Category Archives: Causes

Rob Rix Interview

A great interview with Rob Rix highlighted a bunch of useful development tips: Surround yourself with people smarter than you. (Online friendships do count.) Surround yourself with people who ship good work. Never let the perfect be the enemy of … Continue reading

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TEDxNottingham Announced

TEDx is coming to Nottingham on March 17th 2012. The theme is Hidden Heroes. Ticket applications open at 9am on Monday 20th February 2012 until 9am Thursday 23rd February 2012. Each individual can only apply for two tickets which will be randomly allocated. Follow @TEDxNottingham for … Continue reading

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Giving With Kiva

As of March 2011, I’m up to 36 loans on Kiva. All loans have been to entrepreneurs in Peru, for a variety of retail and agriculture services. It’s been massively rewarding to be able to help with a simple loan. … Continue reading

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Kiva – The Game

Kiva is an amazing organisation which allows me to loan money to entrepreneurs on the other side of the world. And I love it. And I want to tell people about it. Using services like Foursquare and Gowalla I cannot … Continue reading

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Kiva Progress

Loan repayments are coming in regularly as part of the 0% credit for Kiva in Peru idea. There are still 20 loans outstanding which are all on track to pay back within the next 6 months. If you’ve not tried … Continue reading

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Twestival 2010

Twestival 2010 is on the horizon and once again I will be heading up the organisation of the Nottingham event. The last two events have been great with over £500 raised for worthwhile causes. At this event we’ll be concentrating … Continue reading

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0% credit for Kiva in Peru

I’ve been wanting to give Kiva a try for a long time and the trip to Peru was encouragement enough. I issued a few loans when we got back and was very impressed. Its great that as a microcredit service … Continue reading

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Nottingham Twestival Returns

Nottingham Twestival is taking place at 7.30pm on Thursday 10th September 2009 at Muse, Hockley. This time round the very worthy charity is The National Autistic Society – Nottingham. Volunteer meetups are currently taking place with much more help than … Continue reading

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Invisible Festival Unveiled

It seems appropriate to find out about a virtual festival through a friend on Facebook who I’ve never met. This lead to a shared experience with hundreds of other festival-goers who never get to meet each other. The Invisible Festival … Continue reading

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When Twestival Came to Nottingham

Like most people, I only heard of Twestival shortly before it was due to happen. Just over two weeks before. I wanted to make sure I was there as I was fed up with missing out as all ‘local’ events … Continue reading

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