Last month I mentioned the first PHPNW User Group meeting and this month I’m delighted to tell you about the 1st annual PHPNW conference happening later this year.

phpnw08 is a 1 day event organised by developers for developers to be held on Saturday 22nd November 2008 at Manchester Central and will bring together the North-of-England PHP community for a one-day event of exceptional presentations, challenging workshops, sensational debates and networking events. The conference will have a mix of in-depth and shorter talks and the call for papers is open so go submit a proposal.

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

Code Computerlove are hunting for a Front End Web Developer with a passion for semantic MarkUp, understanding of cross browser/platform issues, Accessibly, AJAX, DOM, JavaScript, jQuery, Web Standards and a keen eye for design. The position is full-time and will be based in Manchester. No Recruitment Agents! Send your CV to: andrew+jobs [at] geekup [dot] org and I’ll hook you up!

Superfunk Roller Disco returns to Preston

After the success of our Superfunk Roller Disco Preston launch party at 53 Degrees in May earlier this year, we’re back in Preston on Saturday 27th September 2008 for another round of bump action disco fun.

For full details head on over to the Superfunk Roller Disco Preston website.

Gay City Rollers’ is back and it’ll be bigger and better than ever before!

Make sure you get your skates on for this ‘Over the Rainbow’ Pride Special. It’s new home will be ‘Pure’ nightclub in the Printworks on Wednesday 20th August, 9pm until 2am and it’s an opportunity to have an alternative night, try something new, party the night away at the bar and make new friends while raising funds for the Lesbian and Gay Foundation - the North West’s leading community based charity, working to end homophobia and empower people. Get your skates on!