grassroots geekery in Sheffield

1. forging GeekUp grassroot geekery in the uk social tech networking in Sheffield

2. ! (geek != social)

3. geek ≠ nerd “ geeks get it done, nerds don’t”

4. (by & for) geeks web designers and developers tech-minded community

5. grassroots practitioners involved engaged

6. grassroots people not companies independent local

7. northern manchester liverpool leeds

8. sheffield 123k digital workers > 5,000,000,000 quid unquantifiable potential

9. social refactoring joining the dotcoms more than beers patterns

10. pattern #1 function GeekUp (Social, Knowledge_Sharing, optional Networking)

11. pattern #2 GeekUp = Not (AfterWork, BarCamp, OpenCoffee)

12. BarCamp unconference “ no spectators, only participants”

13. OpenCoffee startups networking commercial

14. pattern #3 20:20 lightning presentations free stand up

15. pattern #3 round table chaired discussion panel

16. pattern #3 talks talking sharing

17. user stories coding standards development tools agile practices

18. pattern #4 beer beer beer

19. geek wisdom "Wherever you work, most of the smart people are somewhere else."

20. doEvent.Sheff(1) Fat Cat Wed 7 May 2008 6pm