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ShowMeDo launches Python programming Subscription Videos

By Rosie Sherry • Feb 16th, 2008 • Category: Business

ShowMeDo is a Brighton based screencasting (video tutorials) startup. Their website contains many educational screencasts focused on IT.
Their latest Subscription package has been released and is focused on the rapidly growing Python programming language. Aimed at newbies to Python, subscribers will receive at least 2 new tutorial videos per week. The videos [...]



£5 App - The grown-from-garage EuroGamer

By Ian Ozsvald • Feb 16th, 2008 • Category: Business, Events

Last Tuesday Rupert of EuroGamer gave a great talk on how he and his brother built one of Europe’s largest gaming news sites from their parent’s garage.
The story began aged 14 when he and his brother built a simple CMS to publish their game reviews. The site grew more popular and so did their [...]



Writing classes for beginners and professionals

By Rosie Sherry • Feb 15th, 2008 • Category: Business, Education, Events

The lively and friendly Libby Davy from Authentic Blogging recently started writing classes over at The Werks designed to connect with your real voice and express yourself.
If you are someone who needs the written word to communicate and will help you express, create, connect, learn, grow and play then you may want to check out [...]



Relly of Poppy Copy featured article on New Founders Program

By Rosie Sherry • Feb 14th, 2008 • Category: Business

Relly of Poppy Copy, a local copy writing business was interviewed at Harvest for their New Founders Program. Check out what she has to say about starting a copy writing business.
Keep you eyes peeled for the next Brighton Girl Geek Dinner if you would like to hear more about copy writing or Poppy Copy.



Academy Internet and Site Visibility merge

By Rosie Sherry • Feb 14th, 2008 • Category: Business

Academy Internet’s parent company Academy Learning has announced it is merging with Site Visibility, a search marketing agency. The combined business is hoped to become one of the top 15 search marketing agencies in the UK.
AI chief executive Jason Woodford announced, “This investment is one further step in our mission to become one of [...]



Upcoming events at Striding Out

By Rosie Sherry • Feb 12th, 2008 • Category: Business, Events

In February Stridng Out are offering Coaching Circles with and for entrepreneurial individuals to brainstorm, strategies and discuss business challenges.  There is a choice between those in the early and second stages of business.
To give you a chance to try out the service they currently have an introductory offer price of just £20 + VAT.
The [...]



Singularity - the web conference coming to a place near you

By Rosie Sherry • Feb 11th, 2008 • Category: Business, Community, Events

Singularity is a large scale 3 day online web conference.  It will feature over 100 of the worlds leading web visionaries, designers, developers, celebrities and thought leaders.  There will be choices to watch sessions live from the comfort of your own home, at a local event or view the recordings in your own time. It [...]



C Programmers for Bubblephone

By Rosie Sherry • Feb 8th, 2008 • Category: Business

Bubblephone are a local technology company based at The Sussex Innovation Center. They are currently working on an exciting producet that involves adaptive software algorithm that provides a single socket to the user. It is able to connect in almost any situation and keeps the socket open in almost any network weather at maximum [...]



Striding out - networking and business support

By Rosie Sherry • Feb 1st, 2008 • Category: Business, Events

The local technology community is not short of young small companies and budding entrepreneurs. It’s also all to easy to get caught up our own industry without realising the benefits that other organisations can offer to help your business grow.
Striding out provides a crucial education and supporting role to the entrepreneurs, freelancers and [...]



Goodbye Spannerworks, hello iCrossing UK

By Rosie Sherry • Jan 28th, 2008 • Category: Business

One year on after being bought by US digital agency iCrossing, Spannerworks is now taking on the iCrossing brand in the UK. Arjo Ghosh, founder of Spannerworks and now CEO iCrossing UK had a few words to say about the rebrand. In true digital marketing style iCrossing has marked the occasion with the [...]