http://upcoming.yahoo.com/tag/geeks/ Tag Search feed on Upcoming. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:37:49 -0700 Upcoming 60 en-us first Wednesday of every month. It's a grass-roots knowledge sharing and networking social for folks involved or interested in all forms of technology and creative media.

This month
We've surrendered our usual venue this month for the Sheffield International Documentary Festival. Instead of huddles and talks, we'll be doing our own screening of a series of short geeky films and animations as a wind-down before the enormity of BarCamp Sheffield at the end of November.

If you have any short geeky films that you've made or think are worthy of the GeekUp Film Festival, then message me or add a comment below.

What is GeekUp?
GeekUp is a community of tech-minded folk from the North of England. Our socials take place once a month in Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Chester and Sheffield and are always a lively place to share ideas and spread a little knowledge.
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Following on from Weeby Convocations, Refresh Edinburgh will be the second Wednesday from now on!

Oh, and no computers!
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1195425/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1195425/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1195425/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:19:48 -0700 2008-10-09T02:19:48-07:00 Refresh Edinburgh 2008-11-12T19:00:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/57174/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/57174/ TBC To be confirmed Edinburgh Scotland United Kingdom http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/57174/
Exclusive titles on show will include the upcoming PC version of Jonathan Blow’s Braid, Amanita Design’s upcoming adventure game Machinarium, and recently announced project Plain Sight, in development by London based studio Beatnik Games. The developers themselves will be on hand to play against people at the Expo, nearly a month before the game goes into public beta testing.

Other titles playable at the Arcade will include Introversion’s Multiwinia, 2D Boy’s World of Goo, FlashBang Studios’ Off Road Velociraptor Safari, and Mousechief’s Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble. Shift, War Twat and Psychosomnium (It's like You Have to Burn the Rope, but way better).

Rupert Loman, Managing Director of Eurogamer said: “We're delighted to have the Indie Arcade as part of the Eurogamer Expo. As anyone who has followed Eurogamer over the years will testify, we've always had a soft spot for independent games - and being able to help introduce these great games to thousands of gamers at the Expo is very exciting for us.”

David Hayward of Pixel-Lab said “Indie Games have long been overlooked in a landscape of boxed games with £50 price tags, but that’s changing now. Whether done commercially or not, indie development is an important strand of the culture of games, where smaller studios and auteurs can make significant contributions to innovation and the aesthetics of games. I’m really pleased to be working on the indie arcade this year, especially as it will feature the public debuts of several titles.”

Among this group of anticipated upcoming commercial indie games, there will also be a surprise selection of some of the most interesting and experimental freeware indie projects. Come down to see the best of Indie; entry is included in the ticket price for the Eurogamer Expo.

For further details see: http://expo.eurogamer.net/

The Indie Games Arcade is part of the London Games Fringe, a festival of alternative gaming events at the end of October 2008, organised by artists, academics, gamers, game developers, educators and creative professionals from a wide range of different media: www.londongamesfringe.com
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1185206/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1185206/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1185206/#comments 51.5293 -0.0717 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:50:21 -0700 2008-10-07T04:50:21-07:00 Indie Games Arcade 2008-10-28 2008-10-29 http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/24799/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/24799/ Old Truman Brewery 91 Brick Lane London London E1 6QL United Kingdom http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/24799/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1182401/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1182401/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1182401/#comments 51.5127 -0.1129 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:59:43 -0700 2008-10-06T09:59:43-07:00 London Perl Mongers Social Meeting 2008-11-06T18:30:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/254540/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/254540/ The Edgar Wallace 40-41 Essex Street London London WC2R 3JF United Kingdom http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/254540/ ]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1150149/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1150149/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1150149/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:16:44 -0700 2008-09-29T00:16:44-07:00 Barcamp Saigon 2008-11-15 http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/76308/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/76308/ Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh Vietnam http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/76308/ ]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1131339/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1131339/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1131339/#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:53:47 -0700 2008-09-25T00:53:47-07:00 Girl Geek Dinners Milano #5 2008-10-24T19:00:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/12788/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/12788/ Milan City Milan City Milano Milano Italy http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/12788/
Long-range space travel brings a new set of challenges to the already formidable mission of sending humans out into space. Now that the U.S. is ramping up plans to send astronauts back to the moon and eventually on to Mars, NASA scientists must figure out how to supply crews with air, food, and water for stretches of months, and even years, at a time. The cost of shipping water into space, for example, will shut down a Tang party pretty quickly — every pound of water consumed in orbit costs around $10,000. To meet such challenges, researchers like Sherwin Gormly and his colleagues are coming up with inventive ways to recycle in an enclosed space habitat. Arguably the most intriguing example is a 10-pound machine that turns urine into drinking water using processes that duplicate those that occur in nature. Pee-licious! Come find out what Sherwin has to tell us about all aspects of exploration life support, and how such innovations could impact real-world conservation efforts here at home.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Ask a Scientist is an informative, entertaining, monthly lecture series, held at a San Francisco cafe. Each event features a speaker on a scientific topic, a short presentation, and the opportunity to ask all those burning questions that have been keeping you up at night. No tests, grades, or pressure…just food, drinks, socializing, and conversation about the universe’s most fascinating mysteries. http://www.askascientistSF.com
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1105224/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1105224/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1105224/#comments 37.7667 -122.399 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:46:47 -0700 2008-09-16T17:46:47-07:00 Ask a Scientist [topic: surviving in space] 2008-11-12T19:00:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/11128/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/11128/ Axis Cafe & Gallery 1201 Eighth Street San Francisco California 94107 United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/11128/ This Month
We have two 20:20 presentations lined up so far:
* Rahoul Baruah (aka Baz) on "Telling Stories with RSpec"
* Jonathan Powell on "No Nonsense Development"

There's just about room for one more, so do get in touch if you fancy doing a 20:20!

What is GeekUp?
GeekUp is a community of web designers, web developers, and other tech-minded folk from the North. Our socials take place once a month in Chester, Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield, Preston and Manchester and are always a lively place to share ideas and spread a little knowledge.

Who can attend GeekUp?
While the focus for GeekUp is predominately web related anybody involved in the technology industry is more than welcome to attend a GeekUp. The monthly events are free, we just ask that you buy your own beer.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1104090/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1104090/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1104090/#comments 53.8105 -1.5423 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:32:53 -0700 2008-09-16T03:32:53-07:00 GeekUp Leeds 2008-10-15T18:00:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/73110/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/73110/ The Lounge St. Johns House, Merrion St Leeds West Yorkshire LS2 8JE United Kingdom http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/73110/
CyborgCamp is a simulcast unconference about the future of the relationship between humans and technology. We'll discuss topics such as social media, design, code, inventions, web 2.0, twitter, the future of communication, cyborg technology, anthropology, psychology, and philosophy.

CyborgCamp's aim is to have many communication channels such as Twitter, Flickr, UstreamTV, Video and Audio recordings and live chats displayed on the screen. In this way, the conference attendees can exist in three places at once -- Vancouver, Portland, and Cyberspace.

Half of the conference will be organized BarCamp style, and the other half will have structured experts on various topics.

Classrooms, individuals and businesses are encouraged to attend the event remotely. It will be livestreamed through multiple channels and will be archived and tagged for future viewing. Details on remote conference access will be available a week before the conference begins.

What is a cyborg? A cyborg (shorthand for “cybernetic organism”) is a symbiotic fusion of human and machine. Join in our pre-conference discussion and help organize the event at http://www.cyborgcamp.org and faster updates on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/cyborgcamp.

CyborgCamp is open to sponsors. We're interested in cutting edge companies or non-profits who are interested in education/technological development. Please E-mail caseorganic@gmail.com if you or your organization/business is interested in this. Your logo will be added to any paper brochures, the website, and will be included in live Twitter streams during the event.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1098808/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1098808/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1098808/#comments 45.5185 -122.661 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:58:40 -0700 2008-09-13T22:58:40-07:00 CyborgCamp 2008 2008-12-06T09:00:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/52522/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/52522/ CubeSpace 622 SE Grand Ave Portland Oregon 97214 United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/52522/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1098808

CyborgCamp is a simulcast unconference about the future of the relationship between humans and technology. We'll discuss topics such as social media, design, code, inventions, web 2.0, twitter, the future of communication, cyborg technology, anthropology, psychology, and philosophy.

CyborgCamp's aim is to have many communication channels such as Twitter, Flickr, UstreamTV, Video and Audio recordings and live chats displayed on the screen. In this way, the conference attendees can exist in three places at once -- Vancouver, Portland, and Cyberspace.

Half of the conference will be organized BarCamp style, and the other half will have structured experts on various topics.

Classrooms, individuals and businesses are encouraged to attend the event remotely. It will be livestreamed through multiple channels and will be archived and tagged for future viewing. Details on remote conference access will be available a week before the conference begins.

What is a cyborg? A cyborg (shorthand for “cybernetic organism”) is a symbiotic fusion of human and machine. Join in our pre-conference discussion and help organize the event at http://www.cyborgcamp.org and faster updates on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/cyborgcamp.

CyborgCamp is open to sponsors. We're interested in cutting edge companies or non-profits who are interested in education/technological development. Please E-mail caseorganic@gmail.com if you or your organization/business is interested in this. Your logo will be added to any paper brochures, the website, and will be included in live Twitter streams during the event.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1098549/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1098549/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1098549/#comments 49.2946 -123.1107 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:06:03 -0700 2008-09-13T21:06:03-07:00 CyborgCamp 2008 2008-11-22T10:00:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/30431/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/30431/ WorkSpace 400 - 21 Water St Vancouver British Columbia V6B 1A1 Canada http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/30431/ ]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1044814/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1044814/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1044814/#comments 51.5307 -0.1392 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:06:40 -0700 2008-08-25T09:06:40-07:00 London Perl Workshop 2008-11-29T09:00:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/54265/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/54265/ University of Westminster 115 New Cavendish Street London London W1W6UW United Kingdom http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/54265/ first Wednesday of every month. It's a grass-roots knowledge sharing and networking social for folks involved or interested in all forms of technology and creative media.

This month
18:30 Huddle
19:30 Lightning Talks with Q&A
20:30 Keynote presentation and discussion
21:30 Question Time

What is GeekUp?
GeekUp is a community of tech-minded folk from the North of England. Our socials take place once a month in Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston and Sheffield and are always a lively place to share ideas and spread a little knowledge.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/869614/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/869614/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/869614/#comments 53.3772 -1.4656 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:48:44 -0700 2008-07-08T16:48:44-07:00 GeekUp Sheffield 2008-12-03T18:00:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/158968/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/158968/ Showroom Café Bar Paternoster Row Sheffield South Yorkshire S1 2BX United Kingdom http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/158968/
Join some of the world’s top web visionaries, developers, designers, thought leaders, and celebrities in a seminal 3 day online event.

Attend at home or at a local conference hub in your area.

Connect, interact, learn, play!
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Computer Museum Exhibit

Celebrating 50 Years of Computing at the U of S !
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/425323/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/425323/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/425323/#comments 52.1303 -106.6362 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:11:40 -0700 2008-02-05T08:11:40-07:00 Celebrating 50 Years of Computing at the U of S ! 2008-10-29T20:00:00Z 2008-11-09T23:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/113736/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/113736/ Gordon Snelgrove Gallery 3 Campus Drive Saskatoon Saskatoon Saskatchewan S7N 5A4 Canada http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/113736/ What is GeekUp?
GeekUp is a community of web designers, web developers, and other tech-minded folk from the UK. It's a grassroots knowledge sharing and networking social for folks involved or interested in the web and technology industry. Monthly events take place in Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston and Sheffield.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/418838/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/418838/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/418838/#comments 53.4745 -2.2497 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:40:50 -0700 2008-01-27T12:40:50-07:00 GeekUp Manchester 2008-12-09T18:00:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/209493/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/209493/ Revolution Deansgate Arch 7, Deansgate Locks, Whitworth Street Manchester Manchester M1 5LH United Kingdom http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/209493/ What is GeekUp?
GeekUp is a community of web designers, web developers, and other tech-minded folk from the UK. It's a grassroots knowledge sharing and networking social for folks involved or interested in the web and technology industry. Monthly events take place in Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston and Sheffield.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/418835/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/418835/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/418835/#comments 53.4745 -2.2497 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:38:58 -0700 2008-01-27T12:38:58-07:00 GeekUp Manchester 2008-11-11T18:00:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/209493/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/209493/ Revolution Deansgate Arch 7, Deansgate Locks, Whitworth Street Manchester Manchester M1 5LH United Kingdom http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/209493/ What is GeekUp?
GeekUp is a community of web designers, web developers, and other tech-minded folk from the UK. It's a grassroots knowledge sharing and networking social for folks involved or interested in the web and technology industry. Monthly events take place in Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston and Sheffield.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/418831/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/418831/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/418831/#comments 53.4745 -2.2497 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:37:22 -0700 2008-01-27T12:37:22-07:00 GeekUp Manchester 2008-10-14T18:00:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/209493/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/209493/ Revolution Deansgate Arch 7, Deansgate Locks, Whitworth Street Manchester Manchester M1 5LH United Kingdom http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/209493/