The dpivision.com Ltd Weblog

Come and meet and greet the Dpivision.com Ltd team as we host the after hours fun to a day with a top designer.

Designer and author Andy Clark from Stuff and Nonsense is stopping off in Newcastle to host an Advanced CSS Styling workshop at the Copthorne Hotel in October.

And we have joined forces with him to host and sponsor an evening of socialising at The Salsa Club, giving people the chance to unwind, swap top tips and beef up their contacts book.

The one-day masterclass offers ideas on how to use the most up-to-date CSS techniques of the moment, including:

- How to design balanced, inspired layouts using advanced CSS positioning techniques
- New ways to work with colour using RGBa
- Using multiple background and border images
- How to use text and box shadows
- About CSS gradients, reflections and transitions

Places are running out very quickly so book your place now!

http://forabeautifulweb.com/announcing/newcastle_upon_tyne_2009/

For the CannyBill sponsored after party, we are extending the invitation to our customers.

So come along and say hello to the team at The Salsa Club, West Gate Road, Newcastle on October 30 from 6.30pm onwards and fill yourself up with some of the tastiest free nachos and best Mexican beer.

Just so we know how much free food and booze to order, drop us a line to say you’ll be coming at info@dpivision.com.

We have been invited to join some of the country’s most prestigious digital people at an exclusive event.

Next week, we will be heading to the capital with one of just six North East-based businesses selected to attend the High Growth conference.

As part of the conference, which aims to give software and technology-based businesses the chance to explore strategic partnering, flotation or equity finance, we will be meeting with top bods at Microsoft, Google and Silicone Valley businesses.

We will also be given the chance to meet some potential corporate customers and be given advice on how to develop our business.

Wladimir Baranoff-Rossine, project manager, said: “This is another great chance to spread the word about the work we do to some of the world’s biggest companies.”

Some of the country’s top digital geeks gathered in Newcastle for this year’s Thinking Digital conference.

And we got in on the three days of jam-packed action to mingle with some of the country’s top bods, listen to some of the industry’s finest speakers and exchange tips on digital related issues.

Hosted in the spectacular Sage, more than 400 people from across the country attended the event, with talks from the likes of Alex Hunter, head of online marketing for Virgin Group, Dan Lyons, Newsweek Magazine’s technology columnist, Curtis Wong, principal researcher for Microsoft Research and Andrew Barke, industry head for advertising agencies at Google.

But it wasn’t all work, work, work. We also got to eat some fabulous food on the Quayside and relax with some post-conference drinks at The Pitcher and Piano.

Thinking Digital 2010 runs from May 25 to 27, with the main conference taking place at The Sage Gateshead.

After such an informative and enjoyable three days, we’ve already booked our tickets for next year.

Find out more at www.thinkingdigital.co.uk and you can see some of our photos from the night below:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dpivision/sets/72157618408188776/

British web geeks took over Texas when the South By South West Interactive Festival came to town.

And we were part of the digital mission’s five-days of action in Austin.

Our creative juices were sent into overdrive as we mingled with more than 9,000 of the industry’s top bods, swapping hints and tips on the way we work.

We spread the word about our latest project, CannyBill, through our stand at the Digital Mission Expo event, dishing out hundreds of flyers and leaflets along the way.

And we paid a visit to London’s renowned weekly social media gathering, The Tuttle Club, which landed at the event and gave us the chance to get together with other internet bods.

An intimate tour of the city was polished off with a meet and greet session with Austin’s governor and other secretary of states.

And we attended plenty of master classes about doing business stateside, learned from top speakers and networked with high-profile companies at the trade stalls.

But it wasn’t all work. The Block Party gave us the chance to unwind and chill with fellow digital bosses.

And although the Great British Breakfast made us miss home, we were able to swap stories and meet investors, other companies and the press while munching on our bacon butties and scrambled eggs.

Take a look at what we got up to by visiting:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dpivision/sets/72157615840620492/

You can also see an interview with Wladimir Baranoff-Rossine at the festival by visiting:

http://techfluff.tv/2009/03/17/techflufftv-sxsw-day-4/

Our unique way of thinking has secured us a place on the Crossover 4iP Lab.

Channel 4 is challenging the region’s top digital entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas at a three day conference in Newcastle this week.

They are on the hunt for inspirational and fresh ways of engaging with the public through various media platforms.

And the best ideas will receive a cash injection from Channel 4 to help launch them.

Crossover is an international programme designed to explore the creative and the commercial challenges of developing content and services for digital media.

During the three days, the series of creative laboratories will see experienced and talented professionals from different sectors of the audio-visual industries work alongside international experts and mentors to develop ideas for innovative cross-platform programmes, products or services.

Wladimir Baranoff-Rossine, project manager at Dpivision said:

“We are delighted to have been selected to take part in this event and look forward to contributing with some of the North East’s most talented companies.”

“This year has already proven to be a very exciting for us with our company having been chosen to take part in the UK Digital Mission trip to Texas and been selected for the finals of the European Startup Awards. We can’t wait to get stuck in!””

For more information, log onto www.crossoverlabs.org and www.4ip.org.uk.