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EDIT: Schedule released below We’ve been quietly toiling away in the background to bring the movers, shakers and taste makers of the UK Maker Community (and beyond!) to Belfast for a one day mini-conference, set up to tear down some misconceptions about the community and to address some of the unique challenges faced in our […]
We’re partnering with @BBCNIreland to deliver a Connected Home Roadshow as part of @NISciFest! What is it? If you like the thought of controlling your lights from the comfort of your armchair, a coffee pot that tells you how much is left or plants that water themselves, then don’t miss BBC Make It Digital’s Connected […]
Yet again our stock of the popular hacker-drink Club Mate is dwindling, it’s time for another buy-in! As before, we’re opening up our buy-in to all those interested in stocking up, and we’re keeping the prices the same, too! By buying in bulk, we reduce the costs involved in getting the bottles over here. Join in, […]
Further to our survey, undertaken in January 2016, we can now reveal the results, and our planned actions to improve! Note: All worded responses are included, except where such a response identified the respondent. General This question was intended to gather basic data regarding how frequently members use the space. It’s heartening to see that […]
This year’s Global Game Jam weekend exceeded our expectations once more! Congratulations again to the winning teams behind Digimancers, Witches Brew and 7 – respectively placing 1st, 2nd and 3rd in our local #GGJ16 Belfast competition, with a special mention from the judges for the beautiful The Path.
To help us understand the needs of our member base, and to point us toward the areas we need to improve upon, we’ve come up with a short member survey for the New Year. This contains questions regarding each of our management areas, and should help us to improve Farset Labs to better serve you. […]
Each week we’ll be publishing some of the interesting things that members have been up to over the past seven days. This week Ben and Bolster were up on the hill for the launch of OpenDataNI, with whom we’ll be working on a Hackathon in Early 2016. In other news, Dan has been working pretty much […]
Each week we’ll be publishing some of the interesting things that members have been up to over the past seven days. This is totally inspired by the same mechanic developed at DoEsLiverpool, and the code is open-sourced on my GitHub, and issues/bugreports/fixes are appreciated (I’ll eventually move it over to the Farset collection, once it’s battle-tested!). It’s […]
It was a closely fought race between Pip and Ron but in the end, the community rallied behind Pip to help bring her vision to the leadership at Farset Labs. When I hassled her for comment, this is what she had to say: Cheers to all who got involved in the recent election. I’m delighted to have […]
UPDATE: Voting is now open; if you haven’t recieved an email and think you should have, or can’t access the poll, contact membership@farsetlabs.org.uk to double check your membership status. Our nomination period is up and voting will open shortly (emails will be sent to all current members eligible to vote) and in the meantime, you […]