August 26, 2009 6:30 PM - 50 attended
August Hull Digital MeetUp!
Hello! 
It's that time again! Grab your diary, fire up Gcal or Outlook and add
Wednesday August 26th 6.30pm for the next Hull Digital MeetUp!
A big thanks to Cllr. John Robinson who is kindly providing this month's
venue and also laying on some food and drinks - much appreciated!
We have the Conference room 2 (C 2) situated just opposite the reception of the Guildhall main entrance
We have a great evening lined up for you with 2 excellent speakers:
Geoff Gifford from OS4B (Open Source for Business) talking about...
Open Source for business. Geoff sponsored the very tasty food and drinks
at the July Social, and is now going to tell us about the benefits that Open
Source can bring.
Will Hawkins from MMT Digital - talking about QR codes
“People’s patience is limited. People are used to getting what they want now. Offline media has always been difficult to measure in its effectiveness which makes marketers often have to guess which of their offline advertisements are the most effective. This is very different from online advertising and marketing which is far easier to measure how much bang you get for your buck. But there is a small but growing trend in a technology which helps marketers incorporate interactivity to their offline advertisements by connecting consumers to online extensions of the advertisements through their mobile phones. Generically, they are called ‘2-D codes’ ".
I look forward to seeing you all there, and any questions, please do get
in touch!
Best wishes,
Jon
www.hulldigital.co.uk
www.hdlive09.co.uk
PS We have just secured our final speaker for the Hull Digital
Live conference 
A real coup, so watch this space!
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Jon MossEvent HostChief Web Evangelist, Organizer+2 guestsA top MeetUp! Huge thanks to our speakers, Geoff from OS4B and Will from MMT Digital :-) Also we are very grateful to Councilor John Robinson for sponsoring the event, and providing the great venue and food / drinks. Nice to see lots of new faces, and the regulars! -
John RobertsThe subject matter of the first presentation on Open Source was difficult to translate into commercial and practical uses. From were would revenue streams be generated? who would you purchase the product from and how much? The second presentation on Codes was excellent. The venue was good but too warm.
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Jon GibbinsAs always, enjoyable to hear what other people from different areas of life have to report on, also nice to see the usual familiar faces again.
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Michael BriggsI found both talks extremely interesting. Another great event. Looking forward very much to the next one and the Hull Digital Live in October.
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John ConnollyFascinating talks, great to meet some interesting people and good to hear more about what's going on in the region.
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rob terryFirst meetup so, not sure what to expect. Large friendly crowd with diverse interests. Engaging presentation by Will Hawkins, on digital barcodes. His enthusiasm and 'what's in it for you' approach were refreshing. Venue and refreshments were excellent. Thanks Jon
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Alan WoodheadInteresting bunch of people, first speaker had a very good message but needs experience of delivery, second speaker had a great message is is obviously a consummate communicator (left me with some ideas too!)
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John PollingHull Digital Developer Group OrganiserTwo very interesting talks. I'm pleased to see more people opening up to the benefits of open source. The 2-D codes is also interesting, but the future will depend on getting common readers out there.
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Ray DuffillExcellent meet-up! They normally are. Be interesting to see how Hull Digital develops over the next year.
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Will HawkinsI met interesting people doing interesting things in the digital world, met some familiar faces, made some new contacts and learnt some new things. What more can you want from a digital networking group? Oh, yes, there was some good food too! Thanks, Jon. Cracking stuff.
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Delia MacNamaraVery good. Both topics were relevant - Open Source for Business (I'd like to say that the definition is "philosophy, community, development, software". And QR codes - brilliant - can see this taking off when mobile phone manufacturers pre-load the software - tis early days and very exciting.
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Helen PhilpotInsightful, entertaining, innovative and educational. If I had to be a tiny bit critical the speakers went on a bit too long BUT were very passionate!
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david carrthis was the first meeting I went to, I thought it was really interesting and engaging night 2 really good presentations looking forward to the next event.
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