Posts tagged open source

Links for 2008-07-03

• Warning to copyright enforcers: Three strikes and you’re out [Guardian]
• Hackers fan the flames of imagination at Mashed [Guardian]
• London SearchMonkey Developer Evening a great success [Yahoo Developer Network blog]
• Firefox download record official [BBC]
• The machine that copies itself [Guardian]
• Merger forms transatlantic union [BBC]

WordCamp UK ticket sales going well

Nearly a quarter of tickets for WordCamp UK 2008 have been sold only a week after they where made available.

Entry to the event, to be held Saturday and Sunday 19-20 July 2008 at The Studio Birmingham, is only by pre-purchasd ticket.

To ensure a place at the first WordCamp UK book online now using a debit or credit card.

For more details go to the WordCamp UK wiki, which includes the running order.

Links for 2008-07-02

• AP took it to the wire but needs to rethink its role [Guardian]
• 10 things you need to know about WordPress 2.6 [Technosailer]
• Is the pace of change really such a shock? [plasticbag.org]
• Soul [Jeremy Keith]

Links for 2008-06-28

• Puffbox sponsors WordCamp UK [Puffbox]
• Row brewing over listing of BBC Television Centre [Guardian]
• Domain name shakeup may bring new net goldrush [Guardian]
• Has London’s Oyster travelcard system been cracked? [Guardian]

WordCamp UK 2008 tickets now available

Tickets for WordCamp UK 2008 are now on sale.

Two types of ticket are available:

• Standard tickets at £35.
• Microsponsor tickets at £70 for those who want to contribute more to the event.

Many thanks to Casper Aremi for setting up and running the ticketing system.

WordCamp UK presentation at London Bloggers

I gave a presentation on WordCamp UK last night at the June meeting of London Bloggers.

The presentation [pdf] seemed to go down postively at the well attended meeting at The Coach and Horses in Soho.

Afterwards Alexandra, Andy, Tim and myself made a detailed examination of the various beverages available from behind the bar from the vantage point of the Lego-like seating outside the pub.

Links for 2008-06-24

• BBC plans £68m network of local video news websites [Guardian]
• The perils of choice on the radio [James Cridland]
• The power of postcodes [Puffbox]
• Open source hardware [The Economist]

New venue for WordCamp UK

The venue for WordCamp UK has been changed - it’s now going to be at The Studio in Birmingham.

This is very close to the previously planned venue and so should not prove to be a problem for those travelling from outside Birmingham.

Details of how to book tickets for the event, to be held 19-20 July 2008, will be released shortly.

For full details go to the WordCamp UK wiki.