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GeekUp Special: YUI - Javascript Evolved? Tomorrow!

February 19th, 2008 | No Comments | Tags: , , , ,

This month we’ll be moving away from our regular venue and venturing up to Old Broadcasting House for an exciting GeekUp special.

YUI!?
It’s the Yahoo User Interface Library and in the interests of broadening your technological horizons, we’ve kidnapped Christian Heilmann.

Who?
Christian Heilmann. He works for Yahoo! UK as trainer and web architect and oversees code quality for the big purple Y! in Europe and Asia. He’s also written a book or two and numerous articles on Javascript and web technologies for A List Apart, Ajaxian, Thinkvitamin and Digital Web.

That not enough for you? Well he’s a member of the Web Standards Project’s DOM Scripting Task Force and if we hadn’t hornswoggled him then you’d probably find Chris speaking at a reputable conference like @media ajax or Ajax World.

What about the beer!?
We’ve arranged for a real ale bar for the night also serving the usual lager, wine and a few nibbles.

A little help from our friends
GeekUp Leeds isn’t normally sponsored but this month’s special wouldn’t be possible without: River Networks, Rattle Research, BlueSkyPR and Met:Space

Coming?
Tell us then

* When: 6:00 PM Wednesday February 20th, 2008
* Where: Old Broadcasting House @ Leeds Met, LS2 9EN
* Photo of Old Broadcasting House
* GeekUp site

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

July 5th, 2007 | No Comments | Tags: , , , , , ,


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

Expectnation Launches!

June 4th, 2007 | No Comments | Tags: , , ,


Last week marked somewhat of a milestone for us as Edd announced the launch of Expectnation! For those who haven’t heard of Expectnation, it’s a web application for managing conferences: use it to manage your speakers, accept proposals, build schedules, publish your web site and more.

I’ve been working with Edd on Expectnation for some time now and I’m excited to see it open up for all to see.

So, if you organise, speak at, or attend conferences of any sort, please recommend it to a conference organiser near you!

Find out more:
* Edd announces the launch of Expectnation
* Expectnation tour, with screenshots
* XTech 2007 was completely managed using Expectnation