{"id":95,"date":"2007-12-10T03:09:06","date_gmt":"2007-12-10T02:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/10\/5-web-events-in-london-worth-visiting\/"},"modified":"2007-12-10T03:09:06","modified_gmt":"2007-12-10T02:09:06","slug":"5-web-events-in-london-worth-visiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/5-web-events-in-london-worth-visiting\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Web events in London worth visiting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/69.90.174.246\/photos\/thumb_large\/63301\/63301,1176593196,4.jpg\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px\" height=\"200\" width=\"173.33333333333334\" alt=\"image\" class=\"zem_image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of the perks of living in such a big city as London are all the interesting events a Web developer\/entrepreneur\u00c2\u00a0can easily visit. Even if you do not live there, it is still worth timing your visit so you can visit them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MiniBar<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0occurs monthly where a number of startups pitch their ideas to the visiting public, with general theme towards Web\u00c2\u00a0entrepreneurs. Every presenting company gets asked the hardest question: <em>how do you make money?<\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>Event is free, but registration is required at their <a href=\"http:\/\/internetpro.meetup.com\/10\/?gj=sj30\">homepage<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\" class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal\" class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\" class=\"Apple-style-span\">Wiki Wednesdays<\/span>\u00c2\u00a0are also monthly event, this time, as you might have guessed, oriented towards people who use and are passionate about Wiki&#8217;s.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal\" class=\"Apple-style-span\">Even though a lot of participants are involved with Wikipedia,\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal\" class=\"Apple-style-span\">there is also a lot of buzz around usage of wikis in corporations and in other projects.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold\" class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal\" class=\"Apple-style-span\"><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold\" class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal\" class=\"Apple-style-span\"><\/span><\/span>Event is free, but registration is required in their wiki, that can be found through their <a href=\"http:\/\/londonwikiwed.ning.com\/\">portal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span><b>London OpenCoffee Meetup<\/b>, is a weekly event for anyone more interested in\u00c2\u00a0entrepreneurial\u00c2\u00a0side of Online and Web business. There are all kinds of visitors there, from VC&#8217;s to developers or just people who are interested in breaking into this field or looking for someone to help them. Drinking coffee on top of Waterstones, Londons biggest book store and chatting with like minded people is also a great way to start a Thursday morning.<\/span><br \/>Event is free, with no registration required. They also have a <a href=\"http:\/\/entrepreneur.meetup.com\/1056\/\">homepage<\/a> and a general page of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opencoffeeclub.org\/\">OpenCoffee Club movement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Dorkbot London<\/b> is a monthly meeting of people who do interesting things with electricity, but more precisely electronic. It involves artists, engineers, designers and just about everyone who is passionate about all things electric.<br \/>\nEvent is free, but sometimes registration is required, so check their <a href=\"http:\/\/dorkbot.org\/dorkbotlondon\/wiki\/index.php\/Main_Page\">dorkbot wiki<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Mashup* event<\/b> is a monthly, a bit more commercially oriented event where startups once again present their creations to interested public. Since it is not free, there is a bit smaller crowd there so it might be easier to actually discuss your big idea.<br \/>\nEntry is 35\u00c2\u00a3, with required registration at the event <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mashupevent.com\/\">homepage<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the perks of living in such a big city as London are all the interesting events a Web developer\/entrepreneur\u00c2\u00a0can easily visit. Even if you do not live there, it is still worth timing your visit so you can visit them. 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