{"id":6062,"date":"2013-09-24T12:52:18","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T12:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=6062"},"modified":"2013-09-24T12:52:18","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T12:52:18","slug":"cambridge-raspberry-jam-21st-september-the-big-write-up-rjam-raspberrypi-raspberry_pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6062","title":{"rendered":"Cambridge Raspberry Jam – 21st September – The Big Write-Up (#rjam #raspberrypi @raspberry_pi)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whew! Absolutely shattered, but exhilarated that the Jam on Saturday was a success and went as smoothly as it could have done.<\/span><\/p>\n

I decided to write this account and create a ‘virtual Jam’ out of the day. Many thanks to Matt Hawkins & Leo White for photos and Andy Batey<\/a> for sorting out and uploading the videos onto YouTube. Thanks also to John Alexander for recording the Ciseco kit demo workshop!<\/p>\n

Arrival<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tim Richardson<\/a> and I arrived at the Institute of Astronomy<\/a> at 10.30am and met Andy in the Foyer. Andy works at the Institute, got us the venue and has been an absolute star about everything – including wrangling us some last-minute tables and a trolley to transport them with, not to mention sorting out live streaming so that over 500<\/strong> individual people were able to join us virtually!<\/p>\n

We set about laying out the Marketplace and the Show-and-Tell areas and were soon joined by our valiant marshals and also the caterer, Crazy Cow Catering<\/a>\u00a0(who we were very pleased to have join us – thanks Theresa!!!). Little by little, the place took shape and when the vendors arrived we had all their tables ready. I erected a front-desk exhibition stand… which convinced me that next time I want one easier to put up… and sorted out the registration desk with registration badges and paperwork.<\/p>\n

Our presenters and show-and-tellers arrived next and we set about accommodating them in the lecture theatre and on the mezzanine levels respectively. Soon after, people started to arrive for registration and pretty soon the room was starting to buzz with plenty of Pi-related chatter. Out of 120 people registering, 110 turned up which is a very good percentage. We realised afterwards that we could have fitted in more people, but you live and learn!<\/p>\n

First presentation session<\/strong><\/p>\n

We had a bit of a mammoth session planned to start with. Lesson learned – next time we make the sessions shorter! First of all, I gave an introduction… Now, I’m not much of a public speaker, so be forewarned!<\/p>\n