Oxford Geek Night #10
Wednesday January 21, 2009
from
7:30pm -
10:30pm
The geek nights are a way for local web developers, designers, programmers, neophiles or geeks of any other stripe to get together, chat, drink and listen to talks on new technologies and innovations.
= Keynotes =
Our two keynotes are
* The Trouble with Type, by Elliot Jay Stocks, designer and writer for .NET
* Twitter Ethics, by Sylwia Presley of 1000heads
= Microslots =
Microslots are five-minute "lightning talks" that anyone can volunteer for. They consist of around five to ten slides and the audience is generally friendly and interested!
Here's our confirmed microslots so far:
* The web and adolescents, by Tim Davies
* Microserfs, by Peet Morris
* Tomcat: scaling past one machine, by David Sheldon
* Dynamic demand, by Tom Dyson
* Working with RGBA Colour, by Drew McLellan
* The new British Standard for Accessibility, by Bruce Lawson
= Next OGN =
OGN11 is scheduled for March 25: more information soon at
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1490486/
(OGN10 is a FREE event, sponsored by Torchbox, Google, Pearson and Moo.)
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