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FAILcamp has a blog

FAILcamp has a blog now, so all my witterings about it shall go there, along with Ben’s and anyone else who gets involved.
There’s also a Twitter which Ben’s looking after, before you think that’s my voice on there. It’s not.
We’ve got a tentative date of October 17th but no venue yet. Plenty of [...]

Conceiving FAILCamp

One of the cardinal rules of blogging is don’t do it when you’re drunk. But rules were made to be broken. I’m drunk and I’m blogging. And I will hit publish before I’m sober. You have been warned.

Towards the end of the excellent Moseley Barcamp I found myself a little drunk sitting at the back [...]

LocalGovCamp Roundup

LocalGovCamp was “an unconference for local government”, specifically those who are working with websites and social media tools in relation to local government. As such it should have been really dull and a tedious waste of a Saturday (yes, Saturday. From 10am – 6pm.) But it wasn’t. It was really good.
I went along partly [...]

Birmingham BarCamp News

After the success of West By West Midlands last month (which I watched happen with delighted envy from across the Atlantic) the big question was when it would happen again. A few things have clicked together and you can put June 28th in your diary. It’ll take place at The Cross in Moseley as part [...]