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Swedish Beers returns to the Nordic Bar
Aug 31st
Link: Swedish Beers: Swedish Beers Mobile Networking, Weds 12 Sept 07
Uber-cool (and slightly Baltic-themed) mobile networking event Swedish Beers is back from its summer break – and heading to London on Wednesday 12th September.
Run by a highly talented team of individuals – including recent Flower Fairy recipient Helen Keegan, the event is being held in the back bar at the Nordic Bar in Newman Street from 6pm. It’ll feature the usual chat, mingling and talk of mobiles, marketing, media and life in general. And if the last few events are anything to go by, it’ll probably overtake the whole bar pretty quickly. You’ll find the Nordic Bar on Newman Street which is the North side of Oxford Street, nearest tube Tottenham Court Road or Oxford Circus.
Unfortunately, the bad news is the event sponsor has had to postpone their sponsorship of Swedish Beers as they’re not quite ready to shout out about the wonderful things they’re up to. So it would be *really* marvellous if another generous sponsor could help with the bar tab. Otherwise, it’s buy your own drinks night. And as Helen puts it, “if it’s the latter, it will be your challenge to find someone who has a works expense account to buy drinks for you all evening 
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If you’re interested in sponsoring the bar, meeting loads of mobile folks and gaining some real good karma for buying people beer, give Helen a call on 44 794 053 8802.
Twitter/Facebook/Web2.0 London meet this Wednesday
Aug 28th
Scuse the short notice, but the event has only just been organised.
David Troy of Twittervision fame is having a Twitter/Facebo
To RSVP, visit the event page on Facebook and confirm your attendance. The full venue details are:
The Horniman at Hay’s
Hay’s Galleria
Tooley Street
London SE1 2HU
Pub details:
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/10/1097/Horniman_at_Hays/Southwark
Map:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=SE1+2HU&spn=0.005,0.02&hl=en
I’ll be down there propping up the bar as SMS Text News’ resident beer tester (and apparent party animal, according to some people I spoke to at last Thursdays Unlimited Drinks event).
Meet the Texperts over a pint on Tuesday
Aug 16th
Fancy a beer in London this coming Tuesday? Texperts (formerly 82ASK) CEO and co-founder Sarah McVittie is having a beer with her colleagues Rhod and Giles, and you’ve all been invited!
It’s being held at the Marquis of Granby in Rathbone Street, London from 6.30pm til around 9.30pm (or whenever the last person gets thrown out). The nearest tube is Goodge Street, and there’s a map and more details of the pub here.
Want to come along? Hop on over to this event on Facebook and RSVP. I’ll be down there in my role as beer quality controller and token SMS Text News serial party animal, so if you’re coming give me a nudge and say hi!
FILMOBILE event this Friday in London
Jun 26th
Had a quick note from Max, the organiser of networking event FILMOBILE, which takes place this Friday in London. Here’s the scoop.
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FILMOBILE is a project which aims to create a dialogue between the industry, filmmakers and artists working with mobile devices through a variety of on and off line events.
In order to kick-start its activities, FILMOBILE is organising a networking event in the Centre for Excellence at the University of Westminster on the 29th June. The program includes presentations by leading industry practioners, artist,
photographers and filmmakers. The talk is followed by an open discussion and wine reception.
Alfie Dennen – mobloguk
Daniel Florêncio – filmmaker
Davide Scalenghe – Current TV
Dennis Morrison – Zzizzl films
Romain Forquy – photographer
Max Schleser – FILMOBILE
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It’s being held at the University of Westminster Centre for Excellence this Friday, between 5pm and 7pm. To get there, just jump a Bakerloo, Circle, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee or Metropolitan line tube to Baker Street – you’ll find the venue directly opposite at 35 Marylebone Road. Or tap in NW1 5LS if you’ve got satnav - but be warned parking is only available for those with special needs.
If you’re interested in going, drop a note and RSVP to info@filmobile.net - don’t forget to mention SMS Text News.
Mediaburst offer free SMS training to agencies
Jun 18th
Here’s a great proposal from Jeremy Bygrave, the MD of mobile messaging company Mediaburst. That’s a pic of him there, just in case you were wondering. Anyway, If you’re a media, advertising or brand agency, or have responsiblity for brand promotion, give them a call and they’ll come round to your offices and educate you and your colleagues on how to best use SMS for marketing purposes.
Here’s what Jeremy had to say:
“There are now over 56 million mobile subscribers in the UK and Mediaburst is possibly the only mobile messaging business that can help advertising, marketing and media agencies to best engage and interact with them. Participants in our free SMS MediaDAYS will be able to tap into our expertise in big brand mobile promotions and then offer even greater service to their brands and brand masters.”
Interested? Give Jeremy and his team at Mediaburst a call on 0845 050 0000 – tell them when you want their training team to turn up at your offices, and how many of your colleagues will be involved.
3GSM is dead.. long live Mobile World Congress
Jun 13th
Link: 3GSM World Congress is no more – www.mobile-ent.biz
OK so I know Ewan isn’t exactly the world’s greatest fan of mobile conference 3GSM, but saw this snippet of news and thought I’d rattle off a quick blog entry.
From February 2008, 3GSM is no longer. It’s now called.. wait for it.. Mobile World Congress. Wonder how much money they spent coming up with that change?
Apparently it went something like this. Originally, it was called GSM World. Then 3G was the latest ‘cool technology’, so they tagged that onto the front, and came up with 3GSM.
Now that 3G is not exactly today’s news, they’re sort of full circle, with ‘Mobile World Congress’. Incidently the 3GSM World Congress Asia will also change it’s name too, to the rather snappy ‘Mobile Asia Congress’.
Of course if they don’t allow bloggers in to future events then people like us will just have to wish we were there, staying in hotels that cost the earth, attending mind-numbingly boring corporate ‘parties’ and hob-nobbing with a bunch of people with expense accounts bigger than the GDP of quite a few African countries.
Free AQA 63336 bash tonight in London
May 31st
Link: Remember 63336: Free AQA 63336 gig
Bit short notice, but if you’re in London tonight and fancy some great music and wicked cocktails pop along to the AQA 63336 party in Camden.
It’s being held at UNDERSOLO, which is downstairs at Bar Solo, 20 Inverness Street, NW1. Doors open at 7.30pm for an 8pm start, and kicking out time is 2am. They’ve got some of the bands and artists involved in the AQA 63336 album appearing live, including Emmy the Great, My Albatross and The Brent Flood.
Registration is free – just follow this link.
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