It was that time again, another birthday for London Girl Geek Dinners and this time Mind Candy kindly hosted the event. Since the lovely Judith Lewis was the organiser, chocolate was involved. A lot, of, chocolate. Monty Bojangles was the highlight with some truffle action and a giant chocolate cake which I never actually got to taste. I was too busy raiding the Mind Candy beer fridge (my apologies).

It wasn’t all about the food however, as we got some interesting and inspiring talks from the Mind Candy staff about Mind Candy and the fun things for them on the horizon. They are doing some great things with the Moshi Monsters franchise and I’m sure it will continue to grow with some great ideas.

LJ Rich from BBC Click gave us some insightful tips on how to communicate an idea to others so that it becomes a reality. She also had a run in with an Angry Bird; this is what happens when you eat all the truffles (actually it was me /guilty).

The talks were followed by some nice light refreshments in the form of wine provided by Dinasto Vivanco, and of course more truffles and having a play with some of the Moshi Monsters dotted around the room. I have to say that Mind Candy seems like a really cool place to work!

 

The birthday party kicked off quite merrily and then I spotted several things. First I noticed the large projector used for the presentations, an amp and then a set of Rock Band drums. It didn’t take me long to find the PS3 hiding in a cupboard; unfortunately the XBox 360 was missing. A couple of button presses on the amp and Mortal Kombat was loading. You can’t hide these things from me… a lot of shouting and screaming was involved as other girl geeks joined in.

A raffle was held with some cookery prizes and yes there was a bar of chocolate in them. By sheer luck the Girl Geek Dinners founder got something! A big thanks goes to Judith for giving up her time to make LGGD a success, the helpers, all the sponsors on the day, the speakers and last but not least Sarah Blow Lamb for starting the Girl Geek Dinners phenomenon in the first place… all those years ago. Roll on 7!

About Motoko

First embraced the inner geek at the age of 10 with a Commodore 64 and programming in BASIC. Avid PC gamer, Gundam Gunpla builder, manga editor and anime enthusiast. Loves Mountain Dew and Ghost in the Shell. Twitter: @Motoko_K

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