Next week the Freebase offices are shut down for remodeling — we’re ripping out some walls and getting some natural light in, which will be great, even if it does mean that I lose my cubbyhole — and we’ve all been told to work from home for the duration. The thing is, they didn’t specify whose home, so I’m taking the opportunity to visit London for the week. If this happens to be your home, I’d love to meet you!

Freebase users Mia and Frankie are helping me organise a Freebase gathering on Wednesday August 20th. We’ll be meeting at the Yorkshire Grey Pub in Holborn from 6:30pm, having a few drinks, and talking about open data, building communities around free information, mashups, and more. If you’re interested, please stop by. There’ll be free wifi available, so bring your laptops if you’ve got them.

RSVPs on upcoming.org would be appreciated, to give us an idea of numbers.

If you can’t make it to the meetup on the 20th but are in London (or surrounding areas) and would like to catch up at another time that week, drop me an email at kirrily@metaweb.com.