[python-uk] robotics, software & devices hackathon 11-12 April, London

[Dave Snowdon]

Hi Andrea

In my experience most people take a break at night and get some rest - it's
simply more effective to get some rest than try and code solidly for a
couple of days. I tried that once and I was so tired the second day I might
as well have not been there.

No one will stop you from attending and working on your own. Likewise no
one is going to force you to demo anything if you don't want to.

Erika is right: hackathons are a great way to meet other developers and
learn new stuff.

It's just more fun (IMHO) working in a team.

Dave




On 22 February 2015 at 20:19, Erika Pellegrino <erika.job8 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I like hackathons because there you can meet people, code quietly, make
> experiments, learn playing .... even if concurrence is bloody :D ... all
> the rules (written or not) are respected ... each time I attend a new one I
> learn more (technically and humanly ) ... I attended also this :)
>
> erika
>
> P.S.
> I forgot ... there you can also eat the best pizza you have never eaten :)
> .... also tesco sadwiches ... but anyway none is perfect ;)
>
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 2:31 PM, a.grandi at gmail.com <a.grandi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> It's very interesting and I really would like to attend, but.... I've
>> tried in the past to attent other hackatons and I really can't work all
>> those hours in a row with no rest. I don't want to come, join a team and
>> risk to leave the team in the middle of the project because I can't keep
>> working on it.
>>
>> Am I the only one with this problem? Is it possible to attend the event
>> without being in a team, just hacking on something without any delivery on
>> time constraint?
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>> On 22 February 2015 at 12:36, Dave Snowdon <dave.snowdon at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folks
>>>
>>> Registration is now open for the NAO interfaces
>>> <http://www.eventbrite.com/e/nao-interfaces-2015-tickets-15740432056>
>>> 2015 hackathon which will take place over the weekend of 11-12 April at
>>> Queen Mary University London (near Mile End tube).
>>>
>>> The basic aim is to get as much cool stuff together in one place for a
>>> weekend and see what amazing things people like you can do with it.
>>>
>>> Since the event is being organised by UKNAO <http://www.uknao.com/>,
>>> there will be NAO robots there.
>>>
>>> We've also had confirmation from Thlamic Labs that they will be
>>> providing myo gesture control armbands <https://www.thalmic.com/en/myo/>
>>> for use during the hackathon.
>>>
>>> We should be announcing more sponsors and more devices nearer the event,
>>> but you're welcome to bring & build your own devices too.
>>> If this sounds at all interesting you can find more information and sign
>>> up on eventbrite
>>> <http://www.eventbrite.com/e/nao-interfaces-2015-tickets-15740432056>.
>>>
>>> cheers
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Andrea Grandi -  Software Engineer / Qt Ambassador / Nokia Developer
>> Champion
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