On Tue, 16 Jan 2018, at 10:30, Edward Watson wrote: > Good golly, its another hackerspace Open Tuesday. The space will be > open to any and all who would like to visit from around 19:00 (usually> > earlier). If you haven't been along before, it's best to bring a > laptop and/or a project.
I'll be along but I haven't thought far enough ahead to have any actual plans for what I might be doing. Also there is TechMeetup tomorrow and the next CTC is coming up: > On Fri, 12 Jan 2018, at 20:22, Scharlau, Dr Bruce A. wrote: > Happy New Year everyone, > > Welcome to a new year of Techmeetup talks and other events folks. > First there’s some TechMeetup news, and then some news about a Code > the City event.> > To start with this month come along at 18:30 on Wednesday, 17 January > to the foyer at the north end of the Meston Building at the University > of Aberdeen to hear Dr Abiola Abimbola of NetHost Legislation in > Aberdeen talk about ‘Cyber Essentials & General Data Protection > Regulation (GDPR)’ which comes into effect in May.> > “The Cyber Essentials Scheme, mandatory from the UK government, > provides guidance to help organisations deal with common cyber-attack > forms, while the GDPR will replace the current EU Data Protection > Directive, as this touches all organisations, it will be useful to > hear more about how firms can and should deal with this legislation.”> > Dr Abiola Abimbola has been an information security consultant for a > long time, and comes to us from a local Aberdeen based firm.> > https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-abiola-abimbola-ph-d-6a77353/ > > Then on February 3/4 be sure to come to the Code The City Tourism Hack > event focusing on the challenges and opportunities of making Aberdeen > and the Shire a tourism destination. As always, these events are as > much about a wide variety of people attending. As it says on the sign > up page > https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/code-the-city-12-tourism-hack-tickets-41172791929> > > “We’d be delighted to see you if: > You have experience as a tourist in Aberdeen or anywhere else > You work in the tourism sector, operating attractions, providing > accomodation or other services> You have identified a problem with service > delivery, or see an > opportunity to do things better!> You have an interesting in service design > You are someone who wants to do more with data but isn’t sure where > to start> You are a student (of any discipline) > You are someone who wants to improve the local area, or use digital > and skills to improve local services> You are from the third sector or local > government > You work with mapping, GIS, or location data > You are curious about learning new techniques and skills to use in > your day job, and finally> And, of course, if you are a developer, designer, > UX expert, data > wrangler, coders, or service designer”> > As always, come for the TechMeetup talks and stay for the > conversations.> > https://www.facebook.com/events/1843976412559231/ > > And also, a big thanks to our sponsors who make TechMeetup possible > with their amazing financial support:> > Cultivate (http://www.cultivatehq.com/), Informatics Ventures > (http://www.informatics- > ventures.com/ ), SkyScanner (http://www.skyscanner.net/ ) and small > donations from community members.> > Thank you all. We look forward to seeing you there. > -- > > cheers, > > Bruce > Robert McWilliam [email protected] www.ormiret.com Apparently, three out of four people make up 75% of the population.
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