The H Community Calendar – January 2011

Selected events coming up in the UK and elsewhere in January

The H Community Calendar presents the coming month's events in various open source, development, Linux, Unix and other communities, from multi-day conferences to user group get-togethers.

If you are an event organizer, let The H know about your event by sending us a mail at thehcc@h-online.com, or if you Twitter add the #thehcc tag to your tweeted announcement.

Note: Unless stated, events listed take place in the evening.

2nd-3rd January – Cloud computing – London W1

Who: Red Publishing and Events
What: Cloud Expo Europe – 2 day conference and exhibition. Sponsored by The H.
Cost: Free for pre-registration / Pre-register

5th January – Technology – Bath

Who: Bathcamp
What: BC #19 – The 2010 zeitgeist – Looking back on the events and trends of 2010.
Cost: Free / Pre-register

10th January – Ruby – London EC1

Who: LRUG–- London Ruby User Group
What: Ruby – Speakers – Sean O'Halpin on the Twitter firehose at the BBC. Matthew Rudy Jacobs on building a financial application.
Cost: Free / Pre-register

11th January – Ajax – London EC1

Who: London Ajax User Group
What: Unit testing for Ajax developers
Cost: Free / Pre-register

12th January – Scala – London EC1

Who: London Scala Users Group
What: How we (mostly) moved from Java to Scala – The Guardian's experience moving to Scala.
Cost: Free / Pre-register

12th January – Linux – Reading

Who: Silicon Corridor Linux Users Group
What: A regular social evening for Linux users in the Reading area
Cost: Free

13th January – Haskell – London E14

Who: Hoodlums, a Haskell developer meetup group
What: Haskell developer meetup – a "Coding dojo" style meeting for Haskell coders
Cost: Free / Pre-register

14th January – Education – London WC1

Who: Organised by Matt Jukes
What: Be Bettr – a conference taking place during BETT week looking into "hacking education". Runs from 10am to 4.30pm
Cost: £10, £20 / Pre-register

15th-16th January – Arts & Culture – London E1

Who: The Royal Opera House
What: Culture Hack Day – a weekend of arts, software and hardware hacking and "creating exciting things". 9.30am Sat. to 6.30pm Sun. Currently fully booked.
Cost: Free / Pre-register

19th January – iOS – London

Who: London iOS Technical Group
What: Using and developing for iOS on the iPhone and iPad
Cost: Free / Pre-register

19th January – Agile Design – London

Who: Agile UX
What: Agile UX meetup – Agile user research
Cost: Free / Pre-register

22nd January – Open Government – London SW1E

Who: Moreopen.org
What: UKGovCamp – All day event for those interested in openness for people who work in and around government
Cost: Free / Pre-register

22nd-23rd January – History – London N1

Who: Organised by Matt Peterson and hosted by The Guardian
What: History Hackday – a two day long event which looks to come up with new ways to work with historical datasets.
Cost: Free / Pre-register

31st January – Android – London

Who: Skillsmatter
What: "In the brain of Mark Murphy" – a talk on developing web applications for Android.
Cost: Free / Pre-register

Coming in February

5th-6th February - Free Software / Open Source - Brussels

Who: FOSDEM (Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting)
What: FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organized by the community for the community. The goal is to provide Free Software and Open Source developers and communities a place to meet and get in touch with other developers, be informed of the latest developments, attend talks and presentations and promote the development of Free Software and Open Source solutions.
Cost: Free (no registration necessary)

10th February - Hardware - London W12

Who: OSHUG (Open Source Hardware users Group)
What: Talks on the BBC Computer Literacy Project, BBC Domesday Project and "Standing on the shoulders of hackers"
Cost: Free / Pre-register

If you are an event organizer, let The H know about your event by sending us a mail at thehcc@h-online.com, or if you Twitter add the #thehcc tag to your tweeted announcement.