Unsheffield

Made in Unsheffield: Shacknet holds inaugural meetup

By Jag Gill ⋅ August 24, 2009 ⋅ One comment

It started off life as an Inspired Idea at Unsheffield and now Shacknet has officially launched with its inaugural meetup. A mouth-watering demo, a call for projects and exciting news about Sheffield’s homegrown FabLab project were all on the agenda. Plans for the future are exciting and unfolding – this promises to be a group to keep your eyes on.

USE Stimulus Lineup Announced

By Jag Gill ⋅ June 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The submissions have come in, and the final line-up has been decided. Many thanks to all who sent in their ideas and talks. Congratulations to the speakers who have been selected to present on the event theme Future Users of Cool Technology at the inaugural Unsheffield USE Stimulus night at 7pm Friday 19 June.

Unsheffield Open for Participation

By Jag Gill ⋅ June 5, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Tickets for Unsheffield are now available on a per-day basis. The event begins on Friday evening with the USE Stimulus session to kick-start the event and shape the thought map and agenda for the weekend. We have a full day of session slots for both Saturday and Sunday (running to around 6pm), and encourage participants to come for the whole weekend to make the most of the Unsheffield experience.

Call for Volunteers

By Hannah York ⋅ June 3, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

We’re looking for people who can help make Unsheffield run smoothly on the weekend. We need people to help out with general event support, the Social Media Surgery and event reporting. If you’re interested in getting involved, drop us a line at volunteer [at] unsheffield.net. Volunteers also get full tickets for the event.

Call for Social Media Surgeons

By Jag Gill ⋅ June 2, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Unsheffield is building on the legacy of the BashMash voluntary collaboration days to bootstrap a Social Media Surgery for Sheffield’s voluntary and third sector. We’re inviting bloggers and social media experts in the region to become Social Media Surgeons for the weekend and share their skills and experience. Surgery will be open Sat 20 and Sun 21 Jun, and Surgeons will be guaranteed tickets for the event on the days they can contribute.

Unsheffield USE Stimulus: Call For Submissions

By Jag Gill ⋅ June 1, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

Unsheffield kicks off with an injection of ideas on the evening of Fri 19 Jun at 7:00pm. We’re inviting participants to offer lightning talks exploring all dimensions of the Future Users of Cool Technology theme. We’ll pull these together in an intense back-to-back stream of topics that will challenge our perceptions of technology, where it fits in our lives and how we go about producing and consuming it. This session is called USE Stimulus and will spark the ideas that shape the agenda of Unsheffield. The deadline for submissions is Sunday 14 June 2009.

Unsheffield fka BarCamp Sheffield

By Jag Gill ⋅ May 7, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

BarCamp Sheffield has evolved to Unsheffield, and is taking the technology unconference format to a broader public. Participant-generated content still remains at the heart of the event. Mixed up alongside are public workshops that create a bridge between local and regional talent and the international event and its contributors.