Geek Nights

After a conversation with an old friend a few months ago, I was told all about this brilliant night he started attending called the Oxford geeknight. The OGN describes itself as

A chance for web developers and designers in the local area to get together, share their skills and talk about new ideas, techniques and technologies.

Each OGN consists of two keynote talks of 15 minutes each. There are also frenetic bursts of socialising, sometimes adverts for other local groups, but always interspersed with two sets of 5-minute-long microslot sessions.

Knowing that I am missing out on all the brilliant speakers that the night attracts fills me with jealously.

Although I understand that there are always going to be more events taking place down south, England, I’m not too sure why I haven’t heard about more taking part up my neck of the woods in Scotland. I have spent countless hours trying to find meet-ups that are happening close to the central belt of Scotland. However, the only night I have been able to find is Refresh in Edinburgh which might be a bit too far for some people to travel too.

Now, I can finally get down to the reason I started this post, that is if you’re still with me! I’m going to propose a Glasgow meet-up for the good people of the central belt. There is alot still to be planned, infact, I haven’t got anything organised as yet. The meet-ups should hopefully follow the same structure of the OGN where the met-ups take place once every two months. The night will also be on a different week night from refresh incase anyone attends that.

Thats all for now, it’s just a brief insight into what I want to do with the night, if you want to keep updated on proceedings then keep checking back or check the subscriptions checkbox beside the submit button and you’ll recieved updates via email (the one you submitted when filling out this form.) Alternatively, if you wish to help with the setup of this night then don’t hesitate to get in contact with me via the contact form.

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