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An Update and a Christmas Party

Anthony Short—12th November, 2008 | 3 Comments

A late announcement, but the next Bits & Pixels is on the 22nd November. We've got some interesting things to talk about this month - the main one being the Bits & Pixels Christmas Party. We've also got a newsletter planned so it'll be easier to find out when the next event is. I've updated the iCal subscription for events too!

The Christmas Party

As an excuse for a larger, more interesting type of get together, we're thinking of holding a christmas party on the 20th December (next month's B&P). We'll need egg nog, santa hats and christmas cake and I might even make up my special egg nog cheesecake with a fruit cake base. It's been called the "best thing since christmas was invented" by many people. Amanda (the cake-baker for the anniversary) will hopefully be up for making some christmas treats. I even suggested we make the site christmas themed - but no one else seemed up for it. Apparently we don't get snow in Australia. So we need some more ideas for the first B&P christmas party. Perhaps you'd like some decorations, or for us to get truckloads of snow delivered so we can make snowmen.Let us know in the comments.

Local Web News

We're planning on using these monthly blog posts as a chance to promote your achievements so you can boast about them later. Got something really cool you'd like to show off? Maybe it's just a client's site you think is really nice? Maybe you've written a plugin or script or discovered something new. We know you like to tell everyone how great you are, so why not get a blog post written about you on B&P?

Some people have trouble finding out when the next event is, or at least, being informed of when it is. Right now we've got the RSS feed, Facebook, LinkedIn and this site to get the word out, but not everyone uses RSS or Facebook events. I know I don't use Facebook for events, so I could see how this could happen. So to bridge the gap, we're making a newsletter to send out each month. This will explain when the next event is, and will also feature the latest local news from you guys.

Updated iCal Subscription

I've updated the iCal subscription links as well so now they will stay updated dynamically. Just click the link and it will open up iCal or any other app that supports the iCal format and subscribe you to it. This is a really easy way to stay updated.

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Hey, not sure if I’ll be able to make the 22nd - all depends on my roster which I will receive tomorrow. As for the Christmas Party....unfortunately I definitely won’t be able to make it, will be in QLD at my cousins wedding on that exact day, but a B&P;xmas party sounds so much better then trying to mingle with extended family I don’t know (Will be the same on xmas day too :()

The idea of the newsletter is good too especially since I find the website is only updated the week of the meet up (bit hard to organise around work with late notice).

Anyway gotta get back to wrestling with Flash/ActionScript code… why can’t it all just work… I’m over errors.

Hope to see you next week,

Jess

Jess—14th November, 2008 at 3:59pm | Permalink

I won’t be able to come next Saturday - unfortunately have to work the entire afternoon. Have a good time, and I hope to make it to a B&P;in the new year.

Jess—16th November, 2008 at 12:28pm | Permalink

A fun one we used to do was a white elephant gift exchange. What happens is everyone brings a silly gift-- something under, say $5 or whatever amt you specify, or something old from home like your parent’s old bowling trophy or something. You wrap it and bring the party. Everyone sits in a circle, and the host places one wrapped gift in the center at time. Going in order around the circle, the first person next to the host unwraps the first gift.

boda barcelona—12th August, 2009 at 6:43am | Permalink

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