Contents tagged with networking

• OpenCoffee {Quattro}

  05 September 2007

  Yesterday I went to my second OpenCoffee event. I've not done a lot since the last one, but this is mainly because I've been away to the exceedingly hot Zakynthos. This is the fourth OpenCoffee they've had. I'm wondering how long they'll be able to keep up with the {quattro} naming convention. I'd be lost by the time we get to double figures. Anyway, I had a lot of fun and met a lot of interesting and great people. I met less people this time, but talked to them more. It was great to find people with similar interests and find out what they were up to. I've started a little scrap book of … more

• OpenCoffee

  08 August 2007

  I went to OpenCoffee Leeds {Tre} yesterday to sample the coffee, cake and geeky conversation. All were excellent, although I got there a bit late and missed the best cake. I met a lot of interesting people and collected a lot of business cards. I’m not completely sure I’d be able to match faces to cards now. Hopefully I’ll see many of them again. I tried to talk to as many people as possible, but this meant that I only talked very briefly to some people. I also tried out my new origami business cards, which seemed to go down well. A few people suggested the excellent idea of … more

• GeekUp Leeds

  21 June 2007

  Went to geekUp Leeds last night. Had a lot of fun and met some interesting people, although I've forgotten all their names. There were a lot more people than I expected. Who would have known there were so many geeks in Leeds. Guess we normally hide away. I wasn't able so stay long, so I didn't get to chat to most people. Hopefully I'll get a better chance at the next one. more