Join us for Hacky Hour!

(Every Thursday, 3-4pm, Tsubu Bar)

By Damien Irving.

I was sitting at my desk the other day struggling (as per normal) with some code, when it occurred to me that within a 500m radius of my office, there was probably half-a-dozen (or more) people who could quickly and easily solve my problem. (Conversely, there was also probably half-a-dozen people wrestling with problems that I could solve, but at the time I was too frustrated with my own problems to worry about them!)

This should have been a very reassuring thought, however for all intents and purposes those half-a-dozen people might as well be living on the moon. Like most researchers, I rarely interact (in an academic sense) with people outside of my Department, and if I do I’m certainly not pouring my heart out to them about the programming issues I’m having.

In an attempt to address this problem, we started running “Hacky Hour” (puntastic, right?) in early 2014. Every Thursday afternoon from 3-4pm, the Research Bzaar team leaves their offices and converges on Tsubu Bar (just look for the table with all the laptops!). Reseachers who’d like assistance with their coding are welcome to join us and ask questions, or you can also just come down and work on whatever you’re working on, in the company of other researchers who are into coding. We’ll either answer your question on the spot, or link you up with someone in the Research Bazaar community who can. Think of it as a help desk, with the added bonus of food and beer!

We’d love to see you there - feel free to join the Facebook event if you need a weekly reminder!