On the 28th November we’ll be holding the very first Preston Codejo! We plan this to be a monthly meetup where the Magma Digital office on Winckley Square in Preston tranforms into a Coding Dojo. Developers will meet to hone their skills by performing coding katas. Katas are taken from the Japanese martial art practice… Read More Preston Codejo
On 15th October we held the third barcamp in Blackpool at the Pleasure Beach. It. Was. Epic!!!! I say we this year, as for the first time I had help! @biglesp was the man behind the scenes this year. He basically sorted the whole thing out. Sponsors, swag, equipment, promotion… Everything. This year I was… Read More Barcamp Blackpool
Background Tonight we had our first coding Dojo at GeekUp Nottingham. Last month we had Peter Cooper (author of Beginning Ruby) along to teach us some Ruby in preparation. The idea was that we would all be on an equal footing to perform dojos. The problem Brucie’s play your cards right! Poor Brucie is getting on… Read More GeekUp Nottingham
This weekend saw the second Hack camp in Leeds. It was absolutely epic. In 24 hours my team of four managed to churn out not one, but TWO native smartphone applications, a new, meaty form of currency and started a rails app. I turned up at 7am Saturday for an iOS course with THE @daveverwer… Read More Leedshack
TODAY is the last day you can get tickets for East Midland’s first barcamp! It’s an unorganised conference where the attendees provide the content. http://bcnott.co.uk
Intro Here are the notes and reading list I took away from Kevin’s talk last night. Excuse that they were written on my iPhone! Kevin was excellent. He has such a rich wealth of knowledge and experience, we spent most of the evening grilling him about various tools and techniques, asking for advice on problems… Read More GeekUp Nottingham
Gemma Cameron 