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BANG Digital Festival Meetup

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BANG is the Brighton Animators Network Group, a group set up, and run by, people with a passion for all things animated. Anyone with an interest in animation, at any level, can become a member of BANG, which includes meet-ups and collaborations as well as an active online social network dedicated to animation.

As part of the Brighton Digital Festival the group is having an open meetup. Bring your sketches, bring your animations, bring your ideas from the past and present, bring yourselves. It’s an informal meetup so we can bounce ideas around and really get a feel for each other’s work and aspirations.

It’s the perfect chance to meet, learn and also to be a bit nosey and see what everyone else’s work is like.

For more information: http://brightonanimators.ning.com/

CityForum launch

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Are you interested in the spaces where democracy and technology overlap? How can we use open data in ways that support debate? How can we find out what people in the city are saying? What is your top issue for discussion? Hear the latest news from experts in the field, and share and discuss the big issues you think the city’s politicians should be talking about. At this event the Democratic Society Brighton & Hove will be launching CityForum, an month-long democratic discussion programme for the city, online and offline.

For more information: http://brighton.demsoc.org


Hacks/Hackers Brighton

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A get together for journalists (hacks), developers (hackers) and designers to share information and ideas.

Following the hugely successful Hacks/Hackers meet-ups in the US, London and around the world, this event, which is part of the Brighton Digital Festival, will see the launch of Hacks/Hackers Brighton, drawing on the wealth of talent in and around the city.

Organised by Journalism.co.uk, the event will include talks and demos from hacks and hackers.

We’re thinking of looking at using open APIs for journalism, but this event will be shaped by suggestions from those planning to attend.

Any journalist, developer or designer is welcome to come along but please register beforehand on the Hacks/Hackers page of Journalism.co.uk.

For more information: http://www.journalism.co.uk/hacks-and-hackers/s299/

Async Meetup: JavaScript Jungle

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Async is a JavaScript meetup group that gets together twice a month to grapple with the latest developments in JavaScript and related technologies. Many of its sessions focus on specifics like developing mobile web apps or running JavaScript on the server, while others are more open and collaborative. Each Async session is followed by an evening social.

For the Festival, Async will be building a collaborative art project, the “JavaScript Jungle”. There’ll be an introduction to drawing in the browser (with Canvas and SVG), following by group/individual programming. Everyone’s creations will hook into a single canvas, to be exhibited online.

For more information: http://asyncjs.com/jungle/

WriteClub Meet-up

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Brighton plays host to a variety of meet-ups which draw together some of the special-interest digital groups in Brighton. WriteClub is an open meet-up for all kinds of writers. Regularly gathering to discuss writing, reading, freelancing, getting published and everything else, WriteClub is a small, friendly, welcoming group. WriteClub is deeply informal, and only aims to give writers a place to meet other writers. Join us!

For more information: http://write-club.net

Flash-Lit Fiction: a slam & other experiments

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An evening of short shorts, flash writing and digital technologies. At the heart of the event is a 300-word flash fiction slam competition and an online Twitter story competition, with competitors battling it out for fame and glory. The night is brought to you by the makers of Grit Lit (http://www.gritlit.org), Story Studios (http://www.storystudio.co.uk/about.html). Judging panels include our fine selves (Tim, Tara & Amy), Richard Hearn from Paragraph Planet (http://www.paragraphplanet.com) and Myriad Editions (http://www.myriadeditions.com/). 

More more information: http://flashlitfiction.eventbrite.com

CityCamp meetup

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Join the CityCamp Brighton network for their regular meetup, talking about current tech and social innovation projects in the city. This month’s meetup features a contribution from a senior city figure talking about the city’s social needs and public services, an update on the projects that came out of CityCamp Brighton in March, and news about CityForum (see launch event on 6 September).

For more information: http://citycampbtn.org

RSA/CityCamp

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How can technology be used for social good? Come to an evening of ideas and social innovation. Hear about the state of social innovation in the city, from local Royal Society of Arts Fellows, Royal Society of Arts Project staff and the CityCamp Brighton team. Bring your thoughts and proposals to a discuss-and-pitch evening in a friendly informal environment. The best ideas will be given support to apply for funding and expertise from the Royal Society of Arts Catalyst Fund and Skills Bank.

For more information: http://citycampbtn.org/

WP-Brighton

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Want to improve your web presence? WP-Brighton is a special event in the Brighton Digital Festival calendar, aimed at creating profitable connections between businesses and web professionals.

The event will focus on the ability of WordPress (aka WP) to power dynamic and cost-effective web, social and mobile media communications. Much more than a blogging platform, WordPress has fast become an essential tool for many of the world’s best known brands.

Expect a host of guest speakers from Brighton’s flourishing digital industry, who will share practical tips, tricks and advice – on everything from functionality and design to copywriting and strategy – which you can implement immediately into your company’s online activities. As well as enabling businesses to improve their web presence for clients, WP-Brighton will also provide a forum for digital professionals to come together, collaborate and inspire one another.

For more information: http://www.wp-brighton.org.uk

Pecha-Kucha Night Brighton Vol 13

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Pecha-Kucha Night Brighton, as part of Brighton Digital Festival, is exploring how creative makers, designers and artists are using digital technology to inform, inspire and create their work.

Presentations have been invited from practitioners working in different creative backgrounds who use digital technology, from designers and artists to theatre practitioners and filmmakers. Expect an inspirational evening of presentations that will show the breadth of inspirational creative practice possible using digital media.

Pecha-Kucha gives people the opportunity to raise exciting, creative and sometimes controversial ideas, using the Pecha-Kucha style, which is fun and fast-paced. The unique format of Pecha-Kucha gives each presenter six minutes and 40 seconds to share 20 visual images each held for 20 seconds on a screen, keeping the event dynamic and fluid.

For more information : www.pecha-kucha.org/night/brighton/

How to fund and protect your digital projects

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ACUMEDIA – How to fund and legally protect your work.

What? ACUMEDIA presents an evening featuring Future Copyright, WeFund and ACUMEN MEDIA LAW in an open discussion about the myths and truths of funding and protecting your work.

The evening is an opportunity to network with the cream of Brighton’s creative talent and industry professionals. Following the panel there will be a chance to catch a live performance from a handful of local artists who will use the Future Copyright iPhone app to record and protect their songs.

Following the discussion the bar will host a Radio Reverb gig from
8.30pm featuring some great local bands.

Why? Brighton is one of the major creative hubs of the UK, so it makes artistic and business sense to bring them all together! It’s also a great opportunity to learn from inspirational and informative speakers and enjoy performances from great local talent.

For more information: http://futurecopyright.tumblr.com/

Creative JavaScript and HTML5 workshop

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Over the last few months, creative coder extraordinaire Seb Lee-Delisle has been inspiring a whole new audience in the art of creative coding with JavaScript and HTML5. And after his sell-out tour of the US, he’s coming home to Brighton!

Learn how to draw, animate, and create truly interactive content, including advanced mouse interactions, pixel manipulation, image blending, physics, 3D and games.

For more information: it http://seb.ly/training

UXCampBrighton

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A one day ‘unconference’ for anyone involved or interested in user experience design, interaction design, information architecture or usability.

The event will allow people to share and learn in an open environment. Every attendees contributes by running a 25 minute session and all are treated equally. It could be it a talk, demo or discussion. No headliners, no product pitches, just a friendly (if intense) event focused on sharing and socialising as well as learning new stuff.

It is free to attend and tickets will go quickly, so check us out on Twitter @UXCampBrightonor our website for the latest information.

For more information: http://www.uxcampbrighton.org