Just a quick heads up for anyone that hasn’t heard about the Scottish Enterprise/Royal Society of Edinburgh Enterprise Fellowship Workshops. There are last remaining places left on the workshop which talks about how you can apply for this fellowship grant. Details below.
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Last call: SE/RSE Enterprise Fellowship Workshop
Posted in Local News on 1 October, 2009| 1 Comment »
Google Giant comes to Town!
Posted in Local News on 30 September, 2009| Leave a Comment »
The Silicon Valley Speaker Series organised by Mike Clouser never disappoints – and this year, it kicks off with Jeffrey Ullman, the PhD supervisor of Google Founder Sergey Brin. He has served on the Google Technical Advisory Board as well as being the CEO of Gradiance – an automated programming teaching tool. Ullman will be speaking at the Informatics Forum, next Wednesday. We’ll definitely be heading along – details below.
Weekly Events Menu: 28th Sept – 4th Oct
Posted in Events, Local News on 28 September, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Enough to keep you entertained, connected, and well fed, here’s what you can look forward to this week. If you’re not already booked into Girl Geeks Dinner or Enterprisers, don’t despair, everyone is welcome at E-Club mid-week and further entertainment is on offer in Glasgow Tuesday if you can spare the afternoon. While we’re thinking about events, be sure to book your MoMo Edinburgh ticket if you want to be part of the ‘in crowd’ next week.
NGN Scotland launch: Monday, 28th Sept, details TBC
Next Generation Network, run by the UK India Business Council, is launching a Scotland Chapter and the kick-off event is being held in Edinburgh. The network helps to connect and empower young business people/entrepreneurs by fostering cross-cultural understanding and building links between countries. We’re still waiting on details to be relayed (post below if by chance you know em!), but it’s great to see Scotland pulled into the loop and there should be more NGN happenings in the future.
Pre-MOBO Awards Support Event: Tuesday, 29th Sept, 1-4:30pm at The Hub in Glasgow
The day before the MOBO Awards, Scottish Enterprise teams up with Soma Records, Inner Ear and New Media Corps to offer (more…)
Spacial Photography for 150 Bucks
Posted in Local News on 24 September, 2009|
Recently, two space projects have been extensively featured on the blogosphere. The first one, BEAR-4 organised by a group from Canada, launched on the 23rd of August 2009. The second, Project Icarus, was launched on the 2nd of September 2009 by a bunch of MIT students. Their idea? Take a picture from space. Equipment? Barely $150: a camera, a GPS mobile phone, a few external batteries, a balloon, a home made parachute, a box, disposable hand warmers to keep everything alive, free software, and bits of strings. Put all that together, fill up the balloon with helium, launch on a good day; and voila! (more…)
What Not To Test
Posted in Local News, tagged prototypes, qa, quality, testing on 23 September, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Good Enough
A key concern for any business is ensuring that its products meet the quality levels expected of it. Unfortunately, Quality Assurance takes time and effort, requiring your development staff to spend part of their time on testing, or hiring specialist software testers to ensure the product meets its requirements. The more testing you do, the more expensive it will be, so it is useful to have some guidelines for knowing when you can get off with as little as possible.
The simplest test is a manual inspection of the code’s behaviour and there are some situations where this is appropriate. The most obvious case is throwaway code, such as the one line shell script a developer uses to manipulate some data, or the excel function that calculates VAT on your purchases. Once it is written, and is producing the expected output, it is (more…)
Weekly Events Menu: 21st-27th Sept
Posted in Events, Local News on 22 September, 2009| 4 Comments »
If there were an occasion to use your time warping skills, this Wednesday night would be a good chance. With 3 2 great events to choose from, it’s a shame they’re scheduled for the same slot, but you are sure to have a great mid-week outing if you can make it to one of these. Anyone with a stake in cloud computing may like to check out Cloudcamp, Glaswegians gather for Tech Meetup, and we’re especially excited to see the Entrepreneurship Club season begin again. There is definitely something for everyone this week, so I hope you’re not hosting any Wednesday dinner parties.
E-Club: Wednesday, 23rd Sept, 6:30pm at UofE Business School LT1
This is the first Entrepreneurship Club event of the academic year and is open to all students, startups, and members of the wider community. An assortment of E-Club members will present their business ideas, so come hear what everyone is up to and meet some cool folks. Hey, StartupCafe will be presenting, so you can (more…)
hoodeasy: Why it Rocks and How to Make Money!
Posted in Jobs, Local News on 17 September, 2009| 1 Comment »
hoodeasy is everywhere. Whether I’m reaching for my comfy E-Club hoodie or reading up on Business Forum events, the enjoyable brand is brought back to mind (I promise, now that you’re aware, you’ll see it all over the place too). For those of you not yet familiar with Richard Burton’s creation, hoodeasy is an Edinburgh startup that takes the hassle out of groups ordering customised clothing. You’ll likely recognise Richard since he’s active in local groups and events, though his haircut earlier this year still throws me.
As the company is doing remarkably well and pursuing further growth, hoodeasy is now recruiting university reps to help spread the word and make life easier for societies across the UK. Excited by the new opportunities, we checked in with Richard to understand how hoodeasy got to be so cool and who he’s looking for at the moment.
Why does hoodeasy rock? (more…)
Silicon Valley Speaker Series Schedule for this Semester!
Posted in Local News on 14 September, 2009| Leave a Comment »
The brilliant Silicon Valley Speaker Series over at the E-Club is beginning again in the next few weeks. While the schedule is being finalised, here is the list of confirmed speakers for this year … and it doesn’t disappoint. Bill Joos – aka the pitch doctor – has been a regular at the Valley Speaker series for the past few years and it’s always a never-to-be-missed session. Another highlight is Alex Ohanian who is the co-founder of Reddit.
As always, the enigmatic Sarah Luger is your contact for E-Club, and I’m sure she’ll come up with more details of events soon.
Silicon Valley Speaker Series 2009-2010 Academic Calendar Year
Weekly Events Menu: 14th-20th Sept
Posted in Local News on 13 September, 2009| 2 Comments »
You can get some real work done this week and catch your breath, but do keep up your event social life with a few options here. Drop by OpenCoffee Club if you’ve never checked it out before, as there are always some interesting folks to meet and you can just stay for as long as suits your schedule. Take advantage of Shell LiveWIRE’s free chats as well if you can manage on Thursday (oh yeah, free lunch!), and have a look at the happenings for iPhone developers and Digital Britain grant hunters.
OpenCoffee Club: Wednesday, 16th Sept, 10am at Informatics Forum Roof Garden
An excellent choice of venue for this monthly meetup, you can find all sorts of business folks at OpenCoffee Club. Enjoy the informal setting intended for (more…)
Starting the new term? Guide to LAUNCH.ed this semester!
Posted in Events, Guest Blogger, Local News, tagged Competitions, Events, icue, launch.ed, workshops on 13 September, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Can you hear them? Yes, it’s the sound of freshers and the rest of the students coming back from their summer holidays. We thought we would ask Hilary Singer from Launch.ed what their plans are this coming semester … (oh and remember to check out their new website!)
LAUNCH.ed/iCUE Event Series
This year, LAUNCH.ed is teaming up with iCUE to offer a series of events to develop your practical entrepreneurship skills. The iCUE Event Series is free, open to all Edinburgh students and recent graduates, and is intended to be an excellent preparation for this year’s business plans. All events will begin at 18:30 with free beer and pizza unless otherwise stated.
StartupCafe 