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title: "Hack24 2017 - The Greatest Place On Earth"
description: "Encouraging Nottingham To Be Excellent to Each Other"
date: 2017-03-24
tags: [article, hacks, wit, womenintech, attended]
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### My Tech Life and Tech Notts.

[Tech Nottingham](http://www.technottingham.com/), [Hack24](http://www.hack24.co.uk) and the people involved are incredibly close to my heart. Moreton took me to Tech Nottingham before I even
 started my Computer Science course. Soon after that I was attending the first Hack24. It's strange to think my life in tech has been pretty
 much documented by Hack24 photos. 

<div style="align:center; width:600px; margin-left: 8%;" markdown="1">
![3 Years](/assets/images/2017-03-24/3years.png)
</div>

Even what is now a massive part of my life, [Women In Tech Nottingham](www.womenintechnotts.co.uk) (WITNOTTS), would not have happened if it weren't for the Sewards. [Andrew](https://twitter.com/MrAndrew) is the 
one who talked me into creating a safe space to encourage more people into the social part of our fine tech community.

Talking of, just under a year ago I did an interview with [Jonathan](https://twitter.com/jbjon) on [Twine Radio](http://twineradio.co.uk/) talking about the plans I had for it at the 
time. I stated that I wanted the group to have a presence at Hack24 in 2017. At the time I had no idea that this could be a real possibility, it was a pipe dream.
 I think that brings us nicely to this years hack...

### Hack24 2017

So we fast forward to last weekend. WITNOTTS is no longer a solo burden of love, but I now have Helen Clark. Helen has been an absolute god send over 
the last few months. We have both grown up with Hack24, coming on leaps and bounds over the last 3 years. We both love the Tech Nottingham community 
and do our best to get more people involved. She really drives a lot of the work we do.

We mentioned to Hack24 that we wanted to bring a team of our member to the event and they very  kindly donated 8 tickets to WITNOTTS for this year. 
Enough for two whole teams.

*Team Wild Garlic, Basil, Olive Oil, Pine Nuts & a Pinch of Salt & Pepper:* <NAME>, <NAME>, <NAME> & <NAME>

*Team Totally Triumphant Bodacious Babes:* <NAME>, Elsa, <NAME> & <NAME>

Both teams came to the event with the aim of having fun. It's safe to say we achieved that! The ladies were fully supportive of each other 
constantly making sure that the others were doing okay and having a laugh. Even if many of Elsa's laughs were directed at the face I make when
I'm concentrating. (Don't worry Elsa - I still think you are awesome!)
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layout: post
title: "Hack24 2017 - The Greatest Place On Earth"
description: "Encouraging Nottingham To Be Excellent to Each Other"
date: 2017-03-24
tags: [article, hacks, wit, womenintech, attended]
comments: true
share: true
---

### My Tech Life and Tech Notts.

[Tech Nottingham](http://www.technottingham.com/), [Hack24](http://www.hack24.co.uk) and the people involved are incredibly close to my heart. Moreton (my taller half) took me to Tech Nottingham before I even
 started my Computer Science course. I think this was partly to get me inspired but also so that I could meet people and the tech world didn't feel so daunting and scary. 
 Soon after that I was attending the first Hack24. It's strange to think my life in tech has been pretty much documented by Hack24 photos. 

<div style="align:center; width:600px; margin-left: 8%;" markdown="1">
![3 Years](/assets/images/2017-03-24/3years.png)
</div>

Even what is now a massive part of my life, [Women In Tech Nottingham](www.womenintechnotts.co.uk) (WITNOTTS), would not have happened if it weren't for the Sewards. [Andrew](https://twitter.com/MrAndrew) is the 
one who talked me into creating a safe space to encourage more people into the social part of our fine tech community.

Talking of, just under a year ago I did an interview with [Jonathan](https://twitter.com/jbjon) on [Twine Radio](http://twineradio.co.uk/) talking about the plans I had for it at the 
time. I stated that I wanted the group to have a presence at Hack24 in 2017. At the time I had no idea that this could be a real possibility, it was a pipe dream.
 I think that brings us nicely to this years hack...

### Hack24 2017

So we fast forward to last weekend. WITNOTTS is no longer a solo burden of love, but I now have <NAME>. Helen has been an absolute god send over 
the last few months. We have both grown up with Hack24, coming on leaps and bounds over the last 3 years. We both love the Tech Nottingham community 
and do our best to get more people involved. She really drives a lot of the work we do.

We mentioned to Hack24 that we wanted to bring a team of our member to the event and they very  kindly donated 8 tickets to WITNOTTS for this year. 
Enough for two whole teams.

*Team Wild Garlic, Basil, Olive Oil, Pine Nuts & a Pinch of Salt & Pepper:* <NAME>, <NAME>, <NAME> & <NAME>

*Team Totally Triumphant Bodacious Babes:* <NAME>, Elsa, <NAME> & <NAME>

Both teams came to the event with the aim of having fun. It's safe to say we achieved that! The ladies were fully supportive of each other 
constantly making sure that the others were doing okay and having a laugh. Even if many of Elsa's laughs were directed at the face I make when
I'm concentrating. (Don't worry Elsa - I still think you are awesome!)

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