{"id":2115,"date":"2012-02-21T11:35:25","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T11:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.blogs.soton.ac.uk\/digitaleconomy\/2012\/02\/21\/a-free-event-sxsc-gathering\/"},"modified":"2014-01-29T08:43:54","modified_gmt":"2014-01-29T08:43:54","slug":"a-free-event-sxsc-gathering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsi\/a-free-event-sxsc-gathering\/","title":{"rendered":"A free event &#8211; #SxSC gathering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Come and meet some great people with interests in the creative industries and digital media. Geek out, talk, hear some great speakers, music, beer \u2013 FREE. 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