Further to my earlier post, the first Oxford Geeknight was splendid.
As I gradually emerge from my long, occasionally messy (but mostly fruitful) encounter with Drupal, I hope to neglect this blog less and less. As a couple of well-meaning friends have put Graceful Exits on their aggregator site, Oxford Geeks Planet, then I ought to acknowledge the faith they have in my ability to churn out high-quality content more than once a month. Acknowledging it is easier than living up to it, anyway.
Blogging from Oxford Geek Nights #3, and it doesn’t look like the weather has dampened the Oxonian geek ardour. We reckon we’ve got around 120 people here tonight, which is fantastic (especially given the circumstances). Standing room only in the Jericho Tavern, sort of like Botley Road right now but without waders. I can’t say the level of fashion sense is any higher, though.
We’re back! After a too-long absence the Oxford Geek Nights return, sadly without Natalie at the helm (which is why it’s taken us until now to get our act together…)
OGN #4 is scheduled for November 28th, in the upstairs room at the Jericho Tavern as before. We’ll update the OGN website asap, but we’re already on Upcoming. That means it must be happening, so stick it in your diaries now.
The OGN juggernaut rumbles on towards the fourth Oxford Geek Night. Keynotes have been confirmed:
Oxford Geek Nights have got a mention in the November 2007 issue of .net magazine.
Agh! The fourth Oxford Geek Night is tomorrow: here’s a list of speakers. It looks like it’s going to be a darn good evening for everyone, and hopefully I can relax for long enough to enjoy it myself.
The fifth Oxford Geek Night is on February 6, 2008. We’ve got sponsorship from Torchbox and Google—thanks for that, chaps—and two really interesting keynote speakers booked: Rufus Pollock and Denise Wilton.
The fifth Oxford Geek Night is shaping up to be a really great night. Following on from our keynote confirmations, we’ve now got a full house of microslotters.
I don’t know how well this reflects on me.
As I was wondering idly when the delivery would arrive containing OGN5’s book lottery giveaways (thanks again, Friends of ED!) I started making a note of calendar dates for different bits of OGN organisation. I was working with Trac milestones at the time, so they were all in the format MM/DD/YY.