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Augmented Reality Conference
Hi, There’s a conference on Augmented Reality in Toronto on Oct. 5. Just passing along info in case anyone is interested in that technology. There will be speakers from industry, research and art there, along with small group sessions. Bruce Sterling is the keynote speaker. There’s also a discount code in the information below if you’d like to register. Devon —– Augmented Reality is becoming a major industry, and Ontario is leading the way. Researchers, developers, artists and anyone interested in AR…
Culture Days at the Unlab
The UnLab is taking part in Culture Days this weekend, from 10am – 4pm on Sept. 28, 29 and 30. Stop by and check out what the UnLab has to offer — a podcast studio, work area, computers and electronics for projects, and tools. We’ll have interactive digital media projects you can try out, a 3D printer making things, and we can explain how you can get started creating with these technologies. Culture Days is a collaborative coast-to-coast-to-coast volunteer movement to raise the awareness, accessibility,…
Call for proposals for Sooncon 2012
From the inbox: Sooncon is the annual southern Ontario conference for makers and hackers running since 2009. As usual we’ve got talks, show and tell, and a party. It will be hosted this year by the DIYode Community Workshop in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Sooncon 2012 is being held on Friday September 28th and Saturday September 29th. The party on Friday will be at the DIYode’s space and the rest of the conference will be at Innovation Guelph. We need presentations for the Saturday main event…
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UnLondon General Meeting
UnLondon has always been an member driven organization, and the current Board of Directors has felt that UnLondon demonstrates the potential that exists through collaborative, meritocratic, decision making. Part of the decision making takes place at Annual General Meetings (AGM) and its now time for UnLondon to hold our second one. It will take place this month, on April 17th, at the UnLab (Convergence Centre at the UWO Research Park) starting at 7 pm. There are a number of items to be discussed at the…
London UnLab Hackathon: Trash Pickup
On Sept. 25/26, 2010, the UnLab opened its doors to two dozen developers, designers, photographers, students, working professionals, and anyone else that wanted to help out in providing the city of London a trash schedule application. London suffers from a long standing trash schedule that is far from intuitive. The group gathered in this video wanted to change that with a user friendly web application I completely forgot that this time lapse video was created by Jody Bailey which captured the first big event that…
Website Jammin
There has been some discussion on the Google Group (here) and the Wiki (here) about a much needed upgrade to unlondon.ca. Given that we want the organization to grow and gain some momentum we figured it would be good to give a facelift to the website so that it is more inviting, so that the information about UnLondon and the UnLab are much clearer and so that it can represent UnLondon in a much better way. Some preliminary work has been started (see below, still…
New Wiki
Hi Everyone. I’ve been busy over the past week moving items from the past two iterations of the UnLondon wiki to a new location, a Google site. After a number of discussion it was determined that the mediawiki platform wasn’t as user friendly and inviting as we had liked it to be and as such we wanted to look for something else to use. The hope is that with a more user friendly interface we’ll have more people interacting with the site and sharing/editing content….
Fire Drill at the Unlab Feb. 6th
For anyone planning to be at the Unlab on Febuary 6th. The convergence centre has scheduled a fire drill during that time. If you are at the unlab and the fire alarm goes off please exit via the front entrance of the building and go to the parking lot across the road where other staff will be gathering. Just a reminder when a fire alarm occurs the basement doors to the alternate fire exits will unlock. If you have any questions please let me know….
Global Game Jam 2012
UnLondon is very excited announce that we will be participating in the 2012 Global Game Jam! What is the Global Game Jam? Its a chance for you to build a video (or board) game from scratch in less then 48 hours. Obviously this isn’t something that one person can do, so you’ll need to work with team to get it done. The Global Game Jam provides that team environment and structure. It’s a worldwide event, so as we’re working here in London thousands of other people will…
Holiday Party
Its that time of year again! A chance to get together and spend some time thinking back on the year, share stories, relax and enjoy good treats. UnLondon, and the This Week in London Tweets (TWiLT) podcast invite you to attend a casually holiday event at the UnLab on Sunday December 18th from 4 to 8 pm. Drinks and snacks will be provided but we’d also encourage you to bring a treat to share with everyone. We’ll have a “potluck of desserts”! The TWiLT hosts…
Some housekeeping items
There will be no open house this Wednesday November 30th as most Unlab regulars (including myself) will be attending Ignite London IV. If you have never been it’s a great event and you should attend. This Saturday Friday, Kevin and I will be doing some work on the Podcast studio so it will not be available from about 10am – 6pm. Tasks to be done include. – pads on the wall – cut a hole in the table for the mics (if that is…
Open Data Contest – 2012 Budget
The City of London, in partnership with UnLondon is holding a Open Data contest and we want you there to help us kick it off! Using data from City of London budgets build an app (website, infographic, visualization or mobile app) that makes it easier for the public to know what’s going on at City Hall during the 2012 budget process. On Thursday, November 10th come join us at the APK Live for a “Silicon Valley” inspired night of food and entertainment. We’ve got some…
Have a Game Idea?
Some friends of ours over at Big Blue Bubble will be making a crowd-sourced game onsite at DIG 2011. Folks can submit their ideas and BBB will build a game! And, the game will belong to the individual who submitted the idea! More info below and on the DIG site.
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Fire Drill at the Unlab Feb. 6th
For anyone planning to be at the Unlab on Febuary 6th. The convergence centre has scheduled a fire drill during that time. If you are at the unlab and the fire alarm goes off please exit via the front entrance of the building and go to the parking lot across the road where other staff will be gathering. Just a reminder when a fire alarm occurs the basement doors to the alternate fire exits will unlock. If you have any questions please let me know….
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