Perth Massive

One thing that sur­prised me at Massive, was the sheer num­ber of com­munity groups in Perth, there were twelve involved. From the old guard with the likes of Sis­graph and Port80, to the new kids on the block Pho­to­graph­ers in Perth. All the groups have one thing in com­mon to get people together with sim­ilar interests together, social­ise and share know­ledge. If you are a stu­dent, hob­by­ist or pro­fes­sional in Perth inter­ested in com­puter graph­ics, anim­a­tion, video, 3d, VJing, game cre­ation, web design/development and/or digital pho­to­graphy head over to perthmassive.net you will find at least one group of interest to you.

Kudos goes to the organ­isers of Massive from get­ting so many dif­fer­ent groups together. Kudos also goes to the bar tab spon­sors, Interzone Games for recruit­ing the right way. Get 300 people with impress­ive skills in one room, give them a couple of free drinks, spend a couple of minutes talk­ing about the com­pany, then say we are hir­ing and if you have these skills come an see me after or visit our web­site. If you a stand­ards based web designer with a pas­sion for games this could be your dream job.

As the bar tab was run­ning low, Last­Pixel added $500, to announce they are hir­ing design­ers and developers for cre­at­ing a social web app. The people behind Go3 an elec­tronic enter­tain­ment expo in Perth next March also added a sim­ilar amount. It looks like it is a great time to be in the most isol­ated city in the world.

Massive is fore­most a social event, it is the chance to catch up with people you know and met new people with sim­ilar interests, and as such it was a great success.

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