Author Archives: Caz M

(Bar)Camping It Up In Blackpool Again

Posted on Monday, 29th Jul 2013 by Caz M

Last Saturday saw the fifth annual BarCamp Blackpool held in the seaside resort. I missed last year, so have only attended four times since 2009, and this was the first time I had seen it in its new home of … Continue reading →

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Hacking Around

Posted on Monday, 22nd Jul 2013 by Caz M

Last weekend saw the huge geek event Hacked.io at the IndigO2, organised by Geeks of London and O2′s The Lab. It was attended by almost 500 hackers keen to learn, build and share stuff with each other. Event Thoughts Before … Continue reading →

Posted in geekery, Hack Days | Tagged bbc television centre, geeks, hacked, hackedio, inidgo2, interactive television centre, london, photo archive, photography, the dome, web design | 2 Comments

The Curse Of The Generalist

Posted on Wednesday, 17th Jul 2013 by Caz M

Or, Why I Don’t Do Well At Hack Days What do all of the hack events on the right have in common? Can’t see the link? Well, they’re all Hack Days/events which I’ve attended but never hacked anything worth demoing. … Continue reading →

Posted in development, geekery, Hack Days | Tagged hack days, hacking, lack of confidence, skills | 4 Comments

Customising A Domo – BarCamp Workshop

Posted on Wednesday, 19th Jun 2013 by Caz M

For this visit to BarCamp Slough2, rather than do a tech talk, I decided to run a workshop on Customising Domo Toys. Some of you may know that I’m a bit of a Domo addict and have a few spares … Continue reading →

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BarCamp Slough 2

Posted on Monday, 17th Jun 2013 by Caz M

As if one visit to Slough wasn’t enough, last weekend we did it all again for BarCamp Berkshire2, once more held at O2′s HQ on the Slough Trading Estate. Eat your heart out, David Brent! It was another smoothly run … Continue reading →

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