March 17, 2011
by Robert Ruggiero, Wilson Sherwin, Linus Vanhellemont
and contributions from Lotte Agten
A brief history
Toward the end of 2008, Matt Booth had had enough. Tired of comparisons to London, Booth seized the opportunity to create what Manchester was desperately missing: a casual meetup for digital-creatives in Manchester.
Using twitter and Meetup, it took all of fifteen minutes to sow the seeds of what would become Northern Digitals. With no expectations, agendas, or even nametags, the first meeting consisted of about 40 designers, developers and freelancers gathering at a quiet pub in the Northern Quarter.
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March 14, 2011
by Maria-Valerie Schegk, @valerie_schegk
and contributions from Olivia Sandri, Christina Schraml
How does the theory of Richard Floridaâs creative class work in practice? How do digital creatives in Manchester intermingle? How important are face-to-face meetups like CING (Creative Industry Networking Group) in the time of Twitter and Facebook? Speaking with Phil Northall, co-organizer of CING, one of the biggest monthly meetups for creative digitals in Manchester, helps us get to the bottom of these questions:
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March 13, 2011
by Valentin Dellieu

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March 7, 2011
by Valentin Dellieu, Jeroen van Looy, Andreas Wagner
Curious, hesitant, but eager to give it a try, is how my pet hamster seemed to react to her new toy-wheel, and how my colleagues and I felt after being asked to look into Manchesterâs Social Media CafĂ©. For our first meet-up, we found ourselves in the cozy cafeteria of the iconic BBC, the Social Media CafĂ© making good use of the buildingâs appealing facilities.
The evening started with socializing overrefreshments and we immediately felt welcome amongst the comfortable sofas and friendly faces. We found ourselves in a large crowd of about 70, in their mid-20s to mid-40s, of which at least a third were women. The next daysâ tweets chirped about the event being: âThe biggest Social Media CafĂ© ever.â
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