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Posted in Events on Oct 18th, 2011
The folks over at Informatics Ventures have kicked off a new series of talks to inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs. It’s called … iVenture Tuesdays! First up is Sir Tom Farmer – founder of Kwik-Fit, one of the World’s largest automotive parts repair and replacement specialists. He has spent all of his working life [...]
Posted in Events on Oct 18th, 2011
IGDA Scotland is a meetup for games developers and people in the general gaming industry. Their next meetup is going to be next Wed (I know, it’s on the same night as Glasgow Techmeetup and an E-Club event as well). It’s going to be at Three Sisters down on Cowgate. The presenter is Chris Wright, [...]
Posted in Events on Sep 11th, 2011
Yesterday marked the first day of Freshers Week at Edinburgh Uni (just in case you were wondering what the influx of people were). Of course, new term means a new series of talks from Edinburgh’s own Entrepreneurship club (E-Club). You can see the full programme of events here: http://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/about/school-events This year, I’m particularly pleased to [...]
Posted in Events on Sep 8th, 2011
Local mobile group, MoMoEdinburgh is co-hosting an event with the Vodafone Smart Accessibility Foundation and ICT KTN to create an unique event to inspire local apps developers and entrepreneurs to make useful apps for people with impairments. The event is on 16th September, starting at 3pm at InSpace. Here are the details below: [Copied from [...]
Posted in Events on Aug 26th, 2011
You might be interested to know that the first time Eric Ries of Lean Startup and David Heinemeier Hansson engaged in debate was actually in London last year. Or that, at the very same time and place, several conversations were starting between designers and entrepreneurs, laying the foundations for the Lean UX movement we’re seeing grow today. And the [...]
Posted in Events on Aug 19th, 2011
Next weekend (26-28th Aug), sees the first ever Lean Startup Machine in Europe. If you’re developing new web/mobile products, this is perfect for you … In a sentence, Lean Startup Machine is a 48 hour, intense course on learning the latest startup methodologies to help you validate the assumptions behind your business idea. This will [...]
Posted in Events on Aug 6th, 2011
Whilst the latest talk around the Edinburgh tech circle has been about the Turing Festival towards the end of the month, I’m actually looking forward to the other festival happening this coming Thursday and Friday that we don’t often hear about: Edinburgh Interactive Festival. Formerly known as the Edinburgh Games Festival, in recent years, the [...]
Posted in 60 Second Interview, Events, Local News on Aug 2nd, 2011
With the full schedule for the Turing Festival now published, here’s a taste of what’s lined up for August. Our first stop: Arjan Haring, self-described wannabe breakdancer and science rockstar, and Chief Rebel Officer of Dutch startup Persuasion API. What does Persuasion API do? We have a learning algorithm that optimizes persuasion strategies per individual [...]
This year, I was lucky enough to be chosen as one of the participants on the TRC Cross Creative programme ran by TRC Media. Yes, at first, I hadn’t heard of TRC Media either. After looking up their website, it turns out they’re a charity that provides training to the media sector – TV, publishing, [...]
Posted in Events, Local News on Jul 18th, 2011
This August marks the inaugurual Turing Edinburgh International Technology Festival. Intended to be “an emerging technology event, bringing together the cream of the world’s technology-based innovators and entrepreneurs with Scottish web, broadcast and mobile talent,” the new festival is a sort of experiment, with big plans for the future if all goes well. Confirmed speakers include [...]
60 Second Interview: Josh Wilson (SquareGo): This week we caught up with Josh Wilson, an expert in gaming reviews and fine living. Bela and I had the honour of spending four days with J...