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BarCampBrighton3: Social Media Pecha Kucha

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These are all the links that came up during the presentation. Thanks to everyone for joining in; apologies for the insanely buggy application [last minute bugs are a killer! 🙁 ]

BarCamp NorthEast : http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/462291
Creative Brighton Debate : http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/466292
Sussex Geek Dinner : http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/463325
Farm – Web Freelancers Networking : http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/403315
School Assembly : http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/471749
loch_lomond : http://www.flickr.com/photos/57054298@N00/795858203
mark s waiting for food.jpg : http://www.flickr.com/photos/57054298@N00/795972083
table at due south.jpg : http://www.flickr.com/photos/57054298@N00/796855336
10/04/2008 : http://www.flickr.com/photos/57054298@N00/2403239708
hut : http://www.flickr.com/photos/57054298@N00/2096482612
Endorphin – Free : http://www.last.fm/music/Endorphin/_/Free
Howard Shore – The Black Gate is Closed : http://www.last.fm/music/Howard+Shore/_/The+Black+Gate+is+Closed
Pete Namlook & Geir Jenssen – Sky Lounge : http://www.last.fm/music/Pete%2BNamlook%2B%2526%2BGeir%2BJenssen/_/Sky+Lounge
cachecard.html : http://www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo/cachecard.html
Macworld | Mac Word | Opening up the Intel Mac mini : http://www.macworld.com/article/49653/2006/03/minicsi.html
Beastie Boys – Sure Shot : http://www.last.fm/music/Beastie+Boys/_/Sure+Shot
Guns N’ Roses – Dust ‘n’ Bones : http://www.last.fm/music/Guns+N%27+Roses/_/Dust+%27n%27+Bones
Install multiple versions of IE on your PC : http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE
Senior UI Consultant- London- £45K PLUS!! – CWJobs.co.uk : http://www.cwjobs.co.uk/JobSearch/JobDetails.aspx?JobId=39236544
Front End Developer – HTML, css – JobSearch : http://www.jobsearch.co.uk/show_job.cgi?j=4932274&e=year&k=Front%20End%20Web%20Developer%20-%20Creative%20agency%20-%20Essex&lo=e.g.%20Greater%20London&a=31&radius=16000&ls=long
Wait till I come! » Blog Archive » Five things to do to a script before handing it over to the next developer : http://www.wait-till-i.com/2008/02/07/five-things-to-do-to-a-script-before-handing-it-over-to-the-next-developer/
Download Now : http://www.easyfrom.net/download/
Ditz : http://ditz.rubyforge.org/
zachleat.com {web} » Using Phing to automate JavaScript and CSS Minimization : http://www.zachleat.com/web/2007/08/11/using-phing-to-automate-javascript-and-css-minimization/
Working with PHP 5 in Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) – Professional PHP : http://www.procata.com/blog/archives/2007/10/28/working-with-php-5-in-mac-os-x-105/
Python-by-example : http://www.lightbird.net/py-by-example/
ARC: ARC – RDF and SPARQL for PHP developers : http://arc.web-semantics.org/
Dopplr Raumzeitgeist 2007 by dopplr Fine Art Prints and Posters : http://www.imagekind.com/Showartwork.aspx?IMID=afa7b2e6-adda-4b0c-887e-2b322d2c5015
Extenuating Circumstances – SXSW: The Web That Wasn’t : http://danhon.com/2008/03/10/sxsw-the-web-that-wasnt/
San Diego Web Standards Group : http://www.sdwebstandards.com/
UIE 2008 | Links from Andrew DeVigal’s Presentation : http://andrew.devigal.com/show/08uie/
Twitter / Greg: @stefsull – ok. for the res… : http://twitter.com/garazi/statuses/765929392
washingtonpost.com | Veterans Report Mental Distress : http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/28/AR2006022801712.html?referrer=delicious
mr hermano – Tambora : http://www.last.fm/music/mr+hermano/_/Tambora
Bill Evans – Some Other Time : http://www.last.fm/music/Bill+Evans/_/Some+Other+Time
mr hermano – Tambora : http://www.last.fm/music/mr+hermano/_/Tambora
Nick Drake – Road : http://www.last.fm/music/Nick+Drake/_/Road
washingtonpost.com | Veterans Report Mental Distress : http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/28/AR2006022801712.html?referrer=delicious
this is a test : http://www.google.com/
website : http://www.guardian.co.uk/
this is a test : http://www.google.com/
website : http://www.guardian.co.uk/
Jacques Loussier Trio – Gymnopedie No 1 / Var.2 : http://www.last.fm/music/Jacques+Loussier+Trio/_/Gymnopedie%2BNo%2B1%2B%252F%2BVar.2
Scuba – Harpoon : http://www.last.fm/music/Scuba/_/Harpoon
Adriana Calcanhotto – Lig-lig-lig-lé : http://www.last.fm/music/Adriana+Calcanhotto/_/Lig-lig-lig-l%C3%A9
Paulo Flores – E Doce Morrer No Mar : http://www.last.fm/music/Paulo+Flores/_/E+Doce+Morrer+No+Mar
Jimi Hendrix – Red House : http://www.last.fm/music/Jimi+Hendrix/_/Red+House
The Deleted Scenes: F**k Travelodge, f**k them right in the ear… : http://oliverjeffery.blogspot.com/2008/07/fuck-travelodge-fuck-them-right-in.html
Faces of the Fallen: Iraq and Afghanistan Casualties | washingtonpost.com : http://projects.washingtonpost.com/fallen/
weird yahoo answers language thing : http://www.somethingawful.com/flash/shmorky/babby.swf
“your grandson is really important” : http://officeofstrategicinfluence.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=87
Ian Forrester on “Techhub” : http://www.cubicgarden.com/blojsom/blog/cubicgarden/culture/?permalink=Yet-another-campaign-for-a-english-silicon-valley-techhub.html
Looks Good Works Well: Announcing: Jiffy Firebug Extension for Viewing Client Side Performance Data : http://looksgoodworkswell.blogspot.com/2008/06/announcing-jiffy-firebug-extension-for.html
GoateeSaver ::: Real Men Wear Goatees : http://www.goateesaver.com/
ROXIK | Physics : http://temp.roxik.com/datas/physics/index.html
Free Events In London – What’s On In London : http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/whats-on.php?show=FREE
ROXIK | Physics : http://temp.roxik.com/datas/physics/index.html
Color Whore : http://www.colorwhore.com/
antipixel : http://www.antipixel.com/blog/
Daring Fireball : http://daringfireball.net/
hicksdesign : http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/
mindgarden : http://www.mindgarden.de/
Rails Form Helpers Cheat Sheet : http://www.slash7.com/cheats/form_helpers.pdf
280slides online slide editing and presentation : http://280slides.com/
RubyForge : http://rubyforge.org/
A Designer’s Guide to HTML Email : http://www.sitepoint.com/article/designers-guide-html-email/
Magical Microformat Maker : http://www.tomtaylor.co.uk/blog/2008/07/05/magical-microformat-maker/
White Mischief “Around The World In 80 Days” – one night indoor festival with Oojami, Ebony Bones, 7 bands, 7 vaudeville acts, 7 DJs, 7 hours of madness : http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/498369
From computers to ubiquitous computing, by 2020 : http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/197924
Last.fm BBQ on Rooftop Terrace : http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/211291
Radiohead : http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/354378
FlashBrighton: Code-along-Genetic-Algorithm : http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/686456
Tantek, sleeping : http://www.flickr.com/photos/74105777@N00/2829358922
During the break : http://www.flickr.com/photos/74105777@N00/2832099635
Brian : http://www.flickr.com/photos/74105777@N00/2829352818
Pinxto people : http://www.flickr.com/photos/74105777@N00/2829384358
Sophie and Trammell : http://www.flickr.com/photos/74105777@N00/2829349270
Thriving Office : http://www.thrivingoffice.com/
Geeks Love Bowling : http://sxsw.geekslovebowling.com/
Viddler.com – Merlin Mann – Worst Website Ever – SXSW 2008 – Uploaded by rooreynolds : http://www.viddler.com/explore/rooreynolds/videos/17/
4 Technologies for Portability in Social Networks: A Primer – ReadWriteWeb : http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/4_technologies_for_portability.php
We Tell Stories : http://wetellstories.co.uk/
Pimp Trammell : http://www.flickr.com/photos/74105777@N00/2832944368
The geeks gather : http://www.flickr.com/photos/74105777@N00/2832091897
Ocean : http://www.flickr.com/photos/74105777@N00/2828524525
Choosing a spot : http://www.flickr.com/photos/74105777@N00/2829374304
Noodles : http://www.flickr.com/photos/74105777@N00/2808563129
Coding Conventions – Flex SDK – Confluence : http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Coding+Conventions
Scott Fegette: Silverback – Guerrilla Usability Testing : http://weblogs.macromedia.com/sfegette/archives/2008/07/silverback_-_gu.html
Method for classifying and searching video databases based on 3-D camera motion – Patent 6748158 : http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6748158.html
Show Us a Better Way : http://www.showusabetterway.com/
Handpresso – Produits – Wild : http://www.handpresso.fr/products/wild-EN.html
Main Page – Ubuntu Eee : http://www.ubuntu-eee.com/index.php5?title=Main_Page
Internet Memes : http://www.dipity.com/user/tatercakes/timeline/Internet_Memes
cachecard.html : http://www.steveconrad.co.uk/tivo/cachecard.html
Method for classifying and searching video databases based on 3-D camera motion – Patent 6748158 : http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6748158.html
hachoir-metadata – Hachoir – Trac : http://hachoir.org/wiki/hachoir-metadata
IMG_1264.JPG : http://www.flickr.com/photos/39039882@N00/2731540678
IMG_1448.JPG : http://www.flickr.com/photos/39039882@N00/2737156310
An Evening With William Gibson : http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/234757
Bay Area Maker Faire 2008 : http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/190362
San Francisco Urban Iditarod 2007 : http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/148365
Charles Mudede on The Stranger, Police Beat, Zoo and Desire : http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/758452
Create a Winning Tagline : http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/370814
Web2Open (day 1) : http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/167964
Where 2.0 2008 : http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/320889
Nick turns 22: Sausage party! : http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/64390
John Williams – Desert Chase : http://www.last.fm/music/John+Williams/_/Desert+Chase

Lesson Learnt

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This weekend, while travelling to a cheesy club night in Islington, we ran into three men who were dressed up as the Ghostbusters. Not only did they have the suits, they also had realistic inflatable packs as well. We tried to convince them to come along, promising them that likely as not get they’d free entry and everyone would think they were awesome, but they declined. And of course, 20 minutes after getting into the club, the DJ played Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr.

Sometimes life hands you opportunities, almost into your hands. I think they really missed one of them there.

Intro, Take 2

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I tried this last year and got distracted with deadlines, potential deportation and moving house three times. Maybe this time around it will stick. I have other journals (updated sporadically), but this one is slightly more public.

Anyway, onto an original meme of mine:

  • Number of Years online: 10? 11? Something like that. I had a brief play with BBSs and FidoNet in high school, but it didn’t really stick until uni when I had Internet access without any hassle.
  • First web browser: Netscape 0.92n.
  • First email address: rahar8@student.monash.edu.au
  • First website: http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~merlinc
  • First handle/nickname: merlinc – Initially chosen because of Roger Zelazny’s Amber sequence, kept I guess, due to the lack of collisions when registering on new sites
  • First domain: http://www.thecourtsofchaos.com – I’ve had a number of others, but they were one off things, the only constant has been courts
  • First UseNet Post: in aus.sf.babylon5
  • First online community: Aus.Tv.X-files (it was less about the xfiles, more about being silly at each other). Made a lot of friends there, still got some of them.
  • First downloaded song: ‘Earth’ by the Orb – I rememeber it being a really long song, and difficult to download on a 28.8k modem
  • First downloaded movie/TV show: ‘Earshot’, Season 3 of Buffy c/o #buffy-unlimited on efnet