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The End Of Huddersfield

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So today marked the day I completed my move out of Huddersfield; I am now a resident of Manchester.

Susanna, the cats and I are all now across in Manchester though I expect to be commuting to Huddersfield University as I continue lecturing there. (More about my work this year later this month.)

A quick reminisce about the past and the cool things that have happened in Huddersfield, the establishment of the Inclusive Improv, Week(end) of Speakers, Creative Pact, The Huddersfield Experimental Laptop Orchestra, HELOpg, the starting of The Audio Podcast, HWOP, the formation of the On Time Production House, the 2011 ICMC UnConf, hosting Sonic Arts Meeting Groups and the Laptop Christmas Party – many of these will continue.

The Manchester move is really exciting prompted by various work opportunities and a desire for a change of pace and scene. I will however miss the various friends and the church I have attended in Huddersfield.

I have been talking about the move on my daily podcast as part of creativepact.

The move has also trigger a reconsideration of priorities as I feel a return to commercial work with a strong ethical focus, consequently I all ready have a number of secret projects I can not share fully. But internet and housing are in the mix.

And https://hackmanchester.com/ looks really cool.

Creative Pact 2012

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So its August and that means its almost September which means its CreativePact time.

You can find details about CreativePact online at http://creativepact.co.uk/.

CreativePact is a fun way of committing to do something everyday for a month, with a fun sense of community and a source of encouragement. It easy, basically you just commit to do something everyday and tag it #creativepact many people use tumblr or wordpress or you can host it yourself. The main thing is to think of something you would like to do but never have time to do, and then use creativepact as your excuse

My Past Creative Pacts

Last year in 2011 I did a podcast a day which provided a great excuse to talk to a wide range of people who interest me from all sort of activities. http://podcast.scotthewitt.co.uk/category/creative-pact-2011/

In 2010 I did some livecoding every day which was great for developing performance skills which I use within HELOpg. http://creativepact2010-scotthewitt.tumblr.com/

In 2009 I took part in Hackpact hosted by TOPLAP and committed to programming in ChucK everyday. http://www.ablelemon.co.uk/chuckaday/

My CreativePact 2012

This year I plan to continue my 2011 creative pact and restart my daily podcast. My hope is to make use of Google+ hangouts and foster use the podcast as a place to discuss topics, but its just a work in progress at the moment.