Hi Everyone,
Welcome back, we hope you all had a wonderful Easter break, and didn't
work too hard!
First up, Facebook are hosting a Workshop with us *This Tuesday* ahead
of their *First London Hackathon*:
/Save the dates- You're invited to attend
Facebook's first annual
London Hackathon!/
/Who: You & up to 3 teammates
What: Hacking all night/ free food/ prizes/ trip to FB HQ in Menlo
Park California for the winning team!
When: Friday April 27th (5pm)- Saturday April 28th (5pm)
Where: Facebook London Office- Facebook London, 42 Earlham Street,
Covent Garden, WC2H, London/
/Transportation will be provided! For more info, join the Facebook
event here <https://www.facebook.com/events/525434257508666/>. Space
is limited! /
/See you there!
Facebook Hackathon Team /
Here are the details for the Pre-Hackathon workshop:
Facebook Pre-Hackathon Workshop
<http://ox.compsoc.net/termcards/2013/trinity/Facebook_Pre-Hackathon_Workshop/>
Tuesday 23rd April, 18:30
Department Of Computer Science - Lecture Theatre A
This event is a Workshop ahead of the First Annual London Hackathon that
facebook will be hosting on 27th April. This is a 24hour event, starting
at 5pm with *free food, prizes and travel to london*. In addition the
winning team will be flown to Facebook HQ in California. For more
details on the hackathon itself, visit this
page:facebook.com/londonhackathon <http://facebook.com/londonhackathon>
Facebook London Pre-Hackathon Workshop
Come by our workshop to prepare yourself & your team for the London
Hackathon! Feel free to come by for one or both of the workshops. We'll
have some of our Facebook engineers on hand to help answer all of your
questions and set you up for success. Bring your computer & your
teammates- these will be interactive sessions!
*6:30-7:30pm*
Location: Oxford University - Department of Computer Science - Lecture
Theatre A
Workshop 1: Building a Website: In this session we'll go over the basics
of building a website: html, javascript, php, apache, & more.
*7:30-8:30pm*
Location: Oxford University - Department of Computer Science - Lecture
Theatre A
Workshop 2: Building on the Facebook Platform: In this session we'll go
over how to build on the Facebook platform & teach you how to build social.
Make sure to register for the Hackathon!
RSVP:
facebook.com/londonhackathon <http://facebook.com/londonhackathon>
Facebook Event for the
Workshop:
https://www.facebook.com/events/505651902805425/
Please feel free to come along even if you have not yet booked a place
at the hackathon / do not plan on going to the hackathon, this will be a
fun event anyway!
Second thing is this: *Membership Cards!!!*
If you previously requested a membership card, and haven't got it yet,
come pester me about it, I have them all. Those of you who do not
currently have a membership card, but would like one, fill out this
form:
http://ox.compsoc.net/feedback/membership_cards/
We have quite a few more events planned for this term, so remember to
keep your eye out for events on our facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/oxcompsoc and on our website:
http://ox.compsoc.net/termcards/2013/trinity/.
Also don't forget! This term we will again be hosting geek nights each
week on Saturdays at 7pm. We'll keep you reminded each week of the
current week's events via email also.
Hope you all have a good 0th week, and good luck to all those sitting
Collections.
--
Kind Regards,
Sam
Sam Lanning
President - Oxford University Computer Society
president(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>