http://technorati.com/tag/sussexdigital Posts tagged with "sussexdigital" on Technorati Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:18:30 -0700 Technorati v1.0 http://static.technorati.com/pix/logos/logo_sm.gif http://technorati.com/tag/sussexdigital support@technorati.com (Technorati Support) http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 sussexdigital http://ianozsvald.com/2009/06/23/robotbrighton-this-thursday-tony-ellis-and-invented-robots-and-toys/ http://ianozsvald.com/2009/06/23/robotbrighton-this-thursday-tony-ellis-and-invented-robots-and-toys/ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:37:38 -0700 I’m looking forward to this Thursday evening ’s RobotBrighton night @ The Skiff.  Tony Ellis (AKA ToyMaker), creator of 45 licensed toys and electronic games, will talk on his boot-strapped history (note the £5 App connection to my excitement?) with some details about his latest project. Amongst other things he’s the creator of the rather cool voice-controlled Daleks: Whilst the night will be videod and uploaded, some parts will be edited out due to commercial sensitivity so to get th 2009-06-23 10:37:38 PDT http://technorati.com/search/ianozsvald.com/2009/06/23/robotbrighton-this-thursday-tony-ellis-and-invented-robots-and-toys/ 3 4 Entrepreneurial Geekiness http://ianozsvald.com/2009/06/05/5-app-next-week-darren-fell-crunch-andy-gill-chatbadge-richard-dallaway-taykt/ http://ianozsvald.com/2009/06/05/5-app-next-week-darren-fell-crunch-andy-gill-chatbadge-richard-dallaway-taykt/ Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:56:48 -0700 Our next £5 App night is next Thursday 8pm at The Skiff.  For our 17th event we have three speakers each talking about their new start-ups.  As usual beer and cake are provided, beer is now kindly provided by Jon and The Skiff rather than out of my pocket, co-founder John will bake the cake. Darren Fell will be talking about founding Pure and his new venture Crunch , which is a web service that offers: “Ridiculously Easy Accounting for Freelancers, Contractors and Consultants” And 2009-06-05 03:56:48 PDT http://technorati.com/search/ianozsvald.com/2009/06/05/5-app-next-week-darren-fell-crunch-andy-gill-chatbadge-richard-dallaway-taykt/ 3 4 Entrepreneurial Geekiness http://ianozsvald.com/2009/04/16/slackspace-foray-on-saturday-configuring-flickr-for-location-data/ http://ianozsvald.com/2009/04/16/slackspace-foray-on-saturday-configuring-flickr-for-location-data/ Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:34:53 -0700 I’m joing Matt Weston and co. on Saturday morning (9am @ Brighton Station) for the Slack Space ( Guardian , Ivan , BeeKeeper ) survey there are probably better ways of doing it than this . Slack Space is all about re-purposing empty buildings so we can do something better with them than let them sit vacant.  The first step is to survey where the empty buildings are… Matt has suggested using a camera, pen and paper to build a list of locations powered by bikes.  I figured with my iPhone I 2009-04-16 05:34:53 PDT http://technorati.com/search/ianozsvald.com/2009/04/16/slackspace-foray-on-saturday-configuring-flickr-for-location-data/ 3 4 Entrepreneurial Geekiness http://ianozsvald.com/2009/04/14/informatics-update-graham-mcallister-and-video-game-usability-invited-post/ http://ianozsvald.com/2009/04/14/informatics-update-graham-mcallister-and-video-game-usability-invited-post/ Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:56:04 -0700 As a part of my efforts with Andy Philippedes at Sussex Uni to get information flowing between the Computer Science dept. and companies in town, Andy has asked Graham McAllister to introduce himself and his work (and new company) in usability design and research for video games. Over to Graham… I’m Graham McAllister , a Senior Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction and a member of the Human-Centred Computing Technology (HCT) research group in the Informatics department at the Unive 2009-04-14 15:56:04 PDT http://technorati.com/search/ianozsvald.com/2009/04/14/informatics-update-graham-mcallister-and-video-game-usability-invited-post/ 3 4 Entrepreneurial Geekiness http://ianozsvald.com/2009/03/29/brightonjobdoom-5k-app-entry/ http://ianozsvald.com/2009/03/29/brightonjobdoom-5k-app-entry/ Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:29:21 -0700 My twitter robot ( @BrightonJobDoom ) has been in development for a month, now it tracks 5 job sites as it tracks Brighton’s descent into tribalism as we run out of local jobs. Initially I was tracking just the Wired Sussex and TechCrunch sites, now I’ve added Chinwag , EscapeHatch and The Argus (within 10 miles, last week only, all jobs) newspaper.  The first four are tech-focused, The Argus lists all the jobs in the main local paper. Contrast the numbers shown on the feed ( 37, 0 2009-03-29 09:29:21 PDT http://technorati.com/search/ianozsvald.com/2009/03/29/brightonjobdoom-5k-app-entry/ 3 4 Entrepreneurial Geekiness http://ianozsvald.com/2009/02/23/informatics-update-invited-post-from-sussex-university-compsci-dept/ http://ianozsvald.com/2009/02/23/informatics-update-invited-post-from-sussex-university-compsci-dept/ Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:23:35 -0800 I asked Andy Philippides of Sussex University (Research Fellow and liaison for MSc projects) to start feeding me some news from the Informatics dept. after my presentation there before Christmas. Here’s his first post - they’re especially interested in chatting to anyone who has an MSc or undergrad project to submit.  They’ll be along at the WiredSussex Jobs Fair on Thursday if you want to chat in person.  Over to Andy… I’m Andy Philippides , a lecturer at Sussex Uni where I study in 2009-02-23 10:23:35 PST http://technorati.com/search/ianozsvald.com/2009/02/23/informatics-update-invited-post-from-sussex-university-compsci-dept/ 3 4 Entrepreneurial Geekiness http://ianozsvald.com/2009/01/29/making-local-freelancers-more-visible/ http://ianozsvald.com/2009/01/29/making-local-freelancers-more-visible/ Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:30:47 -0800 Here’s a problem I’ve been pondering for the last few months, maybe you can say if my idea has legs… This year I’ll be expanding my ProCasts at a rate of knots.  I intend to partner with a set of great freelancers (particularly animators and 2D designers) - but how do I find them? The obvious answer here in Brighton is to attend BrightonFarm (I am - thanks Paul ), but only a subset of all of Brighton’s (and near-by) creatives will attend.  How else do I find out who is active?  One exce 2009-01-29 13:30:47 PST http://technorati.com/search/ianozsvald.com/2009/01/29/making-local-freelancers-more-visible/ 3 4 Entrepreneurial Geekiness http://ianozsvald.com/2008/12/17/presenting-at-sussex-uni-research-day/ http://ianozsvald.com/2008/12/17/presenting-at-sussex-uni-research-day/ Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:50:15 -0800 Last week I was kindly invited to speak at a Research Day for the Infomatics dept at Sussex Uni. by Inman Harvey and Anil Seth .  The plan was to talk about ‘life after my MSc [10 years back]‘ and to figure out if and how we could get more students involved with tech companies in Brighton. Of the 30 attendees it was lovely to spot 10 old faces including my evolutionary-hardware thesis supervisor Adrian and old-drinking-buddy Andy who is now involved with the MSc programme. The first 2008-12-17 14:50:15 PST http://technorati.com/search/ianozsvald.com/2008/12/17/presenting-at-sussex-uni-research-day/ 3 4 Entrepreneurial Geekiness http://ianozsvald.com/2008/12/11/5-app-xmas-special-write-up/ http://ianozsvald.com/2008/12/11/5-app-xmas-special-write-up/ Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:24:26 -0800 We had a lovely night!  50 or so enlightened souls joined us at The Werks in Hove for Aleks and Barry’s talk on the development and launch of SpaceShip! followed by 4 excellent gamesy-themed 10 minute demos. As Richard says: “I mean, how does this sound: I turn up at The Werks, icy cold, to be handed a lovely hot mulled wine by the Ribots, directed towards the mince pies, and then entertained with a range of funky technology stuff. Mmm.” See additional write-ups by Ribot, Mark - thanks cha 2008-12-11 05:24:26 PST http://technorati.com/search/ianozsvald.com/2008/12/11/5-app-xmas-special-write-up/ 3 4 Entrepreneurial Geekiness http://ianozsvald.com/2008/12/01/5-app-xmas-special-listing-details/ http://ianozsvald.com/2008/12/01/5-app-xmas-special-listing-details/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:00:01 -0800 We’re plotting our 14th £5 App meet.  This, our second Christmas Special, will have a gamesy happy crimbo feel.  Picture (from a few months back) kudos to Josh: Date: Wednesday 10th December, sign-up on Upcoming please.  Location The Werks (Hove nr Palmeira Sq) - note their piggy bank for a second projector at the end of this post please. Our very own Aleks Krotoski will lead the evening with the launch of the Guardian’s new on-line text adventure SpaceShip! Following Aleks’ main talk we’l 2008-12-01 10:00:01 PST http://technorati.com/search/ianozsvald.com/2008/12/01/5-app-xmas-special-listing-details/ 3 4 Entrepreneurial Geekiness