Monthly Archives: July 2013

(Bar)Camping It Up In Blackpool Again

Posted on Monday, 29th Jul 2013 by Caz M

Last Saturday saw the fifth annual BarCamp Blackpool held in the seaside resort. I missed last year, so have only attended four times since 2009, and this was the first time I had seen it in its new home of … Continue reading →

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Hacking Around

Posted on Monday, 22nd Jul 2013 by Caz M

Last weekend saw the huge geek event Hacked.io at the IndigO2, organised by Geeks of London and O2’s The Lab. It was attended by almost 500 hackers keen to learn, build and share stuff with each other. Event Thoughts Before … Continue reading →

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The Curse Of The Generalist

Posted on Wednesday, 17th Jul 2013 by Caz M

Or, Why I Don’t Do Well At Hack Days What do all of the hack events on the right have in common? Can’t see the link? Well, they’re all Hack Days/events which I’ve attended but never hacked anything worth demoing. … Continue reading →

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