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Udi Dahan's Enterprise Development with NServiceBus

Udi Dahan's "Enterprise Development with NServiceBus" course teaches you all the ins-and-outs of NServiceBus - the most popular, open-source service bus for .NET.

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Date: 1 June 2011
Location: The Skills Matter eXchange, UK

Internet of Things & Other M2M Stories from Mobile Monday London

The Internet of Things?! With the kinds of numbers quoted - 50 billion connected devices by 2020 - this looks like it really is "The Next Big Thing". We'll take a look at the vision of what's coming, discuss the practicalities of how this will be implemented & what this means for consumers & entrepreneurs

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Date: 16 May 2011
Location: CBI at Centrepoint, UK

Simon Brown's Software Architecture for Developers Workshop

Simon Brown's 2 day Software Architecture for Developers course is about broadening your software development skills and has been designed to take full advantage of the technical knowledge that you already have

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Date: 25 May 2011
Location: Skills Matter, UK

30 frames per second – an exclusive seminar with BIMA and YouTube

30 frames per second – an exclusive seminar with BIMA and YouTube on new content, services and revenue opportunities and how to win in the high-definition age

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Date: 17 May 2011
Location: Google Offices, Belgrave House, UK

Tech City East meetup

Talk by Eric Van der Kleij, CEO of the Tech City Investment Organisation. Eric will discuss the challenges, successes, and opportunities, faced -- including how to attract talent, encourage collaboration, and how to further develop our area as the world's most exciting place in terms of technology innovation.

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Date: 26 May 2011
Location: Skills Matter, UK

SMW London Snippet: Interview with Adam Mountford, Producer of Test Match Special

Adam Mountford

Just before the Sports and Social Media Panel organised by the BBC on Weds 9th February, we interviewed Adam Mountford, Producer of Test Match Special (@tmsproducer).

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Register Your Interest: Digital Mission to Washington DC, July 2011

We’re gathering interest for a digital government and social innovation-focused trade mission to Washington for UK-based digital companies in July. Interested? Read on...

The last few years have seen a dramatic adoption of social media and digital technologies in government, NGOs and campaigning organisations. There’s a highly active community here in the UK, and an equally vibrant counterpart in the United States, centered around Washington DC.

What started as a conversation with our friends at digital government consultancy FutureGov, community builder BrightLemon and digital media consultant Kathryn Corrick, has come together to form concrete plans for a Digital Mission to Washington DC, scheduled the week 11th July 2011.

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Hadoop User Group: Apache Whirr and Amazon Elastic Map Reduce

May's meetup for the UK Hadoop Users Group talks on Apache Whirr and Amazon Elastic Map Reduce

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Date: 12 May 2011
Location: The Skills Matter eXchange, UK

Groovy Grails User Group: Grails 1.4.0.M1

By the time we meet up in May, Grails 1.4.0.M1 should have been released, so what better time to look at what's new in this version? Peter Ledbrook will take you through all the big changes and some of the smaller ones too.

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Date: 16 May 2011
Location: The Skills Matter eXchange, UK

techpitch 4.5

techpitch 4.5 is an evening pitch event created by 2Pears in order to showcase some of the latest tech startups to have taken part in the UKTI pitch-training workshops in the past 6 months. The evening will kick off with a special keynote - to be announced shortly - and then followed by a number of pitching companies.

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Date: 25 May 2011
Location: The Auditorium, Pinsent Masons, UK

FutureEverything 2011

Manchester’s FutureEverything festival has launched its full line-up for this year’s event. The festival, now in its 16th year, aims to sum up Manchester’s edgy urban feel by bringing together forward-thinking ideas, new concepts in the digital world, along with a backdrop of innovative music.

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Date: 11 May 2011
Location: Manchester, UK

Scala eXchange 2011

This 2-day conference provides both high level presentations and low level follow-up tutorials/design discussions afterwards -- making it one of the most exciting dates on the calendar of anyone passionate about Scala.

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Date: 15 June 2011
Location: The Skills Matter eXchange, UK

Silicon Milkroundabout: London's Tech Start-ups Join Together To Drive Recruitment

Wanted Posters

London's Tech Start-ups have banded together to better compete against big banks and huge recruiting budgets.

Job opportunities for computer science graduates and experienced software developers looking for their next career move, should not be limited to corporate banks or consultancies anymore, London's tech start-up community say.

The Silicon Milkroundabout event will try to stop the brain-drain of skilled software developers to big corporations by highlighting the opportunities and benefits of working for innovative, entrepreneurial businesses.

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SMW London Round-up: Game On! Games & Brands sponsored by Nokia and JWT

NokiaConnects

Social Media Week London generated so much coverage that it’s taken us a little while to pull together all the information. This review brings together the video, tweets and speaker presentations from Game On! Games & Brands sponsored by Nokia and JWT.

Traditionally two separate industries, games and social media have meshing together in a variety of ways, providing opportunities for brands.

Traditional games companies are embracing social media, social gaming market is set to hit over $1bn this year and brands are combining game mechanics and social media to drive campaigns.

Opportunities exist, all are benefiting from targeting a wider demographic, increasing engagement and create rewards and status to drive behaviour both off and online.

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Silicon Milkroundabout

Silicon Milkroundabout will see 30 of London’s most respected tech start-ups offer a total of 100 jobs to software developers on Sunday May 15th in London’s East End.

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Date: 15 May 2011
Location: Bar Music Halll, UK