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MiniBarLabs CodeMaker Course

MiniBarLabs ‘CodeMaker’ one-day coding course for anyone who needs to understand the digital world better

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Date: 6 March 2013
Location: Mother London, UK

Lightening Lean Startup: How to take your idea from lightbulb to launch

Keen to start your own business but don't know where to begin? We'll teach you how to be up and running all in one morning.

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Date: 15 February 2013
Location: My Hotel, UK

Editions: (Re)Branding in the Digital Age

EDITD know the secret to a good evening: Johnnie Walker. Well that and an eclectic crowd sparking insightful debate about (Re)Branding in the Digital Age. 

First up was keynote speaker Henry Holland. Not one to shy away from Twitter - 235,061 followers - his take on social media is simple; use it to show the brand’s personality. Promotion comes once trust is gained.

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Droidcon London 2013

This conference is a must for anyone who wants to keep ahead of the curve on Android innovations, find out about the latest advances and tech, hear from top thinkers, and socialise with fellow developers. We’re bringing the future to you: don’t miss out!

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Date: 24 October 2013
Location: Business Design Centre, UK

The F# 3.0 SQL Server Type Provider - Very Cool, and Very Useful

A practical walkthough of F# 3.0's SQL Server Type provider, and the query {} expression. How to get started. How to write efficient queries. When to use it - and when not to

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Date: 28 February 2013
Location: The Skills Matter eXchange, UK

Agile Practitioners:Limited Days Estimation

This talk discusses two estimation methods that help us achieve the objective of high quality estimation conducted just-in-time. They are: Dynamic Range Estimation (DRE) and Limited Days Estimation (LDE).

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Date: 22 January 2013
Location: The Skills Matter eXchange, UK

Web in Feb

We’ve put together a month of special workshops and events for you to target and optimise your online audience to its maximum potential.

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Date: 5 February 2013
Location: British Library Business & IP Centre, UK

Manchester Wired City Reconnected Event: Collaborative Business Networking

Manchester WCR Events are collaborative networking events for business owners and freelancers working with digital, creative and ICT to "do business". No sales pitches or irrelevant speakers....nor outside "business consultants"...all decision maker working within the sector. Pure facilitated networking matched against business needs.

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Date: 31 January 2013
Location: Manchester Digital Development Agency, UK

London Haskell : Lambda|Wars

Join us for a live coding session working on a project to create a RoboWars like bot arena

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Date: 6 February 2013
Location: The Skills Matter eXchange, UK

GGUG:Groovy Coding Practice

Yet again The Groovy & Grails User Group, we will be doing some Groovy coding practice and looking at ways to solve different programming problems. This is a great way to learn new techniques, library methods, and tools.

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Date: 21 January 2013
Location: The Skills Matter eXchange, UK

TechPitch 4.5

TechPitch 4.5 brings together tech startups, investors and entrepreneurs for an evening of business idea pitching by startups and productive feedback from experts. Eight tech startups will present their business ideas and revenue models during a three-minute pitch followed by a five minute Q&A by a panel of judges.

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Date: 6 February 2013
Location: Pinsent Mason's auditorium, UK

Changify Shoreditch 2

Changify is a new online and events hub for local community-led change projects backed by brands and local businesses. We're bringing the excitement back to social change - with your input. Join us for an exciting blend of local exploration, smartphone-based reportage, and creative problem solving. Find backing for the things you care about!

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Date: 25 January 2013
Location: The Tea Building (Method offices), UK

The StoneHack Challenge

Three hackathons in 3 days during which teachers suggest ideas for apps and challenge developers to build working prototypes in a day. Prizes for winners and runners-up each day. Venue is the Stone Computers stand (C70) at BETT, Excel Centre, London. 30 Jan --2 Feb 2013. More info here: http://hackathoncentral.com

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Date: 30 January 2013
Location: Excel Centre, UK

Instagram Faceplants, Flickr Back From Dead

Instagram's Head in Your Hands Moment

What a bizarre couple of weeks for the image conscious, or at least the photographically-minded, first Instagram severs it's close ties with Twitter, then ratchets up user anger with a dramatic changes in its terms, enabling it to sell users' photos.

Meanwhile, over at Flickr, the once beloved haunt of pictures the product development wheels have cranked into high gear with numerous updates including a well-received and surprisingly snazzy mobile app.

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The future of mobile commerce?

As financial products and services on tablets and mobiles grow, how can we design the best versions for the future? Join us to hear more about the new £1.5million TSB mobile-commerce competition, listen to leading thinkers and doers in mobile security, inclusivity and innovation, and get the chance to ask questions and network.

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Date: 5 December 2012
Location: Hexagon Room, The Lowry Theatre, UK