising) but it was still good fun.
Mobile Browser Panel 2012, Mobile Browser Panel at Mobilism 2012 Moderated by Jeremy Keith, this panel features Andrea Trasatti (Nokia), Andreas Bovens (O…
Here’s the video of the mobile browser panel I moderated at Mobilism in Amsterdam. These guys were really good sports to put up with my wisecracking shots for cheap laughs at their expense.
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.
Obscura Day 2012 on April 28th | An International Celebration of Unusual Places
A day devoted to exploring unusual places all over the world. I couldn’t find anything for Brighton but it looks like there will be some stuff happening in London.
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.
Responsive Summit • London 23rd Feb 2012
Typical! I leave the country and this excellent gathering gets organised while I’m away. I wish I could be there.
Let them know in advance if you have any responsive-related questions they should tackle.
Science Hack Day Chicago
What a fantastic location for a Science Hack Day: the Adler planetarium in Chicago! Get there if you can.
Science Hackday Dublin | Yay! Science
Dublin is hosting a Science Hack Day on the weekend of March 3rd-4th. Put your name down now.
Jeremy Keith: Paranormal Interactivity on Vimeo
This is the talk I gave at An Event Apart through 2010. It’s all about interaction design with some examples from Huffduffer.
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.
Design Principles // Speaker Deck
The slides from my presentation at this year’s An Event Apart. Such a fantastic event …it was an honour to be on the roster.
Science Hack Day, San Francisco - open.NASA
A round-up of the hacks from this weekend’s Science Hack Day in San Francisco. Sounds like it was great!
A recipe for creating a great workshop | Toby’s Technical Ramblings
Toby’s write-up of the workshop I led for the Build conference. I enjoyed myself so it’s immensely gratifying to know that the attendees did too.
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.
Events - The Future of the Past of the Web | Digital Preservation Coalition
I’m going to try to make it along to this event in London next month.
Hacking science: the intersection of web geeks and science geeks | Guest Blog, Scientific American Blog Network
Ariel pens a guest post for Scientific American all about Science Hack Day.
2011 Mobilism workshops announced · Blog · Mobilism
Stephen and PPK are taking their two-day mobile workshop on the road, including two dates in the UK (one of which is Brighton!). There’s a welcome emphasis on testing.
An iPhoneography and Mobile Photography Conference
The world’s first mobile photography conference will take place in San Francisco on September 24th this year, featuring Dan Rubin, Jessica Zollman and more.
LukeW | An Event Apart: Design Principles
Luke’s notes from my talk at An Event Apart in Atlanta.
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).
Out of this World events
There’s a whole series of sci-fi related events going on at the British Library.
Mobilism Coverage
A comprehensive list of links to videos, blog posts and slides from the Mobilism conference.
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.
AEA Boston_2011 (by) Anton Peck (in) Journal
Anton’s personal account of An Event Apart in Boston. It really was a very special event.
LukeW | An Event Apart: All Our Yesterdays
Luke’s notes from my talk about long-term thinking and online preservation at An Event Apart in Boston.
Jeremy Keith Interview: Web Standards and Design Principles at An Event Apart
A quick chat with me in the hallway after my talk in Seattle.
Do Lectures - Ideas that inspire action
The redesign of the Do Lectures site is gorgeous (and responsive).
Ampersand · The Web Typography Conference
If you're at all interested in web typography, be in Brighton on June 17th, 2011.
Culture Hack Day
There's going to be a Culture Hack Day in January, the weekend before History Hack Day. They're like buses; you wait for ages for one to come along and then two show up at once.
An Event Apart News Archive
An Event Apart, The Musical!
Yalta Conference, 4th-11th February 1945 | Lanyrd
My favourite page on Lanyrd.
Web science a new frontier - Find Events - The Royal Society
This looks like being a thoroughly excellent event at The Royal Society, featuring Tim Berners-Lee and Albert-Laszlo Barabasi.
Science Online London 2010 - Home
It's a shame that this clashes with dConstruct — it looks like a great event.
CS404
This looks like an excellent event: learn about programming without being a programmer.
Accessibility London Unconference
A one-day event in London in September on the topic of accessibility, with a focus on motor impairment.
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.
2010 Space Elevator Conference
I would really love to go to this. Our planet needs a space elevator.
Async | The Brighton JavaScript meetup group
A new geek gathering in Brighton, every second Thursday, all about JavaScript.
An Event Apart News Archive
I'll be delivering half of A Day Apart in Washington DC in September — the HTML5 half. So... there's that.
Digital Death Day
This is my kind of event. Where does your data go when you die?
Front-End Design Conference - July 23, 2010
This web conference in July in St. Petersburg, Florida looks great — the line-up is excellent and tickets cost just $99. Bargain!
An Event Apart News Archive
If you live in the US, there's a good chance that I'll be speaking at a city near you in 2010. Here are five dates and places for An Event Apart; I'll speaking at all of them.
JSConf.eu - The JavaScript Conference
A two day JavaScript conference in Berlin in November. Looks like it could be very good (although it'll have to be very good indeed to top the Full Frontal conference, also in November).
openhacklondon | Open Hack 2009: London
The next Yahoo hackday will be on May 9th and 10th in Covent Garden. I've registered my interest. You should too.
HOT SHOTS photography course with lomokev | Garage Studios
Lomokev is teaching photography in Brighton. Learn from the best.
OK! Happy Cogaoke — Presented by Happy Cog
This year's SXSW is shaping up to be a lot of fun. Here's "a karaoke competition and party for people who lover the web... and karaoke."
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.
bookcamp / PaperCamp
Matt has organised PaperCamp for this weekend and I'll be heading along. Should be good fun.
Giving back to the web community - Our Customers - Campaign Monitor
Organisers of BarCamps — and other geek gatherings — take note: Campaign Monitor will provide sponsorship in the shape of pizza and drink.
Hack Day – Group at Last.fm
The first ever Last.fm hack day is taking place in London on December 14th. I'll be there.
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.
Welcome - Playful: Game Design London, 31st October 2008
A one-day event in London all about games and play. Looks like it could be fun, and all for £25.
Getting Semantic With Microformats, Part 4: hCalendar ~ A Blog Not Limited
A good, detailed hands-on article about implementing hCalendar.
For A Beautiful Web | Creative web site design and development training and workshops
Malarkey has launched his latest project: For A Beautiful Web is a series of web design master class training workshops covering topics including visual design for the web, best-practice XHTML mark-up and CSS, Microformats and practical web access…
An Event Apart: San Francisco [Day 2]...live blogging
Wesley Hodgson liveblogged the talk I just gave at An Event Apart San Francisco — Patterns in the process.
An Event Apart 2008 | The Web Life | ZDNet.com
Follow the fun at An Event Apart San Francisco thanks to the diligent liveblogging of Andrew Mager. The man's a machine!
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.
Eventbrite - A provocative evening of science, technology and design
There's a new London geek event going on. The inaugural evening next week features a nice selection of speakers. And it's free!
Scripting Enabled
Christian is using the prize money he won at Mashed to put on an event in London in September devoted to "ethical hacking": creating mashups to make social networks more accessible.
GameCamp | Technology | guardian.co.uk
Aleks and Bobbie are putting on GameCamp in London on May 2nd. Should be fun.