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UCT students are currently on holiday, so it was great watching our Eventbrite attendance sign up page increase in numbers in the lead up to last night’s Hackathon, to the point where we were…
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Last night’s Hackathon was our best one yet! We implemented a new, more streamlined process, which meant the assignment allocation ran smoothly and easily, and when volunteers arrived they were…
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Last night our second Hackathon of 2011 took place on UCT campus. As we were expecting some brand new volunteers that had never attended a Hackathon before, and also because Mark was present this…
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Last night was our first UCT Hackathon of 2011. Our team at Siyavula were eagerly anticipating the evening and turnout of volunteers, as after our successful few days at UCT’s O-Week where we…
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Our Hackathons are still continuing at the OIS, and we held our second one there last night. As this is a very busy time of year for many people, and most students have now gone home for the holiday,…
Go out with a bang! Go out on a high! And so we did! Due to the volunteer presence at our previous Hackathons decreasing somewhat over the last few weeks, we decided that last night would be our last…
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We have a new venue for our Hackathons, and despite concerns that people wouldn’t find the venue, and the fact that it is now exam time, we had a pretty good turnout – 16 of us in fact! One…
The Siyavula team are continually impressed with the student support at our Hackathons. And last night was no exception. Even with exams looming less than a week away, we still had a solid turnout…
This week’s Hackathon saw our biggest turnout of volunteers yet. We had a total of 30 people including our small Siyavula team, and room L of the RW James building, UCT, was buzzing with…
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For the first time in recorded history, a FHSST Hackathon was run by an all women team without the supervision of a founding FHSST member. Heather, Carine, Natalia and I took charge as Mark was…
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It was awesome! Great turnout + great food + great people + great atmosphere = excellent work done! We arrived at our venue on the University of Cape Town (UCT) campus armed with laptops, snacks,…
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The week of the FHSST proof-reading was the most unbelievable whirlwind of top science minds coming together with amazing generosity. This all began at lunchtime on Wednesday 25 August, when Mark…
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