Blue Fusion, the 2009 edition
One of the first Hursley-related things I wrote about here and on the eightbar blog back in 2006 was how much I enjoy helping with our annual schools event for National Science and Engineering Week in...
View ArticleThoughts on Thames Valley Social Media Cafe
I’ve long been interested by the Twitterings and blog posts about the Social Media Cafe / Tuttle in London, but since I’m so rarely in London these days I haven’t yet had the opportunity to get along...
View ArticleNext speaking engagement – SOMESSO London
Thanks to Luis Suarez who made some key introductions, I’ve been asked to speak at the SOMESSO social media conference in London on May 15th. I’m in some lofty company with guys I hugely respect like...
View ArticleHome Camp mark 2
The second Home Camp event takes place in London tomorrow. I won’t repeat all of the details here, as they are covered over on the Home Camp blog. We have some wonderful sponsors – CurrentCost,...
View ArticleSOMESSO trailer
I’m impressed with the trailer for the London SOMESSO conference that I’m speaking at next month: If you missed today’s discounted tickets, I have a discount code for you – XYSO09CANDYP – sign up...
View ArticleIMPACT – work, play, product announcements
I’m not going to run down all of the announcements that came out during the first day of IMPACT yesterday – you can take a look at Sandy Carter’s video summary for some of the key ones, like Smart...
View ArticleSOMESSO summary
The nice folks from AudioBoo caught me for a quick interview after my presentation yesterday and you can hear the short summary of what I talked about on their site, or by playing the embedded audio...
View ArticleBarcamp. London. Seven.
This past weekend saw a first for IBM South Bank as it played host to Barcamp London 7, the seventh time a the Barcamp unconference had been held in London (I know this, because I asked @thehodge why...
View ArticleEnterprise Convergence: CRIM Crystal Ball 2010
Today I had the privilege of joining a number of distinguished speakers on the slate at the CRIM Crystal Ball Conference, 2010, in Montreal, Quebec. My topic was what I chose to term Enterprise...
View ArticleMy talk from CRIM Crystal Ball 2010 – video
Following my talk in Montreal a couple of weeks ago, my hosts from CRIM have been kind enough to provide me with the video and have also given me permission to share it online. They’ve also posted a...
View ArticleLightweight Messaging and Linux #lca2011
I’ve just delivered my talk at LinuxConf Australia 2011 – Lightweight Messaging for a Connected Planet. Unlike any of the other “spins” of the MQTT overview talk I’ve delivered before, this one really...
View ArticleLanyrd – a social conference tool. It rocks.
As an early adopter, I do spend a lot of time discovering new sites and online services, and giving them a try. If I’m honest, the number of those tools that actually stick is remarkably small. One...
View ArticlePhoto post: IBM IMPACT 2011
I didn’t have a “proper” camera with me at IMPACT this year, but I did snap a bunch of images using my iPhone – they were either tweeted via yfrog, or through Instagram. Don’t expect the most awesome...
View ArticleOggCamp approaches!
I’m getting quite ridiculously excited about an upcoming event… I’m good friends with the team from the Ubuntu UK Podcast and have been privileged to be invited onto the show as a guest host twice now....
View ArticleThe late, late OggCamp 11 write-up… and more UUPC
Forever Delayed It has been several weeks since OggCamp 11 now. I’ve been meaning to post a quick recap for a while. I’ve written before about being friends with the crew from the Ubuntu UK Podcast...
View ArticleTransferSummit 2011
One of the benefits of having attended OggCamp a few weeks ago was that I became aware of another event. Steve Lee, one of the speakers at OggCamp, is also involved with TransferSummit, and he was good...
View ArticleVirtual Worlds and Technology Futures
Last week I was privileged to be invited to give the closing keynote at an event called ReLIVE 11 (Research and Learning in Virtual Environments) at the Open University. This was certainly a big deal...
View ArticleEuropean WebSphere Technical Conference 2011
Although I realise that it seems as though I do little other than spin around “the conference circuit” at the moment what with the various events I’ve blogged about lately, that isn’t entirely true!...
View ArticleComing up on The Lost Outpost…
I’ve fallen seriously behind on blogging, and I’m less busy with work than I have been recently, so here are some of the posts you can expect to read in the next week or three… (I’ll come back and link...
View ArticleMy next steps – joining the Cloud Foundry team
I’m very excited to announce that, from April 10th, I will be joining the Developer Relations team for Cloud Foundry at VMware. This is a thrilling opportunity for me for a number of reasons. from a...
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