Category Archives: Hack Days

Hacking Around

Posted on Monday, 22nd Jul 2013 by Caz M

Last weekend saw the huge geek event Hacked.io at the IndigO2, organised by Geeks of London and O2’s The Lab. It was attended by almost 500 hackers keen to learn, build and share stuff with each other. Event Thoughts Before … Continue reading →

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The Curse Of The Generalist

Posted on Wednesday, 17th Jul 2013 by Caz M

Or, Why I Don’t Do Well At Hack Days What do all of the hack events on the right have in common? Can’t see the link? Well, they’re all Hack Days/events which I’ve attended but never hacked anything worth demoing. … Continue reading →

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Over The Air ’11

Posted on Monday, 3rd Oct 2011 by Caz M

Friday and Saturday saw the 2011 incarnation of Over The Air take place at just about the geekiest venue possible – Bletchley Park, home of the National Codes Centre and National Museum of Computing. It’s the first time I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Leeds Hack 2

Posted on Monday, 8th Aug 2011 by Caz M

Dom The Hodge pulled off another very successful Leeds Hack event this past weekend. Some great things got built (sadly none by me!) and much fun was had with bubble wrap, pick ‘n’ mix and kinects etc. Here are my … Continue reading →

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Culture Vultures

Posted on Sunday, 20th Feb 2011 by Caz M

I made the journey up to Newcastle for the first Culture Grid Hack Day last Friday. It was held in the fine Vitorian Great Hall of the Discovery Museum. There were short presentations about the Culture Grid API and data … Continue reading →

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