http://geekdinner.co.uk Where geeks in London come out to play Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:50:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Time for some more geeking out with some fellow geeks. Joining us will be Dave Crossland who is currently working on the Open Font Library v2. With the introduction of the first drafts of the HTML5/CSS3 specs and with it the introduction of the possibilities to include video, audio and custom fonts into ... http://geekdinner.co.uk/2009/09/03/london-geekdinner-on-open-fonts/ The awesome team from Mozilla Labs London have agreed to join us at a Geek Dinner on the 28th! We're going to try and turn this into an old fashioned proper Geek Dinner again, in a nice pub with some beer and food, and maybe even some cash behind the ... http://geekdinner.co.uk/2009/07/19/london-geek-dinner-with-mozilla-labs/ As we promised at the end of BarcampLondon6 (and then totally failed to follow through) it's time for the BarcampLondonPlanningAssociation (BCLPA for short) GeekDinner. We rounded up most of the organisation members and volunteers to come along there will be a short presentation on the future of BarCampLondon and answer ... http://geekdinner.co.uk/2009/06/12/geekdinner-on-the-future-of-barcamplondon/ Joining us for our next Mini-GeekDinner on April 16th will be Dave Birch of Consult Hyperion. David G.W. Birch is a Director of Consult Hyperion, a global IT management consultancy that specialises in electronic transactions,. Before helping to found Consult Hyperion in 1986, he spent several years working as a consultant ... http://geekdinner.co.uk/2009/04/06/mini-geekdinner-with-dave-birch/ It's time for the first Mini GeekDinner of 2009! Come and join us on Tuesday January 27th where our honoured guest will be Jeff Keni Pulver; "Technology Anthropologist; Entrepreneur; Early-Stage Seed Investor; speaker, Living in Social Media". We're going to be in our usual place again, Hummus Brothers in Holborn (first floor) and ... http://geekdinner.co.uk/2009/01/18/mini-geekdinner-with-jeff-keni-pulver/ As you might have discovered, we had to cancel our trip to the V&A Cold War Modern Exhibition yesterday. There were too many other events going on, and there just weren't enough people available to make it. So instead we're going to give away 2 x 2 free tickets here on ... http://geekdinner.co.uk/2008/12/15/christmas-giveaway-cold-war-modern-tickets/ Update: This event has been cancelled. Again another London Geek Meet! And again something a bit different. This time we'll be going to the Victoria & Albert Museum for their special Cold War Modern exhibition. Here's the description about the exhibition from their site: This period from the end of the Second ... http://geekdinner.co.uk/2008/11/27/london-geek-meet-3-cold-war-modern/ The days are getting shorter, the air is getting colder and the fleeting strains of Christmas songs are right around the corner. One last mini GeekDinner before the end of the year!  This time our guest will be Adrian Hon, Chief Creative Officer at Six to Start. He is one of ... http://geekdinner.co.uk/2008/11/27/mini-geekdinner-the-death-of-reading/ BBC Backstage is teaming up with most London and Manchester communities to hold two Christmas parties. We will be drinking, having fun, and probably make a fool of ourselves on the dance floor. Will you join us? Only a little more than 50 tickets left, so sign up quick! http://geekdinner.co.uk/2008/11/14/bbc-backstage-christmas-bash/ It's been a bit quiet here lately, but we've got another interesting mini GeekDinner lined up for you all. To mix things up a little bit, we're joining forces this time with the OpenFinanceCoffeeClub, a small meetup event for finance/tech people.  Joining us is James Gardner, the Head of Innovation and Research at ... http://geekdinner.co.uk/2008/10/27/mini-geekdinner-with-james-gardner/