So, besides organizing a Geek Dinner I thought it would be nice to organize another Werewolf Night. Same venue and time as the Geek Dinner, just 2 days earlier (the 5th of February). If you haven’t ever played Werewolf, take a look at the (incomplete) wiki, and then join us on the night. The more players the merrier.

Let me know if you are coming, either here in the comments, or on the upcoming page.

Yes, the time is near! A Geek Dinner is at hand.

I have been trying to get one going for a few weeks now, after Ian pushed me to try it and take some weight of his shoulders. With the help of Ian and Glyn we managed to get Prof. Richard Clayton from the University of Cambridge to talk about:

“Evil ways to make money on the Internet”

I am still trying to confirm the availability of the venue but somehow there is never anyone present to confirm the reservation for me. For now thoug, put the date (February 7th) in your favorite calendar application. The Geek Dinner will probably start at 7pm and go on until we get kicked out. Food is £5 as usual and make sure to either let me know you are coming here in the comments, or on the upcoming page.

Melinda, Colin, and I decided to celebrate the new year by standing in a pushy crowd for more than 4 hours in order to watch the fireworks at the London Eye. I only brought 2 beers which made this a very “successful” plan. We did take some nice photos though.

Melinda, Colin, en ik hadden bedacht om het nieuwe jaar te vieren bij de London Eye om daar het vuurwerk bekijken. We stonden dus meer dan 4 uur in een duwende drukte om een kwartiertje vuurwerk te zien. Alles wat we bij ons hadden was 2 biertjes, wat het allemaal een goed plan maakt. Hieronder de toch wel leuke fotos:

Last weekend I went to the first PlugLondon at the Skype headquarters here in London. It was a lot of fun, although I didn’t really participate as I had a really bad headache that day. The idea of PlugLondon is much like a MiniBar (which is boring and nothing like a BarCamp) but more oriented on developers and geeks sharing their APIs, projects, and other brilliant ideas. I liked this much better than a MiniBar as even though Skype and eBay had a talk about their API it was still not a sales pitch. Even Ian Forrester (BBC Backstage) gave a little talk on how to use your WiiMote on Linux, and what else kept him busy.

The food (pizza and coke) was great and the presentations were of high quality, making it a nice event for a Saturday. I think next time I would like to see this happen on a Friday or such, as in the weekend all London public transport seems to be rubbish. Not to mention the amount of slow moving tourists in the subway! Below are the photos and go here for the winning logo design.

Afgelopen weekend was ik naar de eerste PlugLondon, hier in London in het Skype hoofdkantoor. Het was behoorlijk interessant ook al deed ik niet echt mee vanwege een behoorlijke koppijn. Het idee achter PlugLondon is net zoiets als een MiniBar (wat saai is en niks is in vergelijking met een MiniBar (which is boring and nothing like a BarCamp) maar dan gericht op developers en hun bezigheden. Ik vond dit veel leuker dan een MiniBar, omdat zelfs ondanks het feit dat Skype en eBay over hun API spraken het toch niet een verkoop verhaal was. Zelfs Ian Forrester (BBC Backstage) hield een verhaal over wat hem bezig hield, waaronder hoe je een WiiMote aan de gang kan krijgen onder Linux.

Het eten (pizza en frisdrank) was een mooie verrasing en de presentaties waren van erg hoge kwaliteit, wat het een leuke bezigheid maakte voor een zaterdag. In de toekomst mag dit misschien toch wel naar vrijdag verschoven aangezien het openbaar vervoer in London in het weekend belabbert is. Vooral de slome toeristen in de metro maken me gek! Hieronder de fotos en ga hier heen voor het winnende logo ontwerp.

Barely recovered from the Girl Geek Dinner Christmas Party it was again time for some drinks. This time with Hugh MacLeod, Robert Scoble and Dave Winer. We had quite a few drinks and the food wasn’t that bad either. Bit too much fish food though, but overall a good evening. We were planning to join the photo-walk afterwords, but we hung out at the ICA until 1am before heading home.