Extra event – Data, Mashups and APIs on 19 August
by Chris Unitt on August 4th, 2009 in Other events | 5 Comments
As a special, one-off event, there will be an extra BSMC on Wednesday 19 August from 6pm to 9pm(ish), sponsored by The Guardian.
You can sign up for free on Eventbrite.
As well as the usual chance the usual chance to meet, chat, scheme and share with likeminded souls, the evening will have a theme. We’ll be looking at data – why it’s increasingly important/useful for it to be made available and what can be done with it.
This event will be slightly different from the usual BSMC get-togethers:
- It’ll be at Fazeley Studios, Digbeth,
- in the evening,
- we’ll have a few (nice and snappy) talks; and
- we’ll give you some food and drink.
Speakers will include:
- Matthew Wall, technical architect at The Guardian
- Matthew Somerville of Dracos and mySociety
- Dave Harte of Digital Birmingham
- Paul Bradshaw of Help Me Investigate and online journalism course leader at Birmingham City University
As ever, the chance to chat with the other people in the room will be just as important. I know people have been discussions about organising hack days and the like. Hopefully this event will give people a chance to talk more about that.
There’s a little more info on the Eventbrite registration page. If you’d like to come along then please sign up (it’s free).
The Birmingham Social Media Cafe will be back at the Coffee Lounge on Friday 28 August, 10am to midday (listings soon come).
August 10th, 2009 at 4:16 pm (#)
[...] be back from Guyana in mid-August and will be straight back into things, organising a joint Birmingham Social Media Cafe/Guardian event at Fazeley Studios. All 70 tickets for the event were snapped up in little over 48 [...]
August 20th, 2009 at 9:42 am (#)
[...] Tonight I’ve been speaking at a Guardian-sponsored event in Birmingham: a special meetup of the Birmingham Social Media Cafe doubling as a sort-of-build-up-to-a-Hack Day. [...]
August 21st, 2009 at 7:17 pm (#)
I was there. Had a lovely time. Looked at Citry resident Association blog. Then attended Guardian / Observer event in Reception. Lovely cakes and sandwiches. Networking great. Spoke to one of the speakers and had to rush off to Intervarsity Club.
August 21st, 2009 at 7:20 pm (#)
Blimey, you had a busy evening! Glad you could make it down. They do put on a good spread at Fazeley, don’t they?
August 24th, 2009 at 9:01 pm (#)
[...] Tonight I’ve been speaking at a Guardian-sponsored event in Birmingham: a special meetup of the Birmingham Social Media Cafe doubling as a sort-of-build-up-to-a-Hack Day. [...]