Things to do on a Weekend #7 – Forbidden Planet (dotCom)

Posted on 03. Sep, 2008 by nik in Events, blog

30th Anniversary

Forbidden Planet ( dotCom ) are turning 30 and to celebrate this they are offering 30% off Everything(usual small print applies ) . There  will be  goody bags, TShirts ( for the first 30) and StormTroopers keeping the peace.

Whilst nostalgia may not be like it used to be, I for one am happy that some things are making a comeback. Especially the ‘People Like Us’ Graphic which was used as  an in 2000AD and which I remember seeing and then pleading with my parients ( hey I was nearly 11 ) to take me to my nearest Forbidden Planet store.  Its History  can be  read over at  Danacea s blog.

Shop at Forbidden Planet

Since I mention Danacea its worth giving a huge tip of the hat to Danie Ware, Forbidden Planets own Marketing Maven whose Social Media presence in Flickr, Facebook, Twitter and occasionally her own Blog has created a space online where the heart and soul of geek and fandom alike can contribute their experiences.

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Things to People See to meet.

Posted on 02. Jul, 2008 by nik in Events

Social networks and social media inevitably mean social meet ups and theres two events in my calendar for this month.

Media Camp London on 5th July at the SAE Institute , North Road, London.

Following the unconference format,  MediaCamp is an excellent space in which to arrange real life meet ups as well as to bounce around ideas concerning marketing, PR and all round technical information exchange. Im usually to be found happy to volunteer a talk on Twitter or a Gabble on Google and I’ll be there this week to gather people who want to talk about Event promotion strategies.

Geeknbury Festival 24th to 27th July somewhere near Hambledon in Surrey.

Online resident and social media maven Christian Payne, aka Documentally of Ourmaninside.com has been pushing this idea forward with Sisyphus efforts. For me its the closest thing we will be seeing to a UK version of the Maker Faire and I fully expect the Geek experience within the UK to adapt to deliver our own version of Geekery and Hackerdom.

Thanks for Reading.

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