Oxford Geek Nights Google Group

A successful OGN15 and beyond

jp.sta...@gmail.com (J-P Stacey) — Fri, 11 Nov 2009 20:56:52 UT

Hi all,

Thanks so much to everyone who made Oxford Geek Night 15 such a great
night. If you weren't there - why weren't you? - then the videos are
*already* up on the website:

[link]

Thanks to Neal for getting them up so quickly. And thanks again to our

OGN15 TONIGHT, 7.30pm: free entry, drinks sponsorship and book raffle

jp.sta...@gmail.com (J-P Stacey) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:36:08 UT

Hi,

This is just a quick last-minute reminder that Oxford Geek Night 15 is
TONIGHT, from 7.30pm at the Jericho Tavern:

[link]

The weather's a bit variable out there, but it's worth braving it if
you can, for two great talks from Fintan and Jeni and a strong roster

Videos from OGN14; Apress sponsorship for OGN15; Pitch places still available

jp.sta...@gmail.com (J-P Stacey) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 16:54:22 UT

Hi all,
First of all, there are now videos available from last Oxford Geek Night:
[link]
Sorry for the delay: we hope they're worth it.
Secondly, thanks to Apress for agreeing to sponsor the book raffle for
OGN15 in under two weeks' time!
[link]

Keynotes, microslots and sponsorship all confirmed (plus other geek events)

m...@jpstacey.info (J-P Stacey) — Fri, 11 Nov 2009 20:41:28 UT

Hi all,

Oxford Geek Night 15 is on Wednesday 25 November, in about two and a
half weeks' time.

[link]

We've got some great news about OGN15 below, along with announcements
of other events.

== Keynotes for OGN15 ==

Our two keynotes will be Fintan Galvin, managing director of IO1 Ltd,

Keynote speaker announced; one more microslot! and keynote suggestions wanted

m...@jpstacey.info (J-P Stacey) — Sun, 10 Oct 2009 16:38:53 UT

Hi all,

I'm pleased to announce our first keynote speaker for Oxford Geek
Night #15 on Wednesday 25 November (one month from today!)

[link]

Jeni Tennison is an expert in markup technologies and the semantic web
- spanning XML, XSL, RDF and many real-world applications thereof -

Microslots still wanted!

jp.sta...@gmail.com (J-P Stacey) — Mon, 10 Oct 2009 19:51:42 UT

Hi all,
We still need microslots for Oxford Geek Night 15, on November 25th:
[link]
Fancy giving a microslot a go? They're five minutes long, and you can
present anything you think might be of interest to fellow geeks. To
give you some idea of what's required, here's a sample of past

OGN14, OGN15 and a quick plug

jp.sta...@gmail.com (J-P Stacey) — Mon, 09 Sep 2009 19:47:57 UT

Hi all,
== OGN 14 ==
Hope you enjoyed OGN14 as much as I did: more so, in fact, as I
wouldn't want all the attendees to be as stressed as I always end up
being.
We had some great speakers, and the free drinks from Guardian Open
Platform went down just fine, so thanks to them for their generosity.
Thanks as well to the Jericho Tavern - who apparently had to restock

OGN14 next Wed: more sponsorship, from Apress

m...@jpstacey.info (J-P Stacey) — Thu, 09 Sep 2009 19:14:25 UT

Hi all,

This is another quick note, this time to tell you all that Apress has
also agreed to sponsor Oxford Geek Night 14, which is happening less
than a week from now!

[link]

Apress will be providing books for our book raffle, and Apress/Friends
of ED have also agreed to sponsor OGN15 in November! They join

Guardian Open Platform sponsorship confirmed for OGN14 and OGN15!

m...@jpstacey.info (J-P Stacey) — Thu, 09 Sep 2009 20:00:28 UT

Hi all,

Just a quick email this evening, to let you all know that the Guardian
Open Platform have very kindly confirmed sponsorship for Oxford Geek
Nights, for the rest of 2009!

This means we'll have drinks courtesy of the Open Platform at both
Oxford Geek Nights 14 and 15:

[link]

Microslots confirmed; pitches wanted; sponsorship in pipeline

m...@jpstacey.info (J-P Stacey) — Tue, 09 Sep 2009 18:10:27 UT

Hi all,

== Microslots ==

Thanks to a last-minute push we've now got four microslots confirmed
for Oxford Geek Night 14 on Wednesday 23 September. That's in just
over two weeks time!

Here's the rundown, also available at [link]

* Happy To Help: a social search utility, by Peter Ferne

OGN14: keynote speakers confirmed

jp.sta...@gmail.com (J-P Stacey) — Wed, 08 Aug 2009 18:43:44 UT

Hi all,
Great news about Oxford Geek Night 14 on Wednesday 23 September, as
we've confirmed our two keynote speakers!
[link]
Michael Mahemoff, strategist at BT Osmosoft and author of "Ajax
Patterns", is combining his two loves of improved user experience and
leveraging well-known patterns by discussing how common web procedures

OGN13, OGN14 and beyond

jp.sta...@gmail.com (J-P Stacey) — Sun, 07 July 2009 09:15:56 UT

Hi all,

Thanks to everyone who turned up for Oxford Geek Night 13. The Jericho
Tavern was heaving, and from the sounds of it you all had a great
time. Thanks also to the Guardian Open Platform for sponsoring a free
drink for everyone on the night, as I'm sure that had something to do
with being so busy in the depths of summer!

Yet more funding for OGN13 confirmed; and microslots / pitches still available

jp.sta...@gmail.com (J-P Stacey) — Mon, 07 July 2009 19:54:11 UT

Hi all,

Friends of Ed and Moo, the tech publishers and online printers
respectively, have very kindly confirmed even more funding for OGN13,
a week on Wednesday:

[link]

So we'll have a book raffle as usual on July 15.

We've also still got a microslot space, and space for sixty-second

OGN13 in less than two weeks; Microslot and pitches available

jp.sta...@gmail.com (J-P Stacey) — Thu, 07 July 2009 18:34:58 UT

Hi all,
First of all, don't forget that Oxford Geek Night 13 is on Wednesday
15 July, in just under two weeks' time:
[link]
As mentioned previously we've got extra funding from the Guardian Open
Platform <[link]>. That means
there'll be a free drink for each geek, supplies permitting. How can

Funding news: Oxford Geek Nights has a new sponsor, which is...

jp.sta...@gmail.com (J-P Stacey) — Wed, 06 June 2009 19:36:55 UT

Hi,
I'm pleased to announce that Oxford Geek Night 13 will be co-sponsored
by the Guardian Open Platform:
[link]
The Guardian's Open Platform and Datastore work puts them in a unique
position in the media and among online data repositories. We reckon
that their approach utilising APIs, accompanied by client libraries in