In the past week, I've been working on an interactive mortgage guide as part of my entry into the Touch Finance Competition. The Interactive Mortgage Guide is designed to take advantage of the multi-touch capability of Microsoft Surface to help you make sense of the variety of mortgage options available. The Natural User Interface (NUI) … Continue reading Interactive Mortgage Guide for Microsoft Surface
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Carsonified Summer Camp
I just saw this and thought it was awesome. I wish I was launching a web app (but I'm not), so if you are, and you're student, get on board.
Interested in Local Startup News? Head to StartupCafe.co.uk!
Hi everyone, Bela Hamid, Thomas Drapier, Jessica Williamson and I have been working very hard lately and now we're ready to launch StartupCafe: "We aim to be a fun and humorous place to go to for local startup news. We’ll be offering you an alternative commentary of tech, startup and social media news; along with … Continue reading Interested in Local Startup News? Head to StartupCafe.co.uk!
iPhone Bootcamp
[NOTICE: If you are interested in attending something like this in Edinburgh - please leave a comment so we can gauge interest] Thanks to Hermoine Way from TechFluff.tv, along with Jonathan Sarno and Alex Cone from CodeFab, I had the pleasure of getting a scholarship to the iPhone Bootcamp in London this weekend. The iPhone … Continue reading iPhone Bootcamp
SICamp: My favorite submissions
So unless you've been under a rock lately (or not in the Tech scene in Edinburgh), you will know that the Social Innovation Camp is rolling into town. I've submitted two ideas of my own: GiveKnitting.org and Girls in Tech. But I've been keeping an eye on the other entries, and wanted to talk about … Continue reading SICamp: My favorite submissions
Volunteer Management: How the Moonwalk gets it right
I was driving into Edinburgh today and spotted someone training for the Moonwalk - the lady was the first person this year I saw training for the walk, and prompted me to write this post. For people that have never heard of the Moonwalk, here's the basic idea: take 10,000 men and women, get them … Continue reading Volunteer Management: How the Moonwalk gets it right
Lovelace Colloquium 2009
've just got back from the Lovelace Colloquium held at Leeds University organised by Hannah Dee. The colloquium is an event for all computing students within the UK and included a series of talks from Gillain Arnold (IBM), Cornelia Boldyreff (Lincoln University), Julie Greensmith a.k.a. Dr Thrill (Nottingham), Eileen Brown (Microsoft) and Karen Groenink (Google). … Continue reading Lovelace Colloquium 2009
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