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Each week we’ll endeavour to publish some details of the interesting things that members of DoES Liverpool have been up to over the past seven days. You can find out a bit more about them in our introductory post.

And remember, if you’re involved with DoES Liverpool at all, let us know what you get up to so we can include it here!

Things of Note

• <amcewen> mcknut++ # Finishing the doughnuts so we don’t have to #weeknotes
• <amcewen> Back from a lovely Cathedral Valley lunch at the Brink #weeknotes
• <amcewen> Interesting kick off meeting for a nice little project with @Mudlark and @bbcrd #weeknotes
• <mcknut> Reached inbox zero for CamViewer problem reports, having responded to 4500! #weeknotes
• <mcknut> hurrah, fixed CamViewer disconnecting bug number 1, appears to be a small protocol mismatch #weeknotes
• An IRC exchange…
  • <mcknut> DoESBot: remind me to do geekup email at 10:00
  • <DoESBot> sure
  • <DoESBot> reminder (14:30:23): mcknut not to bother with reminders [from a reminder set the previous day by osfameron – ed]
  • <mcknut> lolz
  • <amcewen> osfameron++ # great comedy timing
• <notazengarden> Our Nesta bid to deliver Internet of Things workshops to thousands of children is submitted. You can see the video here: https://vimeo.com/57588146 #weeknotes
• Def-Proc: Don’t know about #Snowmageddon but it’s like working in a snowglobe with these big windows @DoESLiverpool today.
• <amcewen> It won’t work if I try to use any of it, but my port of @icanicant‘s AtomThreads at least compiles now #weeknotes
• <amcewen> Rounded the week off with an interesting meeting about encouraging more startups in Liverpool #weeknotes

Coming Up in the Next Week

• amcewen
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Each week we’ll endeavour to publish some details of the interesting things that members of DoES Liverpool have been up to over the past seven days. You can find out a bit more about them in our introductory post.

And remember, if you’re involved with DoES Liverpool at all, let us know what you get up to so we can include it here!

Things of Note

• amcewen: Lovely news to wake up to this morning, the @GNLteam kickstarter is now live! http://kck.st/WrFUsX http://goodnightlamp.com/week-43/ #2013CES
• defproc: First day as #technician-in-residence @DoESLiverpool today. All up and running bar a quick run on the laser cutter!
• <osfameron> the moustache-ring is not a lie #amcewen #weeknotes
• <def-proc> #weeknotes revamped the setup for the doorbots to make it easier to add new users
• <mcknut> Built another WhereDial ready for some filming next week #weeknotes
• amcewen: Busy day at @DoESLiverpool today. #makerday all day, and the inaugural @Freehand_FACT Makers group this afternoon.
• mcknut: Thank you so much to the person who put their house address in rather than the IP address of their webcam. Postcard on the way to you! #weeknotes
• amcewen: Busy day of filming here at @DoESLiverpool, @notazengarden and I filming some stuff for a @nesta_uk bid with @theHatchtv

Coming Up in the Next Week

• amcewen
• Weeknotes
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Each week we’ll endeavour to publish some details of the interesting things that members of DoES Liverpool have been up to over the past seven days. You can find out a bit more about them in our introductory post.

And remember, if you’re involved with DoES Liverpool at all, let us know what you get up to so we can include it here!

Things of Note

• mcknut successfully turns amcewen’s frown upside down #weeknotes
• <osfameron> Steve summarizes the Internet of Things #weeknotes
• <amcewen> Had a long overdue organisers meeting http://wiki.doesliverpool.com/DoESMeetingMinutes20121218 #weeknotes
• DefProc: Specially commisioned photo booklet set, laser cut and etched @DoESLiverpool was delivered today #weeknotes
• WhereDial: Just hand delivered probably the last Xmas WhereDial. Still time for more though if you get your order in quick! #weeknotes
• amcewen: Just ordered some new PCBs for @Bubblino, which will help with writing the last chapter of @aBookOfThings too. #weeknotes @DoESLiverpool
• OddEssay: Wrapping up my year here in @DoESLiverpool by laser cutting some gift labels for Xmas. #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/5L4NZACp
• WhereDial: One final WhereDial this afternoon (Christmas present for Dad, shh.. don’t tell). Thanks @DoESLiverpool for the laser cutter! #weeknotes

Coming Up in the Next Week

Nothing. It’s Christmas! We’re closed (although naturally, key-holding members can still get in when the building is open, as usual). Have a good break, and we’ll see you when we reopen on Wednesday 2nd January 2013.

• amcewen
• Weeknotes
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Each week we’ll endeavour to publish some details of the interesting things that members of DoES Liverpool have been up to over the past seven days. You can find out a bit more about them in our introductory post.

And remember, if you’re involved with DoES Liverpool at all, let us know what you get up to so we can include it here!

Things of Note

• <osfameron> revising GCSE trigonometry… #weeknotes
• DefProc: Got to put laser cut christmas trees (http://def-proc.co.uk/b/gmupx ) on this week’s @DoESLiverpool #weeknotes
• <amcewen> 19 months in, and we finally finish using all the black ABS filament that came with our first 3D printer #weeknotes
• mcknut: Considering daily wake up tunes for @DoESLiverpool, today’s was “Jackson 5 – I want you back” #weeknotes
• <amcewen> Getting to know the new neighbours slowly. The little dog’s name is Oscar #weeknotes
• <mcknut> Time to upgrade numerous blogs to the latest WordPress version (3.5) #weeknotes
• <osfameron> Learnt how to solder #weeknotes
• <amcewen> An interesting afternoon meeting with Access 2 Finance chatting about DoES Liverpool, NW Business Angels and more #weeknotes
• <osfameron> Played with Electric Imp and blogged about it http://book.roomofthings.com/2012/12/14/playing_with_the_electric_imp/ #weeknotes

Coming Up in the Next Week

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Each week we’ll endeavour to publish some details of the interesting things that members of DoES Liverpool have been up to over the past seven days. You can find out a bit more about them in our introductory post.

Things of Note

• <amcewen> At lunch we invented cosmetic surgery via teleportation #weeknotes
• <osfameron> ancient money technology in the office! (Jo is writing a cheque!) #weeknotes
• <amcewen> It helps if you plug the correct thing in #weeknotes
• <mcknut> Rob Nightingale is taking a permanent desk! He’ll be in the corner of Room 29. #weeknotes
• <amcewen> Scraperwiki now have an Internet-connected bell which rings whenever they get a new sale https://twitter.com/zarino/status/275941817143414784/photo/1 #weeknotes
• <amcewen> woohoo! Another chapter bites the dust #weeknotes
• mcknut: Off to ERDF funding event for “Knowledge Economy Incubators”, I’ve got a big bag for them to put all the money for @DoESLiverpool in #weeknotes
• DefProc: @DoESLiverpool #weeknotes Lattice Hinge booklets out and for sale: http://www.deferredprocrastination.co.uk/blog/2012/lattice-hinged-booklets/
• mcknut: My priority list this week: Urgent top priority: WhereDial, CamViewer, Annoying Client. Top priority: New Client #prioritisationfail #weeknotes
• WhereDial: We’re up for an award! Best #iot project
  of the year, some tough competition including @GNLTeam, vote wisely! http://postscapes.com/awards/category/connected-home #weeknotes
• DoESLiverpool: #weeknotes MT @katedesilva: this is one of the results of my dabbling in laser cutting #christmas http://twitter.yfrog.com/nulmhngj
• DefProc: Laser cut Christmas tree. A half hour project @DoESLiverpool #makerday http://lockerz.com/s/267334917

Coming Up Next Week

• amcewen
• Weeknotes
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Each week we’ll endeavour to publish some details of the interesting things that members of DoES Liverpool have been up to over the past seven days. You can find out a bit more about them in our introductory post.

Things of Note

• <amcewen> Observed at DoES Liverpool: comparing shopping carts and sharing experiences setting up online shopping #weeknotes
• @amcewen: Today’s laser experiments at @DoESLiverpool. I for one welcome our felt robot overlords… http://twitpic.com/bh8gzu
• @paul_furley: @DoESLiverpool Thanks again for everyone’s input at the fantastic startup weekend. Company now launched and open for business! @CustomCocoa
• <mcknut> achievement unlocked: applied for a trademark #weeknotes
• @mcknut: @DoESLiverpool after many hours spent laser cutting and soldering in the workshop, I shipped the @WhereDial! #weeknotes
• <amcewen> Andy Powell has cleared his desk 🙁 Bit of a long commute now from Manchester… #weeknotes

Coming Up Next Week

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One of the things we’re not very good at doing here at DoES Liverpool is talking about what the members of the DoES community get up to. If we were looking for excuses we’d claim it was because we’re called Do Epic Sh…, er, Stuff rather than Talk About Epic Stuff, but it would be better if we could find a way to let people know what we’re up to, and what goes on, without it taking too much effort and getting in the way of all the doing.

So, what we’re going to try is publishing weeknotes. These are a bit like the weekly status reports that you might have had to write for your boss if you’re in a boring corporate job, but hopefully ours won’t be as full of reasons why we haven’t quite hit the latest deadline. It’s something that quite a few different people do, and you can find out more over on http://www.weeknotes.com/

To keep the admin overhead to a minimum, we’re going to note anything weeknote-worthy in IRC (#doesliverpool on irc.freenode.net) or on Twitter over the week by tagging it with #weeknotes (and @DoESLiverpool on Twitter). Then at the end of the week, creating the weeknotes will just be a case of searching for everything with that tag, and copying it into a blog post.

So, don’t expect glorious long-winded prose, but do expect at least some hints as to what goes on at DoES Liverpool…