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Northern UK Blogger Events

25 July, 2008 - Events, Misc - 9 Comments

As you read this, I will be chatting, face to face, with co-author of the ProBlogger book, Chris Garrett. I’m meeting with Chris to view a potential venue for future blogging events for bloggers in North of the UK.

After Chris came back from WordCamp UK last week, he wrote a single 138 character Tweet asking if anybody would be interested in a regular (monthly) gathering of Northern UK bloggers. Since then, the response has been overwhelmingly positive. I’ve been stunned by the amount of northern UK bloggers who have come out of the wood work and made their voice heard. Personally, I thought us Northerners were just getting to grips with electricity, let alone figuring out this whole blogging ‘thing’.

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Posted on 25 July, 2008 by Jamie Harrop
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Girl Geek Dinner - Leeds - 13th August 2008

24 July, 2008 - Events, Misc - No Comments

Girl? Geek? In the North of England? Then Leeds’ first ever Girl Geek Dinner may be of interest to you.

Organised by my co-working friend and head of NTI Leeds, Linda Broughton, and Girly Geekdom’s Maz Hardey, Girl Geek Dinner is for the girls, by the girls, all talking girly geek stuff. (Usually the same stuff us male geeks talk about…).

The event is being hosted at ‘the study’ at The Living Room, (7 Greek Street, Leeds, LS1 5RW), approximately five minutes walk from Leeds City Station, from 6-9pm on 13th August 2008.

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Posted on 24 July, 2008 by Jamie Harrop
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Meet me at BarCamp Leeds

14 July, 2008 - Misc - 4 Comments

I just registered my attendance for BarCamp Leeds on 16th and 17th August.

It’s nine months since the last (and first) BarCamp was held in Leeds and they’re now looking to host a second event, building on the huge success of the first.

As well as some no doubt fantastic presentations (potentially one from me), there will be plenty of Wii gaming, beer drinking, pizza eating, and associate networking. And all for free.

They’re even hoping to have a 24 hour code-a-thon… that is, designing and developing a new Web site for a charity in Yorkshire in just 24 hours, created by those who attend the BarCamp.

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Posted on 14 July, 2008 by Jamie Harrop
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Week 26 Link Love

13 July, 2008 - Misc - 14 Comments

Photo by Darwin Bell

Sunday is here and that means it’s time to share the lurrrrve. Here are some of my favourite musings in the blogosphere from this week.

Connecting With the Offline Customer - A Non Bloggers Perspective
Scott McIntyre writes his first ever blog post… and it happens to be a guest post at Liz Strauss’ Successful & Outstanding Bloggers. Scott is going to be doing a series of posts regarding life as a non-blogger who is an avid reader of blogs. This initial post and the upcoming posts in the series should help you, the blogger, to understand a portion of your audience you potentially don’t realise you had.

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Posted on 13 July, 2008 by Jamie Harrop
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Week 26 Round-Up & Comment Awards

12 July, 2008 - Misc - 12 Comments

It’s Saturday and that means it’s time for a quick recap of the week on this blog. And what a week it’s been!

Notable Points of the Week

4100% Daily Traffic Increase - Wow. I’ve had a permanent smile fixed to my face for the past 27 hours. In that time, this blog has received 2,500 visitors, and it’s still rising at an unbelievable pace. So far, it has worked out at a 4100% increase in traffic compared to the average day. Where from, you ask? StumbleUpon. This is by far the most success I’ve had with StumbleUpon to date, and it’s all thanks to Kelly Rigby of She Power. She submitted my Millionaire Homeless Guy post to StumbleUpon and since then I’ve had a constant army of visitors hitting my blog, commentating, subscribing and emailing me.

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Posted on 12 July, 2008 by Jamie Harrop
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