It was a privilege to present at this week’s GeekUp Leeds on a topic close to my heart, the amazing industrial heritage of Leeds and why it should be an inspiration to those working in the technology sectors today.
Thanks to Deb and Rob for organising another great event, and to the GeekUp participants for putting up with me.
A few people asked for more info so I’ve put together some pages with my slides, notes and lots of links.
The history of Leeds: What every geek should know – part 1 starts here
Matt Edgar writes here 
Brilliant talk! Loved it… Who was the rail engineer again?
Hi Tom,
Pleased to hear that. Matthew Murray was the engine-builder, and the railway was (and still is!) at Middleton.
Cheers,
Matt
Hi Matt,
Thanks again for speaking at GeekUp – thought your talk was superb! Great write-up too!
I meant to ask you how you put the images together for your slides, think they worked brilliantly for a 20/20!
Cheers,
Deb
Thanks Deb! I’d like to be able to say I created the images with something cool like fuzzy felt, but atually it was Microsoft Powerpoint.
Inspiration was from Chris Heathcote’s Abstract Pointillist Toolkit. If you’re ever short of a GeekUp talk I reckon you could just put Chris’ slides up and challenge anyone to improvise around them.
Matt
Thanks Matt, great place to take inspiration from! We just might have to give Powerpoint Karaoke a go one time with those slides!
Deb