Big Chip Awards 2012Show em what the North East can do! We at Codeworks have been involved in the Big Chip Awards for a few years now, but this year we are working with The Journal to really help encourage our members to enter the 2012 awards. The Big Chip Awards are held annually in Manchester and are
Interesting Insights into Email InfographicData collected and analysed by Baydin who are behind the email plugin Boomerang, have created an infographic showing peoples email habits. Perhaps their most interesting discovery is that the time of day where your email is most likely to get read is before 6am in the morning. See below for the full research. When do
Restart NostalgiaDo you sometimes find yourself fondly remembering restarting your old machine, and longing to relive the experience you were once so frustrated by? Then visit therestartpage.com The Restart Page is a website which has collated a range of previous OS systems start up experiences. It includes OS 2, classic Mac OS, Windows 1 and even
WHY EATING FAT DOESN’T MAKE YOU FATOur friends at Massive Health have produced a beautiful infographic explaining how carbs are making us fatter. Aza Raskin, the co-founder of Massive Health will be speaking at this year’s Thinking Digital Conference taking place the 29th-31st of May at The Sage Gateshead www.thinkingdigital.co.uk
Interactive Map Showcasing North East Event GroupsPaul Lancaster, founder of Plan Digital and an active player in the North East tech community, has created an interactive map with all the hottest tech spots in the region. The map is created with Google technologies and showcases significant places in the north east for the creative, digital and technology scene. Having been picked
So long to AppysnapAfter eight months of crazy photo missions completed by thousands of players across the world, Appysnap is now shutting down shop. It was sad news the day that Appysnap announced that they wouldn’t be continuing, but alas all good things must come to an end. The Codeworks team have had an amazing time with the
New Online Events Calender for the North EastSerial entrepreneur Kieron Donoghue has launched his latest venture – www.neevents.co.uk The long sort after directory for all the events happening in the region related to business and tech as finally arrived in the form of www.neevents.co.uk. The site is a simple calender allowing you to see what events are taking place in the region
The story of Waterstone(‘)s long lost apostropheThe recent re-branding of high street staple Waterstone(‘)s has caused a lot of debate both in the media and among punters. First it was the outrage of the new san-serif font, and now the dropped apostrophe is the hot topic. Grammar geeks across the nation are outraged over Waterstones decision to drop their apostrophe. Articles
Danish scientist Nicolas Steno celebrated with a Google DoodleToday’s Google Doodle celebrates the 374th Birthday of Danish Catholic bishop and scientist – Nicolas Steno For many Google Doodles are a way to discover things or people they have never heard of yet impact their world on a daily basis. Today’s doodle celebrating the life of Danish scientist Nicolas Steno is no different. Steno was
Learn code with the CodecademyIt’s 2012 and coding is so in right now. There is nothing hipper than a nerd and a being a geek is the new black. If you can’t play with divs and crocodile mouths in this day and age, then you might as well just <strong>give up</strong> However fear not if you go blank every