The talks were really interesting, and there was a big turn out of people. After the talk, I went up to the last speaker and spoke to him about his talk (about kicking the Photoshop habit in web design) and actually found it really easy. He had some good advice, and I think that I managed to make some good points. He then followed me on Twitter on his agency account which is good because he knows who I am now. In future events I might ask him about a placement, but I know there is only two people who work at his agency so I don't know if this will be possible.
One of the guys who ran the event then came up and spoke to me, and we got talking which was good and I told him a bit about me and why I was there. I also gave him my business card.
I then spoke to the first speaker of the event, and that was really good speaking to him as he worked at Mixd and was part of the Work In The Web event. I told him I was gutted I couldn't go and he gave me some good advice. He said it was good to come to these events early and he got his job through these events. He also told me about DigitaLeeds which is where developers and designers meet up at a pub where there isn't actually a talk, it's just for networking.
After the event I followed a couple people on Twitter, and did a couple of tweets about the event.
Overall, I was very pleased about the event. Although I only gave out one card, it was a big step for me talking to people as I get really nervous about that, but it actually turned out to be really easy. I think what made it easier was that the speakers themselves were nervous, and they were all dressed really casually and made me feel more comfortable and remember that they are just human as well.
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