Loan repayments are coming in regularly as part of the 0% credit for Kiva in Peru idea. There are still 20 loans outstanding which are all on track to pay back within the next 6 months.
If you’ve not tried Kiva yet, its a great way to donate money to those who need it.
Twestival 2010 is on the horizon and once again I will be heading up the organisation of the Nottingham event. The last two events have been great with over £500 raised for worthwhile causes. At this event we’ll be concentrating on requesting corporate sponsorship.
I’ll be looking for a team of keen volunteers to help choose [...]
Over the past couple of months the following services have been trialled:
Google Page Speed – analysis of web page performance and guidance on improvements – runs from within Firebug
Yahoo YSlow – analysis of web page performance and guidance on improvements – runs from within Firebug
Quixapp – bookmarklet allow easy access to Pingdom
WebPageTest – analysis of [...]
2009 turned out to be pretty remarkable year that charted a path unexpected 12 months ago.
Being involved with Twestival by arranging the Nottingham Twestival in February was the trigger for much of the rest of the year. The event was a modest success and introduced me to people who would become friends over the coming [...]
I’ve been wanting to give Kiva a try for a long time and the trip to Peru was encouragement enough. I issued a few loans when we got back and was very impressed. Its great that as a microcredit service you get to choose who the money goes to and you receive the money back [...]
There was a fair amount of activity on Twitter happening at Think Visibility. Here’s some pointers on how to make the most of Twitter at an event like Think Visibility.
Buildup
Watch the #thinkvisibility hashtag
Follow the event Twitter account @thinkvisibility
Join in the conversation
Follow the speakers
Follow interesting people
At the event
Those you have followed will now appear in your [...]
Nottingham Twestival is taking place at 7.30pm on Thursday 10th September 2009 at Muse, Hockley. This time round the very worthy charity is The National Autistic Society – Nottingham.
Volunteer meetups are currently taking place with much more help than last time, thanks all! With the venue agreed it is now the interesting part of [...]
Web 2.0 Surgery is going from strength to strength with the fifth event. There is another great line up of experts ready to answer questions on everything Web 2.0 and internet related.
As part of figuring out the Nottingham Tech Scene there is now a wiki page to track the tech companies, web companies, web design companies, games companies and tech events based in Nottingham.
Please feel free to add your company to the Nottingham Tech Scene wiki.
It seems appropriate to find out about a virtual festival through a friend on Facebook who I’ve never met. This lead to a shared experience with hundreds of other festival-goers who never get to meet each other.
The Invisible Festival is taking place over the weekend of 8/9 August 2009. The venue for the festival is [...]
