Category: NotCon 2004

NotCon Thoughts (It’s Over!)

Well, NotCon is finally over. Yesterday (Sunday 6th June) saw the first NotCon, or the sequel to Extreme Computing 2002, or the British equivalent to O’Reillys Emerging Technology. But whatever you called it, it looks like everyone actually enjoyed themselves at the event. Probably the two best indicators from an organisers point of view, is that (a) we didn’t lose money and (b) we sold out all the tickets. Looking back, we really should have arranged the insurance cover for a few more people (our limit was 340 in the building at a time) so that’s probably the most obvious

Not Con 04 Taking Submissions

Fix this date for your Diary – Sunday June 6th, 11am at Imperial College Union, London. This is the confirmed, booked, and not changing date for Not Con 4 – “Definitely NOT the Emerging Technology conference in the UK” as NTK puts it. Visit www.notcon04.com for more details and how to get a place so you can do a talk!

The Emerging Technology like Conference Being Hosted in The UK Over One Day In June Conference

If the country was run by Sir Humphrey, last night saw the steering committe of the “Emerging Technology like Conference Being Hosted in The UK Over One Day In June Conference” meet up to discuss planning the event. On the Agenda was the location, dates, speakers, insurance, and the thorny problem of what we would call our mythical conference. It looks like we’ve finally decided on a name, but being typical spoilsports, it’s not being announced yet – keep an eye here or on the Wiki pages. If the same level of Ealing Comedy irreverence can carry over into the