Takeaway Festival: afternoon workshops

The Takeaway Festival of do-it-yourself media is a three-day extravaganza of talks, workshops, performances and exhibitions, returning for the second time to the Dana Centre.

The silent revolution goes on! Discover for yourselves how technology continues to quietly transform creative possibilities, social structures, communication networks and business opportunities. For further information about the Takeaway Festival go to: www.takeawayfestival.com

Get hands on with the workshops that will enable you to uncover the emerging technologies and software that are opening up new kinds of potential in art practice, design and communication. Please note that the workshops below all run at the same time. When booking please specify which workshop you would like to attend. Workshops may be repeated at other times during the festival; please check timetables.

Workshops

Hivenetworks
HIVE combines the virtues of free software, networks and open hardware to generate a framework for networked media applications on small and cheap consumer devices. The workshop will show how HIVE devices can be used in a range of applications.

Alexei Blinov and Ilze Black, Hivenetworks

Drupal CMS workshop
Drupal is an open-source application for online communities that is simple to use and growing at a phenomenal rate. Uncover its secrets and find out how you can join in with the large community of software developers building it up.

Peter Brownell, open-source developer, Drupal

This event is part of The Takeaway Festival 2007