Farset Labs
Tech-Camp, a 4 day residential run by the Rosemary Presbyterian Church for 13-16 year olds, “filled with lots of visuals, audio, internet and much more” came to Farset Labs last Friday. And boy was it a wild afternoon.
Well, it’s been an interesting few weeks. Open Data Playground After several abortive attempts over the past few months (mea culpa!), Open Data Playground on Thursday evening was a blast. Things started off with a good hearty conversation between the attendees and our visitors from the Northern Ireland Assembly’s Communications office, Michael and Caroline. They […]
We all loved the idea of Gathering Of Lightning, but the PR for it was slightly neglected (mea culpa). Not this time! On Tuesday, 31st, we’re doing it all over again. Beer, Pizza, and Lightning fast discussions from a range of selected speakers from our own community. While there will be plenty of time […]
There’s just two weeks left to submit your ideas for the BBC Creative Collisions 2012 Media Innovation Award. The Award is your chance to develop the broadcast technologies of the future, with the opportunity to win tailored development support from BBCNI, Invest NI and DCAL, as well as the unique opportunity to pilot your solution on BBCNI’s media platforms […]
On the 7th of July, the clouds will split and lightning will rain down upon Belfast. Farset Labs is holding its first monthly Gathering of Lightning event, where members of the community present “Lightning Talks”; short, sharp, only partially prepared talks from people who are passionate about a particular topic.
Farset Labs is a mix of people with a mix of ambitions. Some want a high flying career, some want a steady existance, and some want to jump off a cliff and build a plane on the way down. If you’re one of the latter ones, you might be interested in the ITI SeedCorn competition. […]
Now that Flacknite is over with, we can have some relaxed hackery.
Flacknite was a great success, despite being stood up by Red Bull and some questionable sleeping patterns! All in all, we got a lot done, and have learned a lot about how people work independently in these kind of events; In terms of ‘stuff done’, probably the best show piece was Ryan Grieve‘s Microid game […]
This is a short timelapse video of the preperations for Flacknite today/tomorrow. Come on down and see what happens! Follow the webcam here!
Got a project that’s languished in the back on your mind for weeks/months/years? Saw something on the internet and said ‘I can do that better’? Need a place to knuckle down and push through the annoying stages of a product? Have none of these things but still want to play? Boy have we got a […]