It’s been a while.
It’s been a while since I last provided an update. we’ve had lots of things going on recently./ I’ll try and give you an update on what’s been happening.
I recently presented at Geekup Sheffield a presentation on PICK. PICK is a database and application programming environment which was first developed back in the 1970’s. There are still a few flavours of PICK still in use today, including U2 (AKA Unidata) which I still use in my professional capacity. I am a great fan of PICK and PICK style databases. My presentation, PICK - The forgotten database, seemed to go down well with lots of interesting questions being posed. My next presentation for Geekup will be on application and software tesing in collaboration with Catherine (@tiny_viking) which we hope to present at Geekup soon.
On 16th September I attended TEDx Sheffield. This was held at the Electric Works. Electric Works is unique in that it houses a 3 storey helter skelter. It was my first time at Electric Works and so I have to admit that I took the opportunity to have a ride down the Helter Skelter which was lots of fun and I did have a smile on my face for at least 10 minutes after reaching the bottom.
The talks at TEDx were really interesting and inspirational and most enjoyable. I would recommend these events to anyone and I can’t wait for the next one. The highlight of my day was getting to talk to Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino, the CEO of Tinker_IT. I had the opportunity to talk to Alexandra about our Shacknet group in Sheffield which she said was a great idea and agreed that she would help us by providing links on their website and possibly coming to a meeting to give a presentation. This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in Arduino to be able to get access to the people who invented and make Arduino.
Continuing on the theme of Arduino, SHACKNET 2 was held on 17th September at Access Space. This was a great success with around 20 people attending. Details on the night can be found at the Shacknet site. The more I get involved in the Shacknet group the more excited about the prject I get. ASll I need now is more time to play around with Arduino. The next meeting of Shacknet will again be at Access Space on 22nd October at 7pm. Anyone is welcome to come along to see what Arduino is all about or to contribute. The students are now heading back to Sheffield for the new academic year and we hope that there will be even more people joining in with the group.