Multipack

A Community of Web Developers & Designers in Birmingham

As the sound of fireworks ceases, it’s time for another newsletter.

Multipack Newsletter November 2009

November Meetup

Old Joint Stock - Saturday 14th Nov, 2pm-7pm

As usual, we’ll meet for a few beers and a chat about creating web stuff. We’ll have some discussion from the Build conference in Belfast and likely talk about Google’s new Javascript toolkit.

More on Upcoming

Advance Christmas Meal Warning

Want to join us for a meal and festive seasonal web discussion? Drop by the forum.

Presents Videos

Missed last month’s Multipack Presents? Worry not, you can watch Bruce on HTML 5 and Nick on Silverlight from the comfort of your own laptop at the Multipack Vimeo Channel. Now also with bonus Geek in the Park videos!

Football Calendar Crazy

Remember Si’s various World Cup and Footie Kickoff sites? They caught the eye of UEFA, who then got him to help them with their own calendars. Read about it on his blog.

For a Usable World

12th November is World Usability Day. Celebrate by toasting St Jakob! Alternatively, why not pop along to Userlab’s drop-in sessions? You get a free half hour’s usability consultation too.

Opening Types

Looking for open source fonts for use with your funky new web fonts? You need the League of Moveable Type!

Poetry in Motion

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you pooled the world’s twitter streams and pulled together random rhyming ones? You’d get the Longest Poem in the World.