There’s been an influx of jobs listed on the GeekUp Job Board recently and I just want to make sure the right people find them. The GeekUp Job board is a grassroots job board for the Design, Development, Technology and Web Industry in the UK. It’s completely FREE and doesn’t cost anything to post a job, and I try my darn hardest to keep it clear of posts from those *evil* recruiters. If your looking for a new job or fancy a change of career take a look at the jobs posted in August:

• Freelance Drupal Developer for Vanilla Storm Limited, Levenshulme (Flexible), Greater Manchester
• Ruby Music Services Developer for Playlouder MSP Ltd, London
• Experienced Director CD-Rom Developer for JP74, Padiham, Lancashire
• Web Developer for Ashley Bolser Agency, Leeds, West-Yorkshire
• Java Software Engineer for Mobysoft Ltd, Manchester City Centre, Greater Manchester
• PHP MySQL Web Developer for RetroFuzz Ltd, Manchester City Centre, Greater Manchester
• Web Designer for Flame Digital, Northern Quarter, Manchester, Greater Manchester
• Web Developer for Conferma, West Didsbury, Greater Manchester
• ASP NET Developer for Secret Volcano Lair Limited, Manchester, Greater Manchester
• Front End Freelance Developer x 2 for Numiko, Leeds, West-Yorkshire
• Junior Web Designer for Peppermint Digital, Hale, Cheshire
• Flash Developer for Russell Grant Astrology, Cheshire, Altrincham
• Web Designer / Developer for Russell Grant Astrology, Cheshire, Altrincham
• Freelance SEO and PPC Specialists for Code-Sign, Manchester
• Technical Lead for smartassess Ltd, Sheffield
• Senior Client Side Developer for BBC Future Media and Technology, London W12
• Freelancers Required for JWT Cheetham Bell, Manchester City Center, Greater Manchester
• Freelance Website Developer for MallmusMedia!, Portsmouth, Hampshire
• CPP MFC Developer for Turtlez Ltd, South Manchester, Greater Manchester
• Lead Web Applications Developer .NET for New Mind Internet Consultancy, Liverpool (City Centre), Merseyside
• Web Developer for Clearview Media, Hale, Cheshire
• Junior PHP Developer for CTISN, Manchester
• Senior PHP Developer for CTISN, Manchester
• Senior Ruby on Rails Developer for Whitespace, Barnsley, West-Yorkshire
• Search Marketing Consultant for PushON Ltd, Castlefield, Manchester
• Junior Web Designer for Peppermint Digital, Hale, Cheshire
• Front-End Developer for Code Computerlove, Manchester

Work in or near Manchester City Centre, will you be hungry on Thursday lunch? Then come join me for the first GeekUp Lunch this Thursday 1PM at Taurus, 1 Canal Street, Manchester M1 3HE

Full details on the GeekUp Lunch Manchester event page.

Last month saw the launch of GeekUp Preston which takes place on the third Monday of every month. The first event at Gemma’s flat turned out to be extremely popular so this month it will be at a bigger and public venue. Gemma has also promised to bake some Chocolate Guinness Cake so make sure you get there early to be in with a chance of sampling the goodness!

For those not in the know; “GeekUp is a community of web designers, web developers, and other tech-minded folk from the North West. Our socials take place once a month in Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston and Sheffield they are always a lively place to share ideas and spread a little knowledge.”

It’s the last Thursday of the month and that means GeekUp Liverpool is happening so if your around the Mersey you should pop along for a geeky chat. I unfortunately can’t make this event due to workload but hopefully I’ll make the next Liverpool event.

Event Details

When

6:00 PM Thursday June 28th, 2007

Where

3345 Parr Street, Liverpool, L1 4JN

Description

This Month’s Talk - Unobtrusive JavaScript with Dave Verwer

With every site you visit piling on more and more JavaScript and Ajax, what happens when a user comes along using a screen reader or mobile device that would choke on even a simple alert()? How can we take advantage of the power of these technologies without providing any barriers to users, this session will cover techniques to ensure that you can still serve up rich content without excluding users, all from one code base.

Upcoming

Let us know if your attending on the upcoming.org event page.

Things are extremely busy right now at the office and we are seeking a full-time standards-aware front-end developer who is passionate about writing clean, semantic and accessible HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. If that sounds like yours -or someone you knows- cup-of-tea drop me an e-mail and include your resumé and if possible a list of links to examples of your work.

Calling Leeds, Yorkshire based Designers/Developers/Geeks!

I’m really happy to announce that GeekUp has arrived in yet another city, this time Leeds. I’m grateful that Deb Basset has agreed to organise the Leeds events. Debs and her partner Rob have been attending the Manchester events non-stop since I met them at reboot last year. They drive a 3 hour round trip to Manchester how much more dedicated could a GeekUper be?

The inaugural GeekUp Leeds

When

6:00 PM Wednesday June 20th, 2007

Where

The Cross Keys 107 Water Lane, Leeds LS11 5WD

Description

The inaugural Leeds event!

Upcoming

Let us know if your attending on the upcoming.org event page.

Dan Morris and I (really it was all Dan) have been working on the GeekUp - Job Board, Web Industry jobs in the UK’s North-West. and its now available for public consumption. It’s still undergoing development and will be improved over time but its being launched ahead of tomorrows Ruby and Rails conference.

If you are looking for a job in the North West specifically in the web industry then the GeekUp - Job Board should be one of the first stops. If you are looking to recruit then its completely free to post a job.

No not my wedding, but GeekUp’s first full day conference and in just a few hours I’ll be the host.

I’m really excited! It’s been a crazy few weeks during the run up trying to get everything organised so I’m hoping it all runs smoothly otherwise we’ll have 40 upset punters.