I made the 8-mile, 50-minute (walk, train, walk) journey from Bath to Bradford-on-Avon last night for the inaugral Bradford geeks meet-up, organised by Giles Turnbull. The other attendees were:
- Steve Johnston – Google Consultant (the world’s first, no less; he coined the term).
- Paul Mutton – Java developer, photographer and penetration tester/security consultant. Runs a free printable lens hoods site as well, when not working at Netcraft.
- Sam Hastings – Freelance Website Designer. I think Sam is an Underscore member…
- Liam McGee – Managing Director, Communis and w3c member.
Anyway: it was good to meet everyone and have a good chat about geeky stuff, like the best way to present massive numbers of product colourway combinations photographically on a website; paper lens hoods; and going on telly to be grilled by angel investors.
As a bonus, the pub (The Barge Inn) had Bath Ales on tap, which was nice. 
I took one photo (from which I seem to have omitted Sam – sorry, Sam!) which I will post on Flickr at some point.
Final note: thanks to Big Dave for babysitting!
May 18th, 2006 at 3:38 pm
Hey Tim,
It’s probably a good thing I was left out of the group shot – I never seem to come out that well in photos!
Oh, and I used to be an Underscore member but unsubscribed when I realised I didn’t read most of the messages I received. I am on uk-netmarketing though.
Sam
June 12th, 2006 at 1:09 pm
Are the meet-ups open to other Bath based geeks?
June 12th, 2006 at 1:23 pm
Hi Daniel,
I don’t see why not, but then I don’t make the rules (if there are any
rules as such). I got an invite from Giles Turnbull, as he’s on
another mailing list I frequent, he’s a Flickr contact etc.
There’s a dedicated mailing list now:
http://groups.google.com/group/boageeks
Sign up & introduce yourself – can’t hurt
Regards,
Tim