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• Ever wondered what all the fuss about open source software was?
• Confused over how anyone can make any money from giving software away?
• Like the idea of free software but not sure if you can trust it?

If you’ve answered ‘yes’ to any of the above or indeed have any other questions about open source software then you need to be at Bluu in the Lace Market at 18:30 on Tuesday 9th March.

Antony Martin Director of Open Source Engineering at Dialogic will be sharing his knowledge and experiences to enable you to make the most of the open source community.

His talk will cover:

• Free / open source software a short history
• Licenses
• Business models
• Popular projects
• Using open source software
• Developing in open source
• The benefits of open source

If that wasn’t enough then we also have Ryan O’Sullivan, Solicitor with the Commerce and Technology Unit at the national law firm Shoosmiths, sharing some real life experiences from clients who have fallen foul of open source licensing and how they extricated themselves.

And if that wasn’t enough, Dialogic have also kindly agreed to sponsor the food.

It promises to be really valuable evening and I look forward to seeing you all there.

18:30 – 20:30 at Bluu, Nottingham

Speakers: Antony Martin & Ryan O’Sullivan – Open Source: what is it and how can it benefit you

Panel: topics raised

Really pleased to announce that Horizon Digital Economy Research are treating us to some food, including birthday cupcakes, on Tuesday.

Horizon is a Research Institute at the University Nottingham engaged in Digital Economy Research. This new venture represents an initial £40million investment by Research Councils UK, the University of Nottingham and over 40 academic and industrial partners in both a Research Hub and Doctoral Training Centre within the RCUK Digital Economy programme.

Huge thanks to them for this.

I intimated that we’d have a strong follow up to Christian Payne‘s Social Media Freak Show and I’m pleased to announce we’ve delivered.

Professor of Digital Economy, Derek McAuley from The University of Nottingham will be speaking on the subject ‘Who’s data is it anyway’.

We are used to the idea of our “Digital Footprint” – those traces of our online activity that leave a record – some are concerned this has gone too far.

However, we are in a transition to a society in which ubiquitous computing makes recording of peoples physical activities, as well as their virtual ones, possible. How are we going to remain human in this society….

The talk will look as some of the technologies, how they might be used (for good and evil) and discuss approaches to creating businesses that can exploit them without trampling the citizen’s privacy under a corporate or government boot.

I reckon the panel session will take care of itself after that warm up.

So, to summarise:

18:30 – 20:30 at Bluu, Nottingham

Speaker: Derek McAuley – Who’s data is it anyway

Panel: topics raised

See you there.

I’m really pleased to announce that Christian Payne (aka Documentally) will be bringing his Social Media Freak Show to Nott Tuesday on the 12th.

Following on from last month’s Social panel I thought it would be great to get something a little more practical for those that were inspired to create more.

Christian is a freelance mobile media maker who also specialises in Social Media & photography.

He’ll be talking about what tools an early adopting mobile media maker is using at the moment. All about the tools and platforms along with, and probably most importantly, basic how-tos.

As for the panel discussion, how about?:

2010 is going to be a great/terrible year to be in a tech business because…

So, to summarise:

18:30 – 20:30 at Bluu, Nottingham

Speaker: Christian Payne with his Social Media Freak Show

Panel: 2010 is going to be a great/terrible year to be in a tech business because…

See you there.

18:30-20:30 downstairs at Bluu, Nottingham

Speakers:

Phil Campbell- Conkertu – Re-enabling local economy in a rural location when high-speed connectivity is not available

Susi O’Neill – Creative Nottingham – Connection nottingham’s creative communities

Panel

Topic – Social Media, lovely but where’s the money for my business?

Chair – Nigel Ainscoe

I was really pleased with how the panel session developed at the November meet and I suspect some of the views in this one could be just as controversial.

December’s event has a lot to live up to if it’s to be as successful as November, the key is people, lot’s of people. Spread the word, tell your friends and colleagues

I’m really excited to announce that Nick Barker and Simon Oxley from Aware Monitoring have agreed to sponsor and present the Nott Tuesday event in November entitled What does the cloud mean for your business?’

Nick, CEO of Aware Monitoring, will be starting proceedings by launching the Aware Monitoring service. This is a service designed to solve some of the problems businesses can experience using the cloud so

Simon, CTO of Aware Monitoring, will be sharing is insight into the cloud, the technologies behind it and what the future holds. Simon’s career has seen him working on high profile public and private sector infrastructure projects for the NHS and Capital One. More recently he’s been applying this knowledge and using cloud services in anger to support to set up the Aware Monitoring service.

I will then lead a dynamic panel discussion driven by questions from the floor (so remember to bring a pen to write on the cards) exploring the topics raised.

I’m really pleased that Nick and Simon have decided to this. It really feels like Nott Tuesday is back on the rails.

Finally, to incentise you to all to spread the word, Aware Monitoring are buying a drink for anyone that brings along a Nott Tuesday newbie. So get out that contact book, start dialing, emailing and tweeting and let’s get as many people along to this one as possible.

November 10th – 18:30 -20:30 @ Bluu (though may change this, but will update you all)

Topic: What does the cloud mean for your business?

Speaker: Nick Barker & Simon Oxley, CTO of Aware Monitoring

Panel Session: To discuss what has been raised

What is the cloud? Why is everyone talking about it? Is it secure? The choice of questions is yours.

At the moment the headline topic is chosen but that’s about it. Let me know via adam.bird@esendex.com or @adambird what you want to know/discuss. Use the hashtag #notttuesday so everyone can keep track.

This is a nice video explaining what the cloud is for starters:

I also need your ideas for speakers. Do you know someone that would be prepared to come and speak to us (reasonable expenses paid) about their views (positive or negative) about the cloud. Contact me via adam.bird@esendex.com or @adambird