Events I go to and ones I should go to

Being a rather often event attendee it’s probably a good idea to keep a track of the ones I’ve attended or attend on a regular basis. The last Monday of the month is SuperMondays which covers topics from Databases, to Open Source to Design, Freelancing or featured pitches from companies and startups like the company I work for now. NEBytes which is the second Wednesday of the month (or more often sometimes) and is IT Pro / Developer oriented with a talk about either but sometimes both and has featured Windows 8, Windows Phone (including a talk from myself!), Sharepoint and Virtualisation.

I’ve also joined Codeworks and been to a couple of events already including The PUD, and Pitching to Tech Startups but haven’t been to their Think and Drink events yet which I’m looking forward to catching up with some of the people I’ve spoken too - although I’m a little apprehensive about it. I also have attended DataRama - which is every two months but have only been to a couple so far but really enjoyed them and also joined DesignInterests and have been to a few of their events already.

I don’t just attend the regular events I’m there for the one-off ones or less often ones like DIBI which has the chance to stay over in The Sage overnight - which I haven’t decided yet to do that - could be a bit odd! Plus there are other things I’ve attended about startups and things related to that. I’ve also been to BarCamp NorthEast a couple of times and always look forward to the next one, and also any special events that come up such as today’s Science of Innovation - which sounds really interesting!

I’m always looking for more things to go to - I know people who go to many more events than I but I take a wide interest, tend to avoid the developer events as many don’t focus on what I’m doing but will attend if the topic interests me - don’t have a preference for relevance really as tend to find there is something always useful I can get such as the DesignInterests event had a talk about using available light which came in very handy when I did the Newcastle Photowalk a couple of weeks back, so you never know when something might come in handy!

If you know of any events I should attend either in the North East or around the country even - have attended Windows Phone events in Manchester, London and Edinburgh and other things besides, then let me know on Twitter or Facebook I might find a new interest or meet more people - and I don’t mind that at all!