Category archive for ’Networking & Events’

I’m standing for UK Liaison in the UKUPA December elections

This month the UK Usability Professionals’ Association (UK UPA) has introduced 4 new roles into the committee to help reduce workload and share responsibilities. In my opinion this is a great idea, especially as the roles are so clearly defined, allowing each person to have a very specific focus and function. UK Liaison Of particularly [...]

Dorset’s digital landscaping

Last week I posted an article on the Meetdraw website comparing the digital industry of 2002 with the current situation that has helped fuel the success of our little series of networking events. The aim was to engage with local agency folk and to encourage discussion, as well as help build awareness of Meetdraw of [...]

A quick and painless review of Meetdraw3: The Meetcounter

IF you don’t already know (and if you don’t where have you been) Meetdraw is a series of informal meetups organised for and shaped by people working in digital.  Its for anyone work in or interested by digital; whether designer, developer, blogger, UX practitioner, account pimp, social media guru,  search specialist, twittaholic or student. Nice to [...]

Geeks in the garden of Eden: a review of Bamboo Juice

I’ve just returned from the Bamboo Juice web conference which was held on Friday at the Eden Project in Cornwall. If you’re not familiar with Bamboo Juice here’s a brief explanation in the organisers own words: Bamboo Juice is  a one-track, one-day web conference, held at the Eden Project, in Cornwall. We’re aiming it at [...]

A monster has been created and its name is Meetdraw

What’s Meetdraw? I hear you cry, well cry no longer. Meetdraw is a series of informal get-togethers organised for and shaped by digital people. Basically its a meetup for anyone work in or interested by digital; whether designer, developer, blogger, UX practitioner, search specialist, twittaholic or student. Meetdraw was born out of the desire to [...]