2. Bristol skill swap:
“Allow community members to share
skills, help keep training costs down and
do a little networking/socialising”
@jmoverley
3. History:
“A voluntary group, set up by members of the
Bristol digital media community, specifically
members of the Underscore [_] mailing list.”
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(2006) (2012)
Laura Francis : @laurakfrancis Tom Buckley-Houston : @twombh
Tim Beale : @t1mmyb
@jmoverley
4. Event Format:
Audience:
~30 – 60 attendees
Topics:
Newbies / Oldies
Discussed on [ _ ]
Always a fun crowd!
Community driven
Venues:
Time:
Evening session
~ 2 – 4 hours
~ monthly
Speakers:
Voluntary Sponsors:
Knowledgeable * Free beer!
Passionate of topic! * Munchies
Social:
After beers!
*Mandatory* @jmoverley
5. Past events:
Jan 2006 Plone demo
Nov 2006 Security : Firewalss/Malware
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Feb 2007 Mircoformats
Apr 2007 Web Design
May 2007 Rapid Prototyping
Jun 2007 Game Design
Jul 2007 Symphony
Sep 2007 *re-launch* (talking points)
Oct 2007 BarCamp Bristol
Mar 2008 Project management
May 2008 Databases
Jul 2008 When CMS goes bad
Nov 2008 Usability
Nov 2009 Zend
Feb 2010 Ruby on Rails
Nov 2010 Social Network App. Dev
Oct 2011 Back To Basics
Jan 2012 Linux
Mar 2012 Frontend Development
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6. Get involved!
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bristolskillswap.org
under-score.org.uk
#bristolskillswap
Make suggestions
Offer talks!
Upcoming sessions:
Going Beyond Code (~Jun)
Rapid Application Development (~Jul)
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