{"id":12651,"date":"2015-05-26T15:15:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T14:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12651"},"modified":"2015-06-01T11:20:37","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T10:20:37","slug":"im-going-to-the-southend-raspberry-jam-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12651","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m going to the Southend Raspberry Jam on Saturday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.silkstream.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/minecraft-southend-raspberry-jam.jpg?resize=556%2C309\" alt=\"\" width=\"556\" height=\"309\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/southendjam.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Southend Raspberry Jam<\/a> has swiftly become one of the best Raspberry Jams in the country. Its relaxed atmosphere and a high quantity of knowledgeable people concentrated in one place makes it one of the &#8216;places to be&#8217; in the Pi world. On Saturday, from 10-5pm, I shall be attending for the third time and I&#8217;m really looking forward to it. This is their sixth Jam and they&#8217;re getting really good at it!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s always nice to go to a Jam and not be organising it, for one thing, although this time I might be helping out on some of the workshops, which will be interesting as I&#8217;ve not done it for a looooong time.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve got an interesting mix of talks including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 15-year old&#8217;s perspective on how the Pi has changed his life (Zach Igielman of PiPiano fame!)<\/li>\n<li>LifeBox &#8211; an ecosystem of LEDs &#8211; <em>not\u00a0<\/em>Conway&#8217;s Game of Life.<\/li>\n<li>Chatbots and WikiData.<\/li>\n<li>Advanced Python Programming<\/li>\n<li>Object Orientated Programming with Python<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>and several workshops including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mozilla Digital Badges<\/li>\n<li>ScratchGPIO hackathon<\/li>\n<li>Android App Inventor<\/li>\n<li>Python Minecraft AstroPi<\/li>\n<li>Microbit\/Codebug<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As you can see, Southend&#8217;s strength is in its ability to mix Pi-centric talks and workshops with non-Pi stuff, giving a nice rounded experience to the event.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you&#8217;re in the area (or if you fancy a trip to Southend!) <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/southend-raspberry-jam-6-tickets-16473387345\" target=\"_blank\">head on over to Eventbrite and pick up your (free) tickets<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Southend Raspberry Jam has swiftly become one of the best Raspberry Jams in the country. 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