remixuk08
Microsoft ReMix UK 08
In case you hadn’t noticed, the videos for ReMix UK are now up on the agenda page. Slides are available for most sessions and you can watch the slide/audio presentation inline. You might have to turn up the volume for some of them as the audio is a little quiet. We’re planning to get the 20/20 session split into the individual talks, to make linking to each one easier. Technorati Tags: ReMix, remixuk08
ReMix was a blast, I had such a fun time. Phil & I arrived around 6pm on Wednesday night to a venue that was a building site. Literally. Walls were going up, stages being built, curtains draped; by the morning the transformation was amazing. People from the Brighton Centre itself were taking pictures so they could prove to others how possible it is to change the space of a large area. We had a great community room, open and welcoming and right opposite the main vender and food area, where there was constant music from the VJs, except when interrupted...
Since one of the key phrases of Mix is “a 48 hour conversation”, speaking is in the forefront of our minds. We’re always keen to encourage new speakers and to build people’s confidence in speaker to large audiences. As such, the NxtGen User Group boys are running a Speaker Idol competition, along the lines seen at TechEd and the UK Launch. Yes “Ready Steady Speak” is back for ReMix UK 08. For those of you not familiar with it, the format is as so: Contestants will present a 5 min session on a subject of their choice...
Want to get more of a feeling for what’s going to happen at ReMik UK? The On Show section on the home page has some video interviews with those involved. Yes, yours truly is one of them. I didn’t have time to get to Microsoft UK for the interview, so they came to me, so yes, that’s a corner of my office. I’ve done podcasts before, but this was the first interview to camera, with a boom mic just above my head, of which I was very aware. I had to force myself not to...
On day 2 at ReMix the community room is hosting a panel with Scott Guthrie and Travis Leithead, a Program Manager on the IE team. We’re going to be taking questions from the floor, as well as providing a way to submit questions during the conference, but if you’ve something pressing you want to ask and don’t fancy standing up in front of a crowd, then I’ve set up a thread on the backnetwork forum where you can post your questions. Tea and biscuits may also be involved.
The schedule for ReMix UK 08 has started to appear. We’ve one or two sessions still to plug into the community track on day 2, but we’re close to nailing down those; all the speakers are set too. There’s a wide variety of really interesting talks and I’m really hoping I get a chance to see some of them. The entertainment is going to be no less than stellar, with a large number of fun activities topped off by ColdCut VJ’ing the evening love-in. Now you know who’s going to be speaking, it’s time to go book....
Speakers are starting to be announced. Yes, we’ve persuaded Scott to come back to the UK and he’ll be sharing the keynote with Bill Buxton. I’m also pleased that Sara Ford will be speaking, as her blog is one of the most useful for developer resources available. They’ll be more speaker announcements soon, along with the first draft of the schedule, which is starting to look pretty exciting; some really interesting talks. Once these become available we’ll get details on the backnetwork too and hopefully get discussions started on the forums. Speaking of which, Trevor asked about plans for...
Mike has announced some of the speakers in the developer track. Yes, we’ve managed to persuade Scott back to England’s shores. How many sessions is he doing? How big will the room be? What about the other tracks? Who else is going to speak? Well, you’ll just have to keep your eye on the ReMix UK website to see when the schedule gets updated.
Once again Madgex have provided us with a social space for ReMix UK 08 – the remix backnetwork. We’re planning this to be the hub of the conversation not only leading up to the conference, but also during and after; we really want the conversation to flow. What does the backnetwork give us? A central location for the social side of the conference; once you signup there are forums where we can start the conversation, a chance to find out what we’re planning, what you’re interested in, what the ‘Next Web’ means to you. We’ve not updated any...