Impromptu Homecamp Meetup Wed 20th January
January 16, 2010 at 3:20 pm yellowpark 16 comments
There has been quite a lot of discussion on the Homecamp Google Group and at the Christmas Party about a regular meetup in London. So Ken from Onzo suggested we meet on Wednesday to get the ball rolling and to plan for future Homecamp events and meetups – both regular micro events and the not so regular bigger Homecamp events proper.
So Wednesday 20th January at the Windmill Pub in Epworth Street, London, UK. 3 or 4 minutes from Old Street Tube station (Northern Line) and free WIFI. About 6.30 / 7pm till 8pm? Ideas on this time please folks.
Here is a google map of the location
If you are thinking of coming along, please leave a comment on this blog.
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MikeTheBee | January 20, 2010 at 2:18 pm
To Fraser MacIntosh, if you are in Reading tonight you could join the Tweetup at Glo bar in the town centre.
Find more at http://rdgtweetup.co.uk/ or @rdgtweetup
I might even make it myself now my London plans have been cancelled.
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Ken Boak | January 20, 2010 at 6:40 pm
Am I the first…..?
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Ken Boak | January 21, 2010 at 7:22 am
Thanks to Chris Dalby of CurrentCost who gave out CC devboards, Matt, Chris and Chris Burman from Pachube, James from LastFM, Greta and John from DIY Kyoto and Ash of NEC who came along last night and got the regular monthly meet-ups off to a good start.
Some things discussed:
Make the meetings regular – say 3rd Wednesday of every month.
Get a venue in the Old St. area – such as the Trampery where we can meet, discuss and have workshop sessions.
Team up with the guys from London Hackspace and offer them a Homecamp themed meeting/workshop for one of their monthly Trampery evenings.
Plan out the next Homecamp Unconferences – March and November have been put forward as likely months.
As a venue, the Windmill was a little disappointing – but probably typical of any pubs in the Old St. area.
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Greta Corke | January 21, 2010 at 10:27 am
Thank you Chris, James and Ken for sticking around so long as we were very late in turning up . Had a great time! till next 3rd wednesday, looking forward to it.
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2020Vision | February 9, 2010 at 10:33 am
Guys,
This is a reminder that tomorrow evening 7pm (10-02-10) is Hack-Space Evening #23 – held at the Trampery, Shoreditch. 8-15 Dereham Place, London, EC2A 3HJ.
Just 10 minutes walk from Old Street Tube.
The workshop session is entitled “Home Energy Monitoring Using an Arduino” and will be co-presented by Ken Boak of Arbour Wood Ltd, and Ben Pirt of Onzo Ltd.
It’s an opportunity to share some of the techniques being developed within the HomeCamp Community, with Hack-Space members and to discuss the space that encompasses open source hardware and Web 2.0.
Ken will look at the interfacing techniques needed to turn the low cost Arduino platform into a home energy monitor. These include:
Open Source Hardware for Energy Monitoring
Current measuring with a current transformer
Voltage measuring
Pulse counting using an opto-reflective sensor – for electricity/gas/water meter monitoring
Temperature sensing using thermistors
Simple wireless connectivity
Ben will present a more global perspective of Energy Monitoring, and look at the opportunities and synergy that exists between Web 2.0 and home energy monitoring devices. He will also outline web based applications for graphing and sharing home energy data.
I hope that many of you will brave the weather and attend what is hopefully a wide-ranging topic for discussion.
This is a “Bring Your Own Beer” Event.
And also a reminder that the next HomeCamp London meet-up evening will be Wednesday 24th Feb from 7pm. The venue will be announced in the next week.
I will be flying back from San Francisco, landing that morning, so anticipate a dishrevelled, jet-lagged Ken.
Ken