28 Apr 2009
BizCamp Belfast - May 16th 2009
BizCamp Belfast is a user-generated business unconference for entrepreneurs, innovators and startups to share and learn in an open environment. It’s taking place on the 16th May 2009 at The Black Box, Belfast.
Visit the website or follow on Twitter
27 Apr 2009
Winning Bigger Web Projects
Winning Bigger Web Projects by Paul May of FRONT was one of the best talks of the day at BarCampBelfast. A brief write-up, the presenation slides and a video of the talk are here
9 Apr 2009
BarCamp Belfast (Un)Conference on April 25th
BarCamp Belfast - a user-generated unconference for designers, developers, startups, and geeks alike - is just over two weeks away and promises a day of interesting talks and great networking. There are currently 293 confirmed attendees and 38 speakers who will be covering a range of web geekery like standards, leveraging social networks, building web apps, marketing your startup, and so much more I’m going to have a hard time choosing what to sit-in on and what to skip.
Check out the BarCamp Belfast website for a full list of speakers, topic and attendees. You can also get news and updates via Twitter by following @barcampbelfast.
Did I mention it’s free!?
9 Apr 2009
Build — A Web Design & Development Conference
Confirmed speakers for the first ‘Build’ - an exciting new web design centric conference being held in Belfast on 5th November 2009 - are Eric Meyer, Wilson Miner, Ryan Sims, Tim Van Damme, Andy Budd and Sam Brown.
This is great news, both for Belfast and for Ireland as a whole!
The event website is just a teaser page right now, but you can sign-up for email alerts. Follow @buildconf on Twitter
22 Sep 2008
Apple Store Belfast Grand Opening
A slightly belated post about the opening of the Apple Store in Belfast’s Victoria Square on Saturday 20th September 2008.
I was there, arriving at about 7.45 am to become about 75th in the queue. By 9 am newcomers were being coralled on the lower floor of the centre in a secondary queue.
Having never been at an Apple Store opening, I was a bit surpirsed when all the staff ran out of the store whooping and high-fiving the crowd! Then there was the countdown with more whooping and cheering, and we finally got to go inside Ireland’s first ever Apple store. Which was lovely and shiny of course.
I supposed I could have choosen to be cynical and see the event only for the slick marketing stunt that it was. But I have been an devoted Apple user for 10 years and was geniunely pleased to have a local store open. It was all a bit of fun - and a nice chance to have a informal Belfast tweetup.
Apple Store Victoria Square Flickr Photo Pool
Alan in Belfast - Apple Store in Belfast’s Victoria Square opended this morning
Digmo! - Apple Belfast is Open
Iced Coffee Word: Belfast Apple Store Opens
Marramgras - Early on a Saturday morning
BBC Northern Ireland - Apple store opening draws core following
MacDailyNews - Huge crowds celebrate grand opening of Belfast Apple Store
The Chancer - A is for Apple, B is for Belfast (good video)
CNN/Fortune - “Absolutely Mental’, Apple launched first irish store
19 Sep 2008
MacNN | Pictures leaked of Apple’s Belfast store
This is maybe what the aforementioned ‘dude’ was taking photos of!
19 Sep 2008
A photo of some dude taking a photo of the what’s under the wrapper at the new Apple store in Belfast Northern Ireland (via @alaninbelfast)
Yes, that’s right. People are taking photos of other people who are taking photos of the yet unveiled Apple Store in Belfast’s Victoria Square.
Apparently some crazy folks are camping out to ensure they are at the front of the queue.
This Apple fangirl will be there at a civilized 8am with my camera.
