Big Thanks!

A huge thankyou to all our sponsors, event organisers and participants. It truly was a bumper year and we couldn't have done it without all your support and enthusiasm.

This blog will re-open for 2008's Brighton Digital Festival where once again, the finest in Brighton's digital media and entertainment, technology, business and community events will be brought to you during the month of November.

Happy holidays to all and sign up to the newsletter to be notified for next year's festival events.

'Till next year!

once upon a paperbag this sunday

paperbag presents 'once upon a paperbag' this sunday evening at the joogleberry playhouse..

a selection of the best animated fantastical, mythical and folk-lore inspired shorts around, topped and tailed by live local musical talents lana mcdee & the yo's and naomi bedford.

the night kicks off at 7:30pm, tickets are £6/5

we look forward to seeing you down there!

pb

Get your coding mojo back at Hack Day this Saturday!

Lost your love of coding? Got stuck in the corporate grind?

Come to Hack Day on Saturday and rediscover coding for fun!

Hack Day is free. Lunch is provided, just bring yourself and a laptop.

You can join some great people making small apps and having a laugh.

It's happening at the Brighthelm Centre on North Road, this Saturday from 10 o'clock.

There are more details here: http://www.farmhackday.com

Designer's Night presenters confirmed!

We're really excited to be able to announce the presenters and their talks here - don't forget Designer's Night is Friday the 16th of November, and tickets are still available if you're quick. Only £10 for the night, or £20 for the whole dSCAPE programme next week. Boost your skills, know how, networking and have a great week!

We've talks about Music 2.0 from The Prawn, of composers Mogul & the Prawn, games and e-learning from Dominic Mason and Rusalka Clarke of Hazium, Jim McCall of The Unit talking about Design, Communication and Emotions, and Colin Jenkinson Design Director of CogApp will be waxing lyrical about art inspirations and considerations.

Other speakers include freelance illustrator Rory Walker, Digital media agency Kanoti's John Davison, Jim McNiven MD of digital marketing agency Kerb, freelance graphic designer Hamish Makgill, Scott Mcpherson of amoeba design, and a special presentation about the creative opportunities of using archive footage with the BBC Motion Gallery's Ed Champion.

Don't miss out - book today!

£5 App Day this Saturday

We have a full day of start-up-friendly talks this Saturday in Pelham House in the North Laines. The aim of the day is to give everyone who attends something which will move their start-up/web-app/idea a step forward in the spirit of our monthly £5 App meetings.

We have a packed schedule between 10am and 6pm with 9 experienced speakers covering:

1. The Perils of Boot-strapping and Growth after Boot-strapping (Ian Ozsvald, Alan Newman, Raj Anand)
2. Developing your £5 App (John Montgomery)
3. Social Media Marketing (Premasagar and Madhava, Jon Markwell)
4. Search Engine Optimisation for your website (Paul Silver)
5. Successful Copy-Writing (Ellen de Vries)

The talks are free, laptops are welcome, wifi will be available.

Many thanks to Alan Newman at Sensible Development for sponsoring the office for us (plug: speak to Alan if you need custom Java work).

Drop in to listen to the talks that will help you the most between 10am and 6pm. For details of past events see the official Five Pound App website.

Hack Day ticketing opens

Hack Day is a chance for web developers and designers to get together and work on small, fun projects, e.g. a new widget for their website or a quick app that never seems to get done. During the day people will learn from each other and get to show off their skills in a friendly, slightly geeky environment.

It's happening on Saturday 17th November from 10am to 6pm in the Brighthelm Centre.

Tickets opened at 1.30pm today, there are limited places - 80 in all - so please register early to make sure you get one:

http://farmhackday.eventwax.com/farm-hack-day

The day, including lunch, will be free thanks to sponsors Cogapp, Magpie and TalkWebSolutions. It's being organised by Paul Silver and other members of Brighton Farm.

If you're someone with an idea who'd like help getting it built, or a developer or designer who'd like to help and have a bit of fun along the way, please grab a ticket and come along.

Developers - don't worry, it won't all be mega-gurus, this is more about having fun putting things together than being the best coder in town.

More info: www.farmhackday.com

Pyro(technics) to the People!

Pyro(technics) to the People - the fireworks display with a contemporary twist is happen THIS Monday. Organised by the events team at Wired Sussex the pyros have been designed and programmed by Plug-In Media's Seb Lee-Delisle, who will be directing the animation at source, with expert technical support from Brightonart.

Come and join the fun from 5.30pm - 7pm at the Brighton Unitarian Church on New Road (opp the Mash Tun pub). The event is free of charge and all are welcome.

Show the World Your Photos!
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We're on the Telly!
ITV News is going to be reporting, live from the event at 6pm. So make sure you dress up nice and smile for the camera, you could be on TV!!