DPiP 13th January 2016 Recap
Our first meeting of 2016 was to a packed house. We had nearly 50 people nestled into Bewiched Coffee in Peterborough, some people had arrived even before the organisers had a chance to get the banners and name stickers out! It was great to see lots of familiar faces as well as new faces. After […]
2015: Year in review
The past twelve months have seen a number of changes here at Digital People in Peterborough and developments in Peterborough itself. Back in January we kicked-off the year by moving to our current home at bewiched coffee on Bridge Street, giving us a bit more space along with a more informal setting. Membership and attendance […]
DPiP 4th November 2015 Recap
Thanks to everyone who attended the last DPiP talk of the year! Here is a quick re-cap of the evening; A brief history of the UK’s fibre infrastructure and City Fibre by Ben Hustwayte & Andy Starnes: Marco Cereste, the leader of Peterborough’s city council said this project is “the most important development in Peterborough […]
Is Peterborough a digital/tech city?
That was the question posed to DPiP by BBC Cambridgeshire Radio following on from news regarding the postponement of the CityLAN event this month. Nicole was the (brave) chosen representation to answer questions on the Dotty McLeod breakfast show this morning. Considering the short notice, we thought Nicole did I great job. And, the answer […]
How to craft attention-grabbing titles for your blog
DPiP speaker Sue Keogh of digital content specialists Sookio joined us in August 2015 to talk about the art of creating titles for your blog posts which will encourage people to click, read and share…
CityLAN – Update #3
As you may have heard, the CityLAN event we were looking to attend in a couple of weeks has been postponed until further notice. Sadly, due to factors around health and safety and changing to a bigger venue at the last-minute, the organisers have felt they had no other option but to postpone the event. […]
CityLAN – Update #2
CityLAN have published this announcement on their Eventbrite page: A Message from CITYLAN Ltd | eSports | Careers | Technology: Due to moving venue at short notice and other mitigating factors this event will be rescheduled at part of the Peterborough City Skills Service 2016 Careers Event. Due to the event having grown bigger than […]
CityLAN – update
We’re hearing reports that the CityLAN event due to be held later this month from the 20th to the 22nd has been postponed. At the time of writing we’re still awaiting an official statement from CityLAN organisers to find out what this will mean for all the workshops and talks that we had hoped to […]
Meet our new sponsor: CityFibre
CityFibre have been fans of DPiP since Head of Public Sector, Andy Starnes gave a great presentation back in May 2014, so we were delighted this month when they came on board as our latest sponsor! CityFibre’s vision is to build Gigabit Cities throughout the UK. Through the deployment of a fit-for-purpose, transformational pure fibre […]
Come see us at CityLAN
Update 9th August 2015 We’ve learned that CityLAN is no longer taking place. Please see this post for more details. We’re delighted to have been asked to host talks, workshops and a hackathon at the CityLAN eSports and technology expo, right here in the middle of Peterborough! Taking place over three days (Thursday 20th […]