Pre-FOWA Mini-GeekDinner with Kevin Marks [Updated]
FOWA is just around the corner and we have found you a FOWA speaker interested in hanging out with us instead of with other FOWA speakers on Wednesday the 8th.
Joining us will be Kevin Marks who is author of the weblog Epeus Epigone and a software engineer at Google. He became principal engineer for Technorati after doing work for both Apple and the BBC. He is one of the founders of Microformats. In 2003, Marks was an early experimenter with and contributor to the technologies that became popular under the names podcasting and iPodder in 2004.
The venue will be our regular Hummus place in Holborn and the time will be from 7pm till late. Food will be on a get your own basis, so no need to pay online. If you run late and can’t find us at the Holborn place anymore, we’re probably moved on to the pub down the street.
Please RSVP on our signup site if you are coming, there is only limited seating.
London Geek Meet 2: Space Invader Hunting
It’s time for another London Geek Meet! With this one I wanted to try something a bit different, so we’ll be going geocache hunting. Geocaching is a treasure-hunting puzzle-solving type of game, where people hide and look for secret containers (called geocaches) with the help of GPS. Some caches are straightforward: the clue is a GPS location, you go to that location and the cache is hidden somewhere there. Others can be a bit more elaborate, where you first have to solve certain puzzles and riddles before you can find the cache.
We’ll be doing a special geocache quest revolving around the Space Invader Invasion. Observant Londoners may have noticed these little creatures lurking from side streets and street corners. They are all part of the ‘Invasion’, a street art project from an artist known only by the name Invader. So far 35 cities have already been invaded, including London, New York, Amsterdam and Paris. Here’s a photo of one of the Space Invaders in Paris:
With this Geocache hunt we’ll be searching for 12 of these Space Invaders hidden around central London. Each Space Invader will lead to a clue needed to solve the location of the final hidden cache. The hunt is supposed to take about 3 to 3.5 hours, but we’ll also take a break to have some coffee or beer somewhere (and maybe dinner afterwards).
When: Sunday, September 21st, 13:00
Where: Covent Garden Tube Station
Activity: Geocache Hunting/Sightseeing/Photography
Cost: Food and coffee on buy your own basis
We’ll meet up in front of Covent Garden Tube Station (also the location for our first Space Invader). Make sure you’re there before 13:15, cause that’s when we’ll start with out quest (so no running late!). Please email me if you’re interested in coming along. Let’s go a hunting…
Don’t worry, we heard you!
Since we moved to the Thai Smile Restaurant for the Geek Dinners we have always been interested to hear what you thought about the Geek Dinners at that venue. Good news, we have heard your suggestions and have been working on improvements.
The biggest improvement for now is that we have managed to change the menu. Instead of just fried stuff, we now have a nice selection of rice, vegetables, curry, and stir-fry. It’s definitely going to be more healthy than last time, and the great things is that we managed to keep the price the same.
The next big thing is that we are looking into a microphone to make things a bit more audible. There is a sounds system at the venue, but no microphone. So if you have a microphone with a long cable (or wireless) and a 1/4″ plug that we can use, please let us know.
On a last note, we would urge you to sign up if you are planning to come to one of our events, or more importantly sign off when you are not coming. Accurate numbers will make our life and the chef’s life so much easier.
Weren’t there yesterday? You missed something!
Yesterday’s Mini-GeekDinner with Betsy Weber from TechSmith was a blast. We all had some nice food, great conversations and best of all in the end TechSmith unexpectedly payed for everyone’s Hummus! So I think I can say this on behalf of all the London Geeks that attended:
Thank you TechSmith!
Special thanks also go out to Ian Smith who got us in contact with Betsy in the first place. Afterwards we all went to the ThaiSmile pub and had some drinks until we eventually got kicked out.
Keep an eye on the blog for more mini-GeekDinner events as I think they are a the perfect “little brother” to the normal Geek Dinners.
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