Brighton Girl Geeks
The Brighton Girl Geeks are a community focused on women with an interest in technology.
We usually have informal gatherings over dinner and a presentation. Though sometimes also meet up for lunches, coffees and just plain socials.
The main rule is that guys are welcome as long as they are invited by a girl :)
For those going to dConstruct there will be a Girl Geek Picnic at lunch time.
It’s a great chance to meet other girl geeks from Brighton and beyond.
We’ve set up a wiki for you to stick your name down if you are planning to go.
We’ve also got a discount code for attending dConstruct if you haven’t bought your ticket yet. Please email rosie[at]schux.com for details.
Hopefully see you there!
by Marian Crichton
On June 3rd 2009 arrive at 7pm for 7:30 start at The Eagle
From the iPhone in your pocket able to tell you the location of nearest cash machine, to the amount you pay for house insurance to protect against flooding; spatial information affects almost every aspect of our lives. Mariam Crichton will talk about GIS and demonstrate FIND, a pioneering web mapping technology company that she is Development Director of. She will cover what the geospatial industry is, how it is used and developed over the years. Her demonstration will show the current power of professional mapping, reflecting how the use of spatial data impacts nearly every aspect of society, from governance and planning to the environment.
Date: March 4th 2009 @ 7pm
Venue: Upstairs at The Eagle
Food: there will be a lovely buffet
Register: online registration with option to contribute. (1 guy invite per girl).
We are honoured to have Natalie Downe talking at the next Brighton Girl Geek Dinner talking about “Practical, maintainable CSS”
Natalie Downe from Clearleft specialises in creating high quality client-side code on agency deadlines. In this talk she shares her development process, from planning through to delivery of a full CSS system optimised for maintenance by a client. The talk includes CSS rules of thumb developed over seven years in the field, as well as tips for taming the beast that is Internet Explorer.
You can also follow her on Twitter!
When: 2nd of December 2008 starting at 7pm
Where: Star & Sailor, 121 Western Road
Cost: Registration is online, payment is optional. (Guys can come as an invite of a girl).
Join Emily to get a chance to learn about robots! The evening will include a bit of history, some examples of *cool* stuff, some tips to get started on building your own and finish off with having a play.
And for afterwards there will be food up for grabs.
You must register and spaces are strictly limited.
Girl Geeks are back!
Be a part of shaping future events and come along to the Pitcher and Piano at 7:30 on Wednesday 22th October. We want to know what is was about the old Girl Geek events that made you come back time and time again. We would like to hear about what Girl Geeks means to you and what you want to see more of in the meetings. We want to hear about why you are a geek and what passions you have, and what we can do to share and build on your knowledge and interests. We want Girl Geeks to be about you and for you and we are inviting you to come along to help us achieve just that.
This is an informal social in the run up to more events coming in the near future.
Old rules still apply, guys are allowed but only by invite from a girl.
Date: Wednesday March 26th at 7pm
Location: The Werks
Relly presents:
Personality, Pulling Power and Prizes: Why good copy is your new BFF
Copy: all the words you use to sell yourself and your product. Your product might be your blog. It might be your handmade line of reconstructed garments. It might even be your handcrafted code designed to make any server swoon. Whatever it is, how you tell people about it makes a big (huge, enormous, gigantic, colossal) difference. In this short session I’ll talk about developing your personal copy style guide and how to apply it to anything you want your web audience to love. Just for one night forget your web bling and concentrate on your web blather.
(PS - no English degree required)
Sponsored by 
We are still looking for more support. Get in touch if you want to be a sponsor!
Sign up will open on Wednesday 5th of March at midday on the wiki (http://brightongirlgeeks.pbwiki.com/)
On Wednesday the 28th of November was the biggest Geek Dinner for the Brighton community - around 65 people attended. It was a joint effort between the Brighton Girl Geeks and the Sussex Geek Dinners.
This event was quite special for me for the following reasons:
- It was bringing the most social Brighton geek community year to an end
- It had loads of Christmas cheer
- The fact that it was raising money for charity gave an extra special touch
- We successfully managed to combine the girls with the guys…yay!
(Photos by Jane Dallaway - more photos available at the Flickr group)
Aral gave a fab light hearted talk about his personal view of 2007, from Twitter to the iPhone to the Brighton community, he had a view on it. The most catching phrase being ‘omg, the geeks have gone social’. Which is true and perhaps will help shrug off the perception of geeks being physically horrible to look at and unable to communicate.
OHSO Social did us really proud, with a fab christmas vibe and super delicious buffet. I know this is true not just from people politely telling me so, but also from catching people go for 2nds and 3rds! You know who you are!
A big thank you to, everyone who attended and the sponsors of the evening - Spannerworks, Driven Systems, Cubeworks and Madgex - together we raised £828.78 for The Chestnut Tree House.
I personally would like to thank Simon and Devi Lozdan for helping make the night a successful one :)
DATE: Friday August 17th 2007 from 7pm
WHERE: The Eagle Pub (125 Gloucester Road) in the North Laine area of Brighton.
HOW MUCH: Free
Speaker – Julie Howell
Julie Howell is Director of Accessibility at digital design agency Fortune Cookie . Prior to this she was the Digital Policy Development Manager at the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB). Julie has worked with businesses, the public sector and government agencies to ensure the accessibility to disabled people of digital information products and services. She is Technical Author of the BSI specification for accessible web design, ‘PAS 78’ . Julie held the New Media Age Effectiveness Award for ‘The Greatest Individual Contribution to New Media 2005/6’. In 2007, Julie received ‘The Special Lifetime Achievement Award’ at the Imperatives Digital Awards .
Abstract: TBC
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Sorting the women from the girls, this event brings together two important groups, the Brighton Girl Geeks and Women in Media . Their first soirée as one, these networks show the growing strength of an industry that is thought to be dominated by men. Think again misguided souls, the ladies have landed and will socialise, talk business and share ideas at this relaxed event.
