I passed this along last month but, again, I can't make it (ESUG this time). I think this would be a great event to have a presence at; so if anyone is interested, please represent us. :)

Julian

----- Original Message ----- From: Julian Fitzell jfitzell@gmail.com To: Fitzell, Julian Sent: Tue Sep 07 18:45:47 2010 Subject: Fwd: [Hacks-and-Hackers-London] Line-up announced Google and The Times: Hacks/Hackers London

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Joanna Geary joanna.geary@thetimes.co.uk Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 13:38:14 -0400 Subject: [Hacks-and-Hackers-London] Line-up announced Google and The Times: Hacks/Hackers London To: Hacks-and-Hackers-London-announce@meetup.com

Hi All,

At the launch event a lot of you asked for introductory talks at the start of our meetups. So, this month, we give you introductory talks!

7.00pm Free Google Tools to help hacks become hackers Chewy Trewhella, Google Chewy, a Developer Advocate at Google, will run through some tips and tricks using free Google applications that may help hacks starting out on the road to hacking. Chewy, who is particularly knowledgeable about Google's APIs and webmaster programmes, will also be able to answer questions and offer advice to those who are more technically minded.

7.30pm A Do's and Don't's guide to hacks and hacking Jonathan Richards and Julian Burgess, The Times Over the past 18 months Jonathan Richards (a hack turned hacker) and Julian Burgess (a hacker turned hack) have built the data unit at The Times, doing everything from assisting the news desk sort through data for stories, to writing a weekly data column for the magazine, producing smaller, data-driven graphics for the web, and building larger applications like the Good University Guide and the paper's online election site. In their talk - 'A Do's and Don't's guide to hacks and hacking', they give some practical advice to those looking to explore the crossover between journalism and technology.

We've got lots more free events in the pipeline for future meetups, but they will of course depend on the numbers we get to the sessions. So, please do come a long and support us if you can!

For more details, see the full listing: http://meetuplondon.hackshackers.com/calendar/14486146/

See you soon!

Joanna. x

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