CODE | COMPETE | COLLABORATE

The Blast Furnace is a monthly meetup, competition & education session

aimed at all levels of programmers.


Next Event
Our events are held monthly, check here for the next events time & schedule.
BLAST FURNACE IN FEBRUARY

Each Blastfurnace event is organised into three main areas. Introduction to coding for beginners, coding competitions for intermediate skill levels & project-based collaborations for advanced coders.

DATE

11th February, 2021

TIME

6:30pm - 9pm

WHERE

Dashworks Makespace

Design tips for software design & branding
As many of you know, you can write the most efficient code in the world that runs perfectly, but without an attractive, sleek design, the end-user won't adopt it. In this session, we will take a look at useful design tips & processes to improve your software product design & branding. Join Designer & Brandsynth Co-Founder Luke Bennis, looking at usable insights from his 10 years of experience in product & brand design. With a focus on Startups & MVP software products, Luke will cover simple design principles you can implement in your UI along with branding & marketing advice. Join us Thursday the 11th at 6:30 pm for this interactive session!

PRESENTER
Luke Bennis
https://www.saphi.com.au/

Luke is a designer and Co-Founder of BrandSynth - Automated Brand Design for Startups & Small Business. With his 10 years experience in the design and branding space, Luke will be offering simple, yet powerful branding and design insights that will take your software design and branding to the next level!

HOW IT WORKS
Each Blastfurnace is carefully structured to accomodate all skill levels!
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Blast Furnace

Each Blast Furnace starts with an introduction to all coders and a break down of the coding languages and challenges we will be tackling. The guest presenter for the beginner section is introduced and the rules are covered for the coders doing the comps. We take a sneak peek at next month’s event before getting stuck into coding!.

CODE Learn to code.

This section will run through the basics of coding for using the technology of the night. Will be a Do-as-I-Do format where the participants follow the presenter after some basic introduction. This should not be too in-depth and will walk you through the “Hello World” of the technology or software we will be using for this event. This will run for 1 hour.

COLLABORATE For all coders!

Interactive session where all members form groups and work on writing some code together to compete with other groups at the end or just generally complete the challenges set out. This follows a pizza break after the first hour. The goal for this section is to work together to write code. This is where the pros can teach the new comers. The challenges are designed by the presenter, in collaboration with the Blast Furnace organisers.

GET INVOLVED
We’d love to see you at our next event
CYFERLINX
All Blastfurnace attendee’s will keep track of their progress through their free CYFERLinx profile. Sign up before you come or we can sign you up on the day to access lessons, projects, keep track of your points & view the leaderboard.
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SUPPORTERS

The Blastfurnace is proudly supported by The Business Centre.

The Business Centre boasts a team of Business Advisors, Trainers and Mentors. Their team has curated a range of business advisory programs, accelerators, incubators, workshops, accredited and unaccredited training courses.

The Blastfurnace is proudly supported by SISP.

The STEM Industry School Partnerships (SISP) is an initiative of the NSW Department of Education, delivered in association with Regional Development Australia. Through the connection of education and industry, we provide an educational model that engages students, inspires them to study STEM and prepares them for STEM careers


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