Now run by our original creator, and relaunching to focus on virtual tech events that include community participation

Some big news:

Firstly the site is back in the hands of it's original creator. James Baster first launched the site in 2012. Thanks to Sheffield Digital who ran the site between 2019 and now, and who kindly agreed to pass the site back.

Secondly we are relaunching to focus on virtual tech events that include community participation.

When we talked about this on social media, people suggested many reasons that virtual events may be preferred - public health, child care and other caring duties, people in rural areas.

We're keen to avoid "this virtual tech event could have been a video" comments and instead encourage events that people can get involved in.

We are keeping the same ideas we have always had - we still provide Open Data exports and are keen to encourage events to provide Open Data we (and others) can just import and reuse.

We'll post more in the future, but for now Hello and check out the new site!

Published: 2025-12-27