Archive for December 2011

#ChrisMash QR-code messages

December 20, 2011

Before I ran the ChrisMash event I asked people to send me their Christmas messages, if they had one. Quite a few did. I was interested to see who would come up with what. Once they sent them to me I created a QR-code for them, added a few of the QR-codes to a snowflake [...]

Do You Want To Be One Of Santa’s Little Reference Helpers? #ChrisMash

December 12, 2011

Whilst trying to find the answer to the question “Can reindeer fly?” I reminded myself about Wiki.answers.com. It’s a place to ask questions and find answers… any questions. They even had the answer to my reindeer question: Answer: Generally, reindeer can’t fly. Reindeer are mammals, and the only mammals that can truly fly are bats. (There [...]

#ChrisMash Day (The Event)

December 6, 2011

Well, the ChrisMash event is now over. …but I enjoyed it and I hope everyone else did too and got something out of it. An archive of the #ChrisMash tweets can be found here. On the day (Saturday 3rd December) we had 6 people giving presentations. Here’s a run-down of them. Gary Green (QR-codes, fractals [...]

Is It #ChrisMash Yet?

December 3, 2011

Yes it is! Today’s the day! All of the ChrisMash elves should be making their way to the event soon. Unfortunately, a couple of the original elves who wanted to attend can’t make now.  But it does mean that there are a couple of spare spaces left. They can’t be booked in the normal way, [...]

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