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Simple Minds @ Wembley Arena Photos

Posted by chichard41 | Filed under London, Photos, gig, music

These are the best photos I could take on the Fuji F610 whilst I had a 6+ foot guy swaying in front of me, hope they give an idea of how enthusiastic Jim and the lads were. Plenty of laughs all round on stage and a great reaction from the audience. A few videos will be winging their way online once I’ve mixed in the audio from the soundboard :D Including an unbelievable reworking of a track from the “Cry” album. Oh and the red lighting for a rendition of Neon Lights by Kraftwerk.

Oh yes and at the end of the gig before the lights came on, the house music started with “Brimful of Asha“. This lead to the band turning around and coming back on stage to have a little bit of a boogie to it. Now that was hilarious beyond belief, hope someone had video footage of that event :P

Just wish I could get a photo pass or something to use my SLR.

Tags: Arena, Charlie Burchill, Jim Kerr, London, Mel Gaynor, Simple Minds, Wembley

Read more | View Comments | Tweet | December 9th, 2009 at 12:46 am

First Ever Ignite London – 7 videos now live #igniteLDN

Posted by chichard41 | Filed under Events, Ignite London, London, Summations, video

If you couldn’t tell by the numerous tweets on Wednesday I was at the first ever Ignite London which was a blast. Great speakers giving 5 minute presentation, great organisation from Amy & Dan of BoxUK, which also supplied the open bar for the evening. Now that’s a way to kick off an event and were ever so grateful.

I filmed the event and am uploading the HD videos during non-throttling ISP periods, so I’m trying to average 3 videos a night. As said previously if I get the nod from everyone involved I will consider making this a podcast on the iTunes & Zune platform but with a more professional touch.

The vimeo channel for Official Ignite London videos can be found here: http://vimeo.com/channels/ignitelondon

For a quick overview of everything that is available they can be viewed by the albums page: http://vimeo.com/album/147178

If you do get hooked on vimeo like me then feel free to subscribe to the channel so you can be informed of the latest uploads from the event. Another option is to follow it via the RSS feed if Google Reader/Bloglines etc. is your thing. Also please leave comments on individual videos or just in the shoutbox it will hopefully get everyone noticed and I’m sure the speakers & organisers will appreciate it.

I hope to get more involved in the future and maybe even give a 5 minute presentation. I really do hope this becomes a regular event and more sponsors come on board. Plus you can’t beat an old converted victorian loo as a venue.

#igniteLDN

Tags: Beer, BoxUK, First, Ginglik, Ignite, Ignite London, lecture, London, O'Reilly, presentation, speaker, video, Videos, Vimeo

Read more | View Comments | Tweet | November 20th, 2009 at 7:28 pm

UI for Ignite Video page?

Posted by chichard41 | Filed under Ignite London, rant

Trying to work out which one of the 3 options I have chosen to display is best for displaying the Ignite London event. I want everyone to have an enjoyable viewing for all the videos. Personal preference would be the first as it’s nice and clean, however the Logo can only be found if you move slightly down the page. What’s your opinion, please leave a reply below? Once I’ve had some input I will make the page and videos live.

I would put more time into editing the videos to make them nice and fancy with an intro sequence and make a quick music intro track but applying for my Biomed jobs is somewhat taking precedence (yes unemployed). Who knows if I get some time later on I’ll do the fancy stuff and make it into a podcast for iTunes, Zune and other platforms. For now I hope you enjoy the videos when they become available in the next week or so.