This month brings plenty of techie goodness and creative fun for those in the South West. Clear out the diary, there’s some good ones!
Bristol DevOps – Docker
Wednesday 1st October – 6:30pm
Where: Roll for the Soul Cafe, 2 Quay Street, Bristol, BS1 2JL
Rob Haswell will be telling us all about his Flocker project, deploying with Docker & Fig and share his experiences with containers in general.
Andy Gale also plans to introduce some new Chef tools which compliment Docker and streamline your workflow.
If anyone else has something to say about Docker then do get in touch with the group, as they have had a cancellation!
Digital Project Managers Bristol – Survival Techniques
Wednesday 1st October 2014 – 6:30pm
The Golden Guinea, 19 Guinea Street, Bristol, BS1 6SX
A social meetup for all project managers involved in digital, design, television and other media in the South West. This month, PMs will be sharing survival techniques, swapping stories and sharing experiences. I’ll be popping along too so do say “Hi!”
Bristech – ‘Open-source licensing’ and ‘Scrum is not Agile’
Thursday 2nd October 2014 – 7pm
Where: Bristol Engine Shed, Station Approach, Temple Meads, Bristol, BS1 6QH
Head down to the Engine Shed this month and listen to some interesting talks from two local developers:
1. David Thomas demonstrates why Scrum and Agile are very different ideas.
2. Member of the Apache Software Foundation, Upayavira pops along to explain project issues, share solutions and how these might apply to open source projects more generally.
OpenCo Bath & Bristol
Thursday 2nd October 2014
A brand new event experience is happening in Bristol and Bath this month which combines an open studio tour and business conference, with the vibe of a music festival. Intrigued?
SWUX – ‘The UX of Open Data’
Tuesday 7th October 2014 – 7pm
Where: The Elephant Public House, 20 St Nicholas Street, Bristol, BS1 1UB
Lead developer for the software company Epimorphics Ltd, Dr Ian Dickinson will give a talk on the user experience of open data, the challenges faced and how we can begin to address them. Ian has worked with many clients to create open, accessible and understandable datasets for bespoke applications.
South West Founders meetup
Wednesday 8th October 2014 – 7pm
If you want to be involved in a network that encourages entrepreneurs within Bristol and Bath to learn from each other, then make sure you attend this meetup. It’s a casual get together of those within the tech startup world and you’re guaranteed to make some great connections.
Ladies that UX – Blogging Q&A session and mentor programme launch party
Wednesday 8th October 2014 – 6:30pm
Where: Bristol YHA, 14 Narrow Key, Bristol, BS1 4QA
This October meetup combines a Q&A session with a little launch party for their mentor programme.
From 7-8pm, Hayley Constantine (who runs Bonjour, Blogger!) will host an informal Q&A session to answer any questions on starting and managing your own blog to sourcing and commissioning content from other bloggers.
8pm will celebrate the launch of the first ever Ladies that UX Mentor Programme! A wonderful way to end the evening.
PHPSW – Lightning Talks
Wednesday 8th October 2014 – 7pm
Where: BaseKit Office (Bristol) 4th Floor, The Pithay, BS1 2ND
PHPSW bring something new to the table this month, by hosting an evening of 5-10 minute lightning talks. Topics include Carbon(a simple API extension for DateTime), Terraform and Vagrant, along with plenty of other interesting bits and pieces too! As always, there’ll be beer and pizza to entertain the attendees.
WebDevConf
Thursday 9th – Friday 10th October 2014
Where: Watershed, 1 Canon’s Road, Bristol, BS1 5TX
With a great variety of speakers mixed with students and professionals alike, it’s guaranteed that everyone will walk away from the conference with something new to think about. The after party also gives people a chance to mingle with the organisers and speakers. Web developers and designers – make sure you’re there!
South West Data social
Wednesday 10th September 2014 – 7pm
Where: Watershed, 1 Canon’s Road, Bristol, BS1 5TX
The South West Data social is a well-organised evening for people who are involved in using, learning about or discovering data technologies to meet similar people and network.
Bristol Web Folk – Dicussion night: HTML5
Monday 13th October 2014 – 6:30pm
Where: Horts, 49 Broad Street, Bristol, BS1 2EP
Bristol Web Folk bring a new format to the group: Discussion Nights. It’s a great way to meet other web folk and talk about web standards and upcoming specifications. This month’s topic is around HTML5. Is it really a thing? Is it just a buzzword? What’s next?
GamesLab South West – 3 day masterlass with industry experts
Monday 13th – Wednesday 15th October 2014 – 9am – 5pm
Where: Watershed, 1 Canon’s Road, Bristol, BS1 5TX
The GamesLab 3 day masterclass features a number of VIP workshops with industry experts in their specific area of game development. Useful for those interested in the industry, including independent game developers and start-ups. Topics include ‘Developing successful games with a player-centric process’, ‘Advenures in narrative storytelling’ and ‘Effective SCRUM agile development’. A must-attend event.
App Development – Legal workshop
Monday 13th October 2014 – 4pm
Where: The Orangery @ Goldbrick House, 69 Park Street, Bristol, BS1 5PB
How do you develop ideas and pitch them to clients? How do you cope with demanding clients and successfully keep development projects on track? What are the Copyright related rights in the work you create? If you’re interested in finding the answers to those questions, then you must attend this workshop. By the end of the session, you will be able to identify IPR in your app development work, be aware of privacy and data capture, along with much, much more.
Together We’re Better – Social Media South West
Tuesday 14th October 2014 – 6pm
If you work in social media in the South West and are interested in meeting others who do too, then put this event in your diary! Social Media South West will be putting on this awesome event with engaging workshops and answers to any questions you may have.
CodeHub October meetup
Tuesday 14th October 2014 – 10am
The Big Chill, 15 Small Street, Bristol, BS1 1DE
The first morning meetup after the summer break features a ‘Show and Tell’ session. Discuss any projects you have worked on and what dev environment and tools you used to complete the project. It’s a really great group to code, share and learn from one another.
Tweet Up Bristol
Tuesday 14th October 2014 – 6pm
Revolution Bar Bristol, 19-21 St Nicholas Street, Bristol, BS1 1UA
A brand new event is being hosted in Bristol which gives people the opportunity to meet who you tweet! This is an informal and fun business networking meetup for everyone who uses Twitter for business or personal use. Come along, get involved and don’t forget the business cards!
Techie Brekkie – Education Technology
Wednesday 15th October 2014 – 8:15pm
Where: Bristol Engine Shed, Station Approach, Temple Meads, Bristol, BS1 6QH
This breakfast will address why Education Technology is quickly becoming one of tech’s hottest sectors, how the technology is being applied and where it is all going. Share views and insights with Obrussa’s founder Bill Hutchinson and other edutech professionals from Bristol and Bath.
Bristol Open Source User Group – First meetup!
Monday 20th October 2014 – 7pm
For this first meetup, members are free to talk about open source, your own personal knowledge and experience from it. You can showcase a project that you would like to find collaborators for.
So far, there has been one speaker confirmed: Group organizer Karl Nosworthy will welcome attendees and conduct a short introduction to the group.
UWE Enterprise – Startup drinks
Tuesday 21st October 2014 – 6:30pm
Where: Bristol Engine Shed, Station Approach, Temple Meads, Bristol, BS1 6QH
An exciting evening of drinks and networking for all those interested in start-ups and entrepreneurship. It acts as a fantastic opportunity to meet with other professionals, students and entrepreneurs from around Bristol, whether you need a start-up partner or just want a chat with similar people.
SW mobile – What’s new in mobile?
Wednesday 22nd October 2014 – 6:30pm
Apparently, there’s some brand new stuff happening in the mobile world, so this group are using that as an excuse to have a well-deserved catchup. Come along and get up-to-date with what’s new with Android and wearables – there’s lots to discuss!
BristolDevNet – Liam Westley
Thursday 23rd October 2014 – 6:30pm
Where: Room 2Q49, UWE Bristol, Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane, BS16 1QY
Application architect at Huddle, Liam Westley will be gracing us with his presence this October. Head over to the meetup group and vote on the topics you would love to hear him talk about. There’s plenty to choose from, including TPL Dataflow Library, Eventstore and ArchitectureAsync C# 5.0.
The Pitch Final
Thursday 23rd October 2014 – 9am
Where: Paintworks Event Space, Bath Road, Brislington, BS4 3EH
The Pitch Final is the dramatic ending to BusinessZone.co.uk’s small business competition and you can come along too! This event will bring together the 30 finalists to compete in front of a live audience for the title of The Pitch 2014 champion. Along with the finalists’ pitches, hear from Bristol mayor George Ferguson, get tips from fellow entrepreneurs and attend free, expert-led workshops on digital marketing, online branding and financial management. This really is the place to be.
Women Who Code Bristol – Hack night launch: Coding in the cloud
Thursday 23rd October 2014 – 6pm
Where: Bristol Engine Shed, Station Approach, Temple Meads, Bristol, BS1 6QH
This Hack Nigh launch is an opportunity to discover more about working with software in the cloud from some of the team at JUST EAT and AWS. Come along, deploy some code and relax with a drink and some food.
The evening will only be as technical as you want it to be. It will be a great opportunity for everyone, from veteran developers to those who are new to all things cloud based.
Talend user Group – First meetup!
Thursday 23rd October 2014 – 6pm
Where: Goldbrick House, 69 Park Street, Bristol, BS1 5PB
The team at Ketl has created a group to provide a forum for everyone that works with or is interested in working with Talend. This first meetup welcomes a talk from Pat Pruchnickyj on the uses of Talend as a tool for more than just data integration.
Bath Digital Festival 2014
Monday 27th October – 5th November 2014
Where: The Guild Coworking Hub, High Street, Bath, BA1 5EB
The 3rd Bath Digital Festival promises to be bigger and better than ever, with 10 digital-packed days catering to all technical abilities, to inform, educate and empower all those interested. There is so much to see and do, but some highlights for this month include:
Don’t forget the Halloween party on the 31st too!
BristolJS – Making a text particle system with canvas
Wednesday 29th October 2014 – 7pm
Where: Bristol Engine Shed, Station Approach, Temple Meads, Bristol, BS1 6QH
This month you’ll be shown how James T used HTML5 canvas to create a particle system, which uses letters instead of images. You can view the demo here – pretty cool stuff!
#BRUG
Thursday 30th October 2014 – 7pm
Where: CookiesHQ, Loft 3 The Tobacco Factory, Bristol, BS1 1TF
Meet with like-minded Ruby fans at the Cookies office to discuss anything and everything Ruby related. It’s a wonderful place to network and learn a thing or two. Everyone is welcome!
Photo by torbahopper on Flickr
