sheffield geekery: full disclosure - september 2010

Sheffield Geekery:Full Disclosure

The GIST Foundation presents…

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The GIST Foundation

A not-for-profit charitable company

A sustainable resource that encouragesand supports community-drivengrassroots innovation

For the Grassroots participants,Innovation doers and thinkers,Socially conscious and Technology geeks

More: http://thegisthub.net/about

The GIST Hub

The online heart of the GIST community

A dedicated space for online interaction between members of the community, for sharing ideas and for meeting collaborators

Brings together news from all the events and special interest groups

Visit: http://thegisthub.net

http://thegisthub.net

The GIST Lab

A real-world home for the GIST community

Hosts special interest group activitiesand other community meet-ups

A centre for cross-community research anda focal point for collaboration projects

Operated by The GIST Foundationin partnership with the Showroom Workstation

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Upcoming Events…brought to you by the GIST community

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Sheffield RepRap Group

We build stuff, and that stuff will eventually be able to build itself ... welcome to the self-replicating machine odyssey!

Monday 27th September 19:00-20:30 The GIST Lab, Sheffield Tickets: Free Register:

http://thegistfoundation.eventbrite.com

The GIST Magazine

A gathering of folks involved or interested inall forms of creative, digital and geek culture

Incorporates GeekUp Sheffield

On the first Wednesday of every month

Wednesday 6th October 19:00-21:00 Showroom Café Bar, Sheffield Tickets: Free Register: http://thegistfoundation.eventbrite.com

Sheffield Code Retreat 2010 A day long programming session

based around a simple coding challenge

The goal is to learn, teach and improvewith fellow software developers

Saturday 9th October 9:00-17:00 The GIST Lab, Sheffield Tickets: £5 Register: http://thegistfoundation.eventbrite.com (soon!)

More: http://bit.ly/sheffcodereteat2010

South Yorkshire WordPress User Group

A regular meetup for folks from across the regionwho are interested or involved in the WordPressand BuddyPress platforms, as bloggers, users,site administrators, designers or developers

Tuesday 12th October 19:00-20:30 The GIST Lab, Sheffield Tickets: Free Register: http://thegistfoundation.eventbrite.com

Shacknet Hack Day

Organised by the Sheffield Arduino Hackers Network

Everyone welcome, including beginners

If you have arduino kit please bring it along!

Saturday 16th October 10:30-17:00 The GIST Lab, Sheffield Tickets: Free Register: http://thegistfoundation.eventbrite.com (soon!)

More: http://shacknet.thegisthub.net

Sheffield Adobe User Group An informal and sociable meetup

for developers and designers practising or learning the art of creating technological magic using Adobe products

Wednesday 20th October 19:00-20:30 The GIST Lab, Sheffield Tickets: Free Register: http://thegistfoundation.eventbrite.com

Geek Girls Allowed: LED Craft Hulapalooza

A blinking marvellous craft and electronics one day extravaganza for geek girls

Using LEDs, fabrics, imagination and new skills to create cool stuff to amaze and inspire

Saturday 23rd October 11:00-17:00 The GIST Lab, Sheffield Tickets: £10 Register: http://gga.eventbrite.com (soon!)

Also happening in October…

Sheffield Mobile Developer Group

Sheffield PHP User Group (TBC: Wed 13th )

Sheffield Ruby User Group (TBC: Mon 11th)

The GIST Lab, Sheffield Tickets: Free Register:

http://thegistfoundation.eventbrite.com (soon!)

Upcoming Events…brought to you by our friends

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Interesting North

A one-dayer of interesting, unexpected and original

A fistful of brilliant people will be performing talks on a small stage, speaking about Eyjafjallajökull, James Bond as architecture critic, riding side-saddle, losing their mind, feral children and what you can learn from Lego

Saturday 13th November 10:00-17:00 Cutlers’ Hall, Sheffield Tickets: £20 Register: www.interestingnorth.com

And not forgetting…

Open Rights Group: Second Monday of every month 19:30 Rutland Arms, Sheffield

No2ID Sheffield: Last Wednesday of every month 20:30 Harlequin Pub, Sheffield

Follow: @gistwireVisit: http://thegisthub.net

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