Deb Bassett - Urbanwide

GeekUp Leeds needs your 20:20 talk (and wii sticks)!

GeekUp Leeds has a spare 20:20 slot this month - left open to all comers, so if you think you have something to talk about that fellow geeks might benefit from, then prepare it as a 20:20 style presentation, and the audience will be left to decide on the night which one they get to see. The 20:20 style format has been outlined on the GeekUp wiki, but it’s essentially 20 slides, with 20 seconds per slide. Please leave a comment if you’re planning on bringing one so I can get an idea of numbers.

In addition to this, there will be two confirmed 20:20 talks, Tim Waters will be talking about Open Street Map and Guy Redwood, Eye Tracking.

Ladies and Gents, bring your wii sticks! There’s rumour of some wii action later in the evening!

Do tell us if you’re coming.

Details:
* When: 6:00 PM Wednesday 15th August, 2007 (Talks start at 7:00PM)
* Where: The Lounge, St. Johns House, Merrion St, Leeds LS2 8JE
* Photo of the the Lounge
* GeekUp web site

GeekUp Leeds - July Roundup

A quick note to say thanks to everyone for another great GeekUp Leeds. The turnout was once again phenomenal, there being 40+ people there at peak (well, when I counted…). This month we had 2 talks, the first from Dave Verwer (from Shiny Development in Chester) on UJS, and the second from Dominic Hodgson (from Sticky Eyes in Leeds) on SEO, so big thanks to them. Thanks also to Rob for the intros, and Richard for organising the venue.

We’ve had a large amount of feedback from this month’s event and based on this we’ve decided to both slim down and fatten up the Leeds format to account for the audience being such a varied bunch. So we’re sliming down all talks to a strict, fast-paced, 20:20 style (6mins, 40secs each) but beefing the numbers up to three, having two pre-planned talks (Open Street Map & Eye Tracking) but leaving the third slot open to the audience to decide on the night which one is to be presented.

Rob will post the requirements for a 20:20 style presentation on the GeekUp wiki shortly but it’s essentially 20 slides, with 20 seconds per slide. We’re looking for some willing volunteers - the topic of your 20:20 can be anything you think people might learn something from and I recommend having some kind of geek-relevance too! Any un-used talks can roll-over to the next month’s GeekUp
Want more?:
* GeekUp photos on flickr
* GeekUp Liverpool
* GeekUp afeeda feed
* GeekUp Job Board

GeekUp Leeds - 6pm, Wednesday 18th July, 2007

I’m pleased to announce the second GeekUp Leeds! This month’s format will be 2 talks + social. Dave Verwer (of afeeda fame) is kindly heading over the Pennines to give us a 15 minute presentation on Unobtrusive Javascript (thanks Dave) & Dominic Hodgson of StickyEyes will be doing a 20:20 lightning talk on Search Engine Optimisation - which promises to be informative, fast-paced *and* entertaining.

Please note the change of venue to the Lounge! We’ve reserved an area out the back, grab yourself a drink and we’ll see you there.

Do tell us if you’re coming

Details:
* When: 6:00 PM Wednesday 18th July, 2007 (Talks start at 7:30PM)
* Where: The Lounge, St. Johns House, Merrion St, Leeds LS2 8JE
* Photo of the the Lounge
* GeekUp web site