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MentorHacks // Build Guild 3rd Anniversary [EVENTS]

This week: A crash course in hackathons, Build Guild's third anniversary and a meetup focused on how the BBC handled data from the 2012 Olympic Games.

Here’s to a killer week, dotted with tech events.

This week: A crash course in hackathons, Build Guild’s third anniversary and a meetup focused on how the BBC handled data from the 2012 Olympic Games.

MentorHacks: Learn the ins and outs of civic hacking at this crash course in hackathons. Read more about the event here. Saturday, 8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. The Department of Making + Doing, 3711 Market Street. University City. RSVP. Free.

Build Guild Philly 3rd Anniversary: Celebrate the third anniversary of this meetup of self-proclaimed “web nerds.” Wednesday, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Frankford Hall, 1210 Frankford Ave. Fishtown. RSVP. Free.

Using MarkLogic to Handle Highly Variable Data: Join the Philly Database Professionals meetup group and learn about the database that the BBC used to handle the massive amounts of data they generated during the 2012 Olympic Games. Tuesday, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Municipal Services Building, 1401 JFK Blvd. Center City. RSVP. Free.

 

Companies: Philly Build Guild

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