dana centre - event - Takeaway Festival: morning 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

Podcasting workshop
Create podcasts and distribute them on the web using open-source tools and platforms. The workshop will cover the use of ffmepeg to transcode video for podcasting, and the preparation of audio recordings.

Adam Burt, contributor to the Apple Distinguished Educator Program

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

Web 2 for me and you
What can Web 2 do for you? And how can you take part? Find out more about the different ways to participate in the internet including how to use a hosted blog, how to use the web's social spaces, how sites like Flikr and Delicious work and for those with web space, how to install your own blogging software.

James Smith, artist, lecturer and experienced web application developer

In collaboration with Thames Valley University and the Arts Council England