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MitchAltmanTEDx

2013-01-06T20:22:58Z

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= The Hackerspace Movement =

by Mitch Altman

== Beginning ==
[2 minutes]

I have a VISION!
A world full of unique centers of community,
Each center supporting individuals there
to explore and do what they love;
Each an inspirational source of true education

Where anyone can learn what they need
to live the lives they want to live;
Each a hub of vibrant local economy;
Each helping the other community centers to flourish.

This is what the hackerspace movement is all about!
And it's already starting, in a huge way.

And how do I know?
Because this is the world I live in 24/7,
all day, all night, all year 'round!
And I love it.
And I hope you will too.

In the past 63 months over 1,100 hackerspaces
have popped up all over the planet,
seemingly out of nowhere,
including some seemingly unlikely places,
with more popping up all the time.
What is going on here?

What's going on is that hackerspaces are
providing two very deep universal needs,
needs that have been way too scarce for way too long:
Community, and creative expression.

Our species evolved to survive
by supporting each other in community.
We need community -- it's in our DNA!

One of the things we did in community through the eons
was get together to make and share cool tools.

And just because we can now buy anything we want
doesn't mean that we don't have a deep inner need to create!
We do! It's in our DNA!

Hackerspaces provide this magical combination
the need to create+community [right hand in air, left hand]
and bring them together; [bring hands together]
making dreams come alive!

== Middle section ==
[6 minutes]

slide: "But what is a hackerspace?"

Hackerspaces are real, physical places,
(like a store front in Los Angeles, or a warehouse in Detroit)
with supportive community
for anyone to explore and do
what they love
through hacking.

slide: "And, what is a hacking?"

Hacking is taking what is,
improving upon it with whatever is available,
and sharing it.

slide: "What can be hacked?"

Since anything, no matter how cool, can be improved,
We can hack anything!
We can hack computers (of course);
And electronics, science, craft, art.
You can hack yourself, society, the planet!
We can (and do) hack anything!

slide: "I hacked myself"

The choices we make have a huge impact on our lives.
I started my life as a totally depressed blob of a kid.
Yet am now a jet-setting, crazy-haired inventor who loves my life.

I started that transformation by making choices.
Good ones and bad ones.
And learning from my messes and successes.
And making new choices.

I learned and grew,
and learned and grew,
and learned and grew?
Taking who I was,
Improving to the best of my ability,
and eventually sharing with others.
That's hacking!
It works!

Even if it wasn't easy.
Even if it still isn't easy.
But it is so rewarding!

slide: "graphic of happy 50s woman turning off TV"

It eventually led me to making a living doing what I love,
which is turning TVs off in public places.
Yup! I actually invented a keychain
that does this and I make a living from it!

The success of TV-B-Gone remote controls got
me invited to my first hacker conference,
which changed my life forever.

Unlike the world all around us,
imagine what it might be like
if you were surrounded by people,
almost all of whom do what they love!

Well, it's very high!

This was my experience at my first hacker conference.

I did not want it to end.
But, like all conferences, it did.
And I wanted more!

slide: graphic of collage of 4 photos of Camp 2007

night scene, workshop, tents, and talk in bunker]
And, I got it, in abundance,
at a huge and wonderful outdoor hacker camp,
(Chaos Communications Camp 2007),
outside of Berlin,
full of people from all over the world
wanting to share their projects they love!

No one knew it upon our arrival,
but the hackerspace movement was about to be born here.
(At this point in history, there were only about
50 hackerspaces in the world, mostly in Germany.)

Everything that would soon be part of the vast
diversity of hackerspaces was there, at Camp:

Art, science, electronics, computers?
Crafts, workshops, music?
Blinking colored lights out the wazoo, lasers?
Incredible food!

Sharing, teaching, learning.
Community, and creating.
Plus, of course:
Great talks and presentations.

One talk in particular really hit home:
People from German hackerspaces gave a presentation
on how to start your own hackerspace.

It was so obvious!
We don't have to wait for the next conference,
we can have this kind of energy
all day, all night, all year 'round
at a hackerspace in my home town!

I wasn't the only one inspired by this presentation.
Several of us North Americans talked
about it for the duration of Chaos Camp.

We all knew we would start hackerspaces when we got home.
And we all did.

And, we did it the way everyone now starts a hackerspace:
You visualize the culture you want to be a part of,
put it out there,
which attracts others who resonate with it,
which makes the culture stronger,
attracting more people,
etc.

Pick a name;
Make a website;
Make a logo;
Make stickers with your web address.
You hand out the stickers to everyone;
Tell anyone and everyone and
don't' shut up about it!

Meet every Tuesday night to work
out details (and play together);

And finally: Rent a space!

slide: photo of people hacking at Noisebridge
title: Noisebridge, San Francisco

This worked great for us at Noisebridge!
It took a year of discussions and planning,
but when we rented our first space,
it was very exciting for everyone.

We raised $12,000 in 24 hours.
and we've never been in debt since.

And within weeks, people also donated enough to put together:
a full kitchen, a machine shop,
a complete electronics lab, sewing machines,
a library, computers, tables, chairs, lamps.

And Noisebridge was instantly full of people
working and playing on projects,
teaching and sharing and learning.
We had a vibrant community!

slide: photo from HSBxl or
VoidWarranties or WhiteSpace,
with title for the hackerspace

Here's a photo I took from a hackerspace right here in Brussels
from a couple of years ago when I gave a workshop

These few new NA spaces,
+ the established EU spaces ,
+ hackerspaces.org (a networking website a bunch of us started),
served as example for others:

Hackerspaces are not only a way cool idea, but they work!

Within a year, there were hundreds of hackerspaces in the world.
The world obviously needed hackerspaces!
The world still does!
'Cause we all need community,
and we all need to express ourselves creatively.
And hackerspaces provide these powerful needs.

slide: photo of 50 people happily soldering at my workshop

Since then, whenever I travel, giving talks,
I look up local hackerspaces online
and give workshops everywhere I go
on how to solder and make cool things with electronics.
It's way fun for all all ages, all skill levels.
It's my way of creating community,
and sharing what I love.
(And attracting even more people to
hackerspaces, to help the movement.)

== Middle ==
[5 minute]

I want to briefly show you just a few way
cool hackerspace projects that I've come across,
all grown from people doing what they love.

Like most projects at hackerspaces, they're all open source
for others to learn from, to use, to innovate.

slide: BlinkLights2.wmv,
with logos for CCC and C-Base,
title: Blinken Lights CCC/C-Base (Berlin)

(This project blew my mind.)
For Das Blinken Lights project,
the city of Berlin gave the Chaos Computer Club,
the well-respected German hacker group,
access to this building.

They put a bright light in each window,
each under computer control,
turning the building into a giant computer screen.

They set up a website with open source software to control it,
where anyone in the world was invited to hack on it.
Initially, it could display an image.
Soon there were animations and scrolling text.
And eventually, the first two people who called in
on their phones could play Pong on the building.

After seeing this project, I was hooked on the hacker scene!

video of BorgCube, with logo for Das Labor,
title: "BorgCube - Das Labor, Bochum, Germany"

BorgCube
.. is a lot of colored lights in the shape of a cube
to create a low-resolution 3D display
that plays hours of the trippiest 3 Dimensional animations!
(This is the first thing I saw at my first hacker conference,
and, as a hardware geek into shiny things, I fell in love.)

slide: photo of Earth from SpaceBridge launch
title: SpaceBridge, Noisebridge, San Francisco

A few people at Noisebridge, calling themselves SpaceBrigde,
decided they wanted a snapshot of the planet.
$250 and 6 weeks later, they sent a balloon
into near space and got this photo.

(This is what can happen when people
get together to collaborate on a dream.)
They documented everything so that
others could do what they did.
With improvements from balloon launches
by hackerspaces around the world,
the project is now simple enough
that high school kids can do this on
their own (and win at science fairs).

slide: graphic of very crude line drawing of
space-suited-person standing on moon
title: "The Hackerspace Space Program"

There is now a Hackerspace Space Program
with an ambitious goal:
A hacker on the moon by the year 2023!

Will we reach that goal? - Who cares..
Just think of all that will be learned along the way!

slide: photo of MakerBot, with NYC Resistor logo,
title: "MakerBot - NYC Resistor, New York City"

MakerBot
..is a 3D printer, one of the first inexpensive ones that worked well.
You create a representation of any 3D object on your computer screen;
press the PRINT button - and within minutes,
the MakerBot will actually *print out* the object in plastic.

3D printers are almost common place now,
all because people at NYC Resistor thought this was cool!

video: Stompy, with Artisan's Asylum logo
title: Stompy - Artisan's Asylum, Boston.

(This one is awesome.)

Stompy
.. is an 1,800 Kg, 6 legged robot with a 100KW engine,
that 2 people can ride on top of.
It's big enough that a car can drive under it.
(This project happened simply because a few hackers
loved the idea of giant robots they could ride on.
The idea seems to be contagious,
as now a huge group of people are making it happen.)

slide: photo of Meat Cards, with Hive76 logo.
title: Meat Cards - Hive76, Philadelphia.

Meat Cards,
is a company started by Hive76 members
who use the space's laser engraver
to make business cards on beef jerky (dried meat slices).

slide: photos of DIY Geiger Counter and SafeCast.
with logos for Tokyo Hackerspace and Crash Space,
title: DIY Geiger Counter & SafeCast - Tokyo Hackerspace / Crash Space, LA

After the disaster at Fukushima last year,
people were unsatisfied with the lack
of info coming from the Japanese gov't.
Tokyo Hackerspace made cheap,
Do-It-Yourself Geiger Counters
so anyone can measure radiation levels.

But there's a problem: no one knew what normal radiation levels were
since no one measured radiation at all these places before.
So someone at Crash Space organized SafeCast,
a non-profit organization, set out to fix this.
They give away DIY Geiger Counters to
people to travel with all over the world,
which automatically uploads all the data
collected to an online database,
open and free for anyone to use.
(This is citizen science in action!)

slide: photo of OpenPCR, with Bio Curious logo.
title: OpenPCR - Bio Curious, San Francisco Bay Area

OpenPCR
is an open source PCR machine that anyone
can use to replicate DNA on your desktop.
It works great, and costs a few hundred dollars,
rather than several thousand dollars it would cost
if you bought a professional one.
This, together with many other DIY bio tools,
(along with imagination and desire)
make it possible to create entire
biology labs for very little money.

slide: photo of HDD Centrifuge, with brmlab logo,
title: HDD Centrifuge - brmlab, Prague.

A cheap way to make a centrifuge for DIY bio
is to tape test tubes to a motor from
an old computer Hard Disk Drive.

For this one,
brmlab used their 3D printer to make test tube holders
that mount to the disk drive's motor,
and added an inexpensive motor speed controller.

video Code Hero, with Noisebridge logo.
title: Code Hero - Noisebridge, San Francisco

Code Hero,
..is an engaging computer game full of awesome 3D computer graphics.
As you explore and play this game, you learn how to program,
and how to make your own computer games.
(it's also imbued with its creator's
incredible inspirational living philosophy)

These are just a few of the zillions of projects
going on at hackerspaces around the world
Whimsical to practical;
Big and small;
Merely fun to world changing;
(and all without much money).

All simply because people love them.
All shared with the world as open source.

== End ==
[5 minutes]

The growing community of hackerspaces
can provide you and the world so much!

Two realms are very important to me:

First: Real Education happens at hackerspaces!
As education bureaucracies around the world continue to fail us,
hackerspaces are filling in some of the void:
Where people teach because they love teaching;
Where people learn because they love learning;
All geared towards living the life you want to live.

Second: Local economy grows at hackerspaces!
Hackerspaces provide supportive community
for exploring and doing what you love.
Think about it! If you love something, and do it,
chances are really good others will love it too.
And, in capitalism, if people love what you do,
they will pay you to do it!
Many companies have started this way (including mine).

And, if your company grows, and needs help,
then you can hire from your community,
thus creating local economy that works for everyone.
The future of economy everywhere is creative.
And hackerspaces are fantastic for everyone
to explore their creativity!

By now I hope you see that hackerspaces are way cool!
I hope you may want to check one out!
There may be one near you.
Simply search online and see.

If there's not one near you,
Start your own!
It's the only way it will happen!
It's the only way each hackerspace has happened!
Someone like you started it!
Your home town needs a hackerspace!
So, get to it!

And know that there's a world of
hackerspaces willing and wanting to help you.
Each hackerspace in the world is unique,
since the people who start them are so unique.

Let me show you show you just two of these two unique,
contrasting examples of way cool hackerspaces:

slide: photo of NYC Resistor people hacking
with NYC Resistor logo
title: NYC Resistor -- New York City.

NYC Resistor, in New York City:
Is For-profit
(though, by design, doesn't make money
it was just easier to start this way);

Has democratic decision making;
Has some rules, so everyone knows what's expected;
Membership is by invitation (and only ages 18 and over);
Open to non-members for open houses and classes and events,
otherwise limited to members and their guests.

This structure works great for their community!
So many cool projects come out of NYC Resistor!
So many peoples' lives are enhanced by NYC Resistor!

slide: photo of Noisebridge people hacking,
with Noisebridge logo
title: Noisebridge, San Francisco.

Noisebridge, in San Francisco (that I co-founded)
has a structure that works great for our community!
Noisebridge is Non-profit
(so we can receive tax deductible donations);
Has Consensus decision making;
Has One (and only one) rule, which is:
Be excellent to each other!

Membership is open to all (including all ages).
Noisebridge is always open to everyone
(as long as they follow our one rule)
You don't need to be a member to
Take classes at Noisebridge;
You don't need to be a member to
Teach classes at Noisebridge;
You don't need to be a member to
use any of Noisebridge's tools.
You don't even need to be a member to have a key to Noisebridge.
I happen to have some keys, if anyone wants one.
[empty bag of keys on to stage]
Please take one. And please use it!
(I'm totally serious)
You are always welcome at Noisebridge!

slide: graphic of map of all hackerspaces,
with hackerspaces.org logo
title: Map of all hackerspaces

Those were two examples of way cool hackerspaces.
There are now 1,106 examples listed on hackerspaces.org.
This map shows where.

Whenever and Wherever you travel,
anywhere in the world,
you are welcome to:
Look up and Visit the local hackerspace;
Make new friends;
Find and create community that works for you!

== Conclusion ==

We all need community to thrive in our lives.

At hackerspaces around the world we have found ways of
creating community that works. The world is looking to us.
In community we can support each other to explore what we love.
If we choose to explore what we love, then our lives become better.
If we choose to share it with others,
the lives of those around us get better.
If enough of us choose to do this, the world gets better.
It is up to you, and you alone, what you choose
to do with the time of your life.
Please, choose well!

[full time: 17 minutes]

MitchAltmanTEDx

2013-01-06T20:07:35Z

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[time: 17 minutes]

The Hackerspace Movement

[Beginning section, 2 minutes, start in
center of stage, looking straight ahead]

I have a vision!
A world full of unique centers of community,
Each center supporting individuals there
to explore and do what they love;
Each an inspirational source of true education

where anyone can learn what they need
to live the lives they want to live;
Each a hub of vibrant local economy;
Each helping the other community centers to flourish.

This is what the hackerspace movement is all about!
And it's already starting, in a huge way.

And how do I know?
Because this is the world I live in 24/7,
all day, all night, all year 'round!
And I love it.
And I hope you will too.

In the past 63 months over 1,100 hackerspaces
have popped up all over the planet,
seemingly out of nowhere,
including some seemingly unlikely places,
with more popping up all the time.
What is going on here?

What's going on is that hackerspaces are
providing two very deep universal needs,
needs that have been way too scarce for way too long:
Community, and creative expression.

Our species evolved to survive
by supporting each other in community.
We need community -- it's in our DNA!

One of the things we did in community through the eons
was get together to make and share cool tools.

And just because we can now buy anything we want
doesn't mean that we don't have a deep inner need to create!
We do! It's in our DNA!

Hackerspaces provide this magical combination
the need to create+community [right hand in air, left hand]
and bring them together; [bring hands together]
making dreams come alive!

[Middle section A, 6 minutes, 3 steps to the left]
[slide: But what is a hackerspace?]

Hackerspaces are real, physical places,
(like a store front in Los Angeles, or a warehouse in Detroit)
with supportive community
for anyone to explore and do
what they love
through hacking.

[slide: And, what is a hacking?]

Hacking is taking what is,
improving upon it with whatever is available,
and sharing it.

[slide: What can be hacked?]

Since anything, no matter how cool, can be improved,
We can hack anything!
We can hack computers (of course);
And electronics, science, craft, art.
You can hack yourself, society, the planet!
We can (and do) hack anything!

[slide: I hacked myself]
The choices we make have a huge impact on our lives.
I started my life as a totally depressed blob of a kid.
Yet am now a jet-setting, crazy-haired inventor who loves my life.

I started that transformation by making choices.
Good ones and bad ones.
And learning from my messes and successes.
And making new choices.

I learned and grew,
and learned and grew,
and learned and grew?
Taking who I was,
Improving to the best of my ability,
and eventually sharing with others.
That's hacking!
It works!

Even if it wasn't easy.
Even if it still isn't easy.
But it is so rewarding!

[slide: graphic of happy 50s woman turning off TV]
It eventually led me to making a living doing what I love,
which is turning TVs off in public places.
Yup! I actually invented a keychain
that does this and I make a living from it!

The success of TV-B-Gone remote controls got
me invited to my first hacker conference,
which changed my life forever.

Unlike the world all around us,
imagine what it might be like
if you were surrounded by people,
almost all of whom do what they love!

Well, it's very high!

This was my experience at my first hacker conference.

I did not want it to end.
But, like all conferences, it did.
And I wanted more!

[slide: graphic of collage of 4 photos of Camp 2007:
night scene, workshop, tents, and talk in bunker]
And, I got it, in abundance,
at a huge and wonderful outdoor hacker camp,
(Chaos Communications Camp 2007),
outside of Berlin,
full of people from all over the world
wanting to share their projects they love!

No one knew it upon our arrival,
but the hackerspace movement was about to be born here.
(At this point in history, there were only about
50 hackerspaces in the world, mostly in Germany.)

Everything that would soon be part of the vast
diversity of hackerspaces was there, at Camp:

Art, science, electronics, computers?
Crafts, workshops, music?
Blinking colored lights out the wazoo, lasers?
Incredible food!

Sharing, teaching, learning.
Community, and creating.
Plus, of course:
Great talks and presentations.

One talk in particular really hit home:
People from German hackerspaces gave a presentation
on how to start your own hackerspace.

It was so obvious!
We don't have to wait for the next conference,
we can have this kind of energy
all day, all night, all year 'round
at a hackerspace in my home town!

I wasn't the only one inspired by this presentation.
Several of us North Americans talked
about it for the duration of Chaos Camp.

We all knew we would start hackerspaces when we got home.
And we all did.

And, we did it the way everyone now starts a hackerspace:
You visualize the culture you want to be a part of,
put it out there,
which attracts others who resonate with it,
which makes the culture stronger,
attracting more people,
etc.

Pick a name;
Make a website;
Make a logo;
Make stickers with your web address.
You hand out the stickers to everyone;
Tell anyone and everyone and
don't' shut up about it!

Meet every Tuesday night to work
out details (and play together);

And finally:
Rent a space!

[slide: photo of people hacking at Noisebridge,
with Noisebridge logo, with title: Noisebridge, San Francisco]

This worked great for us at Noisebridge!
It took a year of discussions and planning,
but when we rented our first space,
it was very exciting for everyone.

We raised $12,000 in 24 hours.
and we've never been in debt since.

And within weeks, people also donated enough to put together:
a full kitchen, a machine shop,
a complete electronics lab, sewing machines,
a library, computers, tables, chairs, lamps.

And Noisebridge was instantly full of people
working and playing on projects,
teaching and sharing and learning.
We had a vibrant community!

[slide: photo from HSBxl or VoidWarranties or
WhiteSpace, with title for the hackerspace]

Here's a photo I took from a hackerspace right here in Brussels
from a couple of years ago when I gave a workshop

These few new NA spaces,
+ the established EU spaces ,
+ hackerspaces.org (a networking website a bunch of us started),
served as example for others:

Hackerspaces are not only a way cool idea, but they work!

Within a year, there were hundreds of hackerspaces in the world.
The world obviously needed hackerspaces!
The world still does!
`Cause we all need community,
and we all need to express ourselves creatively.
And hackerspaces provide these powerful needs.

[slide: photo of 50 people happily soldering at my workshop]
Since then, whenever I travel, giving talks,
I look up local hackerspaces online
and give workshops everywhere I go
on how to solder and make cool things with electronics.
It's way fun for all all ages, all skill levels.
It's my way of creating community,
and sharing what I love.
(And attracting even more people to
hackerspaces, to help the movement.)

[Middle section B, 5 minutes 3 steps to the right of center]

I want to briefly show you just a few way
cool hackerspace projects that I've come across,
all grown from people doing what they love.

Like most projects at hackerspaces, they're all open source
for others to learn from, to use, to innovate.

[slide: BlinkLights2.wmv, with logos for CCC and C-Base,
with title: Der Blinken Lights CCC / C-Base, Berlin]

(This project blew my mind.)
For Das Blinken Lights project,
the city of Berlin gave the Chaos Computer Club,
the well-respected German hacker group,
access to this building.

They put a bright light in each window,
each under computer control,
turning the building into a giant computer screen.

They set up a website with open source software to control it,
where anyone in the world was invited to hack on it.
Initially, it could display an image.
Soon there were animations and scrolling text.
And eventually, the first two people who called in
on their phones could play Pong on the building.

(After seeing this project, I was hooked on the hacker scene!)
[slide: video of BorgCube, with logo for Das Labor,
with title: ?BorgCube Das Labor, Bochom, Germany?]
BorgCube
is a lot of colored lights in the shape of a cube
to create a low-resolution 3D display
that plays hours of the trippiest 3 Dimensional animations!
(This is the first thing I saw at my first hacker conference,
and, as a hardware geek into shiny things,
I fell in love.)

[slide: photo of Earth from SpaceBridge launch, with Noisebridge logo,
with title: SpaceBridge Noisebridge, San Francisco]

A few people at Noisebridge, calling themselves SpaceBrigde,
decided they wanted a snapshot of the planet.
$250 and 6 weeks later, they sent a balloon
into near space and got this photo.

(This is what can happen when people get together to collaborate on a dream.)
They documented everything so that others could do what they did.
With improvements from balloon launches
by hackerspaces around the world,
the project is now simple enough
that high school kids can do this on their own
(and win at science fairs).

[slide: graphic of very crude line drawing
of space-suited-person standing on moon,
with title: ?The Hackerspace Space Program?]

There is now a Hackerspace Space Program
With an ambitious goal:
A hacker on the moon by the year 2023!

Will we reach that goal? Who cares?
Just think of all that will be learned along the way!

[slide: photo of MakerBot, with NYC Resistor logo,
with title: ?MakerBot NYC Resistor, New York City?]

MakerBot
is a 3D printer, one of the first inexpensive ones that worked well.
You create a representation of any 3D object on your computer screen;
press the PRINT button
and within minutes,
the MakerBot will actually ?print out? the object in plastic.

3D printers are almost common place now,
all because people at NYC Resistor thought this was cool!

[slide: video of Stompy, with Artisan's Asylum logo,
with title: Stompy Artisan's Asylum, Boston]

(This one is awesome.)

Stompy
is an 1,800 Kg, 6 legged robot with a 100KW engine,
that 2 people can ride on top of.
It's big enough that a car can drive under it.
(This project happened simply because a few hackers
loved the idea of giant robots they could ride on.
The idea seems to be contagious,
as now a huge group of people are making it happen.)

[slide: photo of Meat Cards, with Hive76 logo,
with title: Meat Cards Hive76, Philadelphia]

Meat Cards,
is a company started by Hive76 members
who use the space's laser engraver
to make business cards on beef jerky (dried meat slices).

[slide: photos of DIY Gieger Counter and SafeCast]

with logos for Tokyo Hackerspace and Crash Space,
with title: DIY Geiger Counter & SafeCast Tokyo Hackerspace / Crash Space, LA]

After the disaster at Fukushima last year,
people were unsatisfied with the lack
of info coming from the Japanese gov't.
Tokyo Hackerspace made cheap,
Do-It-Yourself Geiger Counters
so anyone can measure radiation levels.

But there's a problem: no one knew what normal radiation levels were
since no one measured radiation at all these places before.
So someone at Crash Space organized SafeCast,
a non-profit organization, set out to fix this.
They give away DIY Geiger Counters to
people to travel with all over the world,
which automatically uploads all the data
collected to an online database,
open and free for anyone to use.
(This is citizen science in action!)

[slide: photo of OpenPCR, with Bio Curious logo,
with title: OpenPCR Bio Curious, San Francisco Bay Area]

OpenPCR
is an open source PCR machine that anyone
can use to replicate DNA on your desktop.
It works great, and costs a few hundred dollars,
rather than several thousand dollars it would cost
if you bought a professional one.
This, together with many other DIY bio tools,
(along with imagination and desire)
make it possible to create entire
biology labs for very little money.

[slide: photo of HDD Centrifuge, with brmlab logo,
with title: HDD Centrifuge brmlab, Prague]

A cheap way to make a centrifuge for DIY bio
is to tape test tubes to a motor from
an old computer Hard Disk Drive.

For this one,
brmlab used their 3D printer to make test tube holders
that mount to the disk drive's motor,
and added an inexpensive motor speed controller.

[slide: video of Code Hero, with Noisebridge logo,
with title: ?Code Hero Noisebridge, San Francisco?]

Code Hero,
Is an engaging computer game full of awesome 3D computer graphics.
As you explore and play this game, you learn how to program,
and how to make your own computer games.
(it's also imbued with its creator's
incredible inspirational living philosophy)

These are just a few of the zillions of projects
going on at hackerspaces around the world
Whimsical to practical;
Big and small;
Merely fun to world changing;
(and all without much money).

All simply because people love them.
All shared with the world as open source.

[End section, 5 minutes, center stage]

The growing community of hackerspaces
can provide you and the world so much!

Two realms are very important to me:

First: Real Education happens at hackerspaces!
As education bureaucracies around the world continue to fail us,
hackerspaces are filling in some of the void:
Where people teach because they love teaching;
Where people learn because they love learning;
All geared towards living the life you want to live.

Second: Local economy grows at hackerspaces!
Hackerspaces provide supportive community
for exploring and doing what you love.
Think about it! If you love something, and do it,
chances are really good others will love it too.
And, in capitalism, if people love what you do,
they will pay you to do it!
Many companies have started this way (including mine).

And, if your company grows, and needs help,
then you can hire from your community,
thus creating local economy that works for everyone.
The future of economy everywhere is creative.
And hackerspaces are fantastic for everyone
to explore their creativity!

By now I hope you see that hackerspaces are way cool!
I hope you may want to check one out!
There may be one near you.
Simply search online and see.

If there's not one near you,
Start your own!
It's the only way it will happen!
It's the only way each hackerspace has happened!
Someone like you started it!
Your home town needs a hackerspace!
So, get to it!

And know that there's a world of
hackerspaces willing and wanting to help you.
Each hackerspace in the world is unique,
since the people who start them are so unique.

Let me show you show you just two of these two unique,
contrasting examples of way cool hackerspaces:

[slide: NYC Resistor logo, with photo of NYC Resistor people hacking,
with title: NYC Resistor, New York City]

NYC Resistor, in New York City:
Is For-profit
(though, by design, doesn't make money
it was just easier to start this way);

Has democratic decision making;
Has some rules, so everyone knows what's expected;
Membership is by invitation (and only ages 18 and over);
Open to non-members for open houses and classes and events,
otherwise limited to members and their guests.

This structure works great for their community!
So many cool projects come out of NYC Resistor!
So many peoples' lives are enhanced by NYC Resistor!

[slide: Noisebridge logo, with photo of Noisebridge people hacking,
with title: Noisebridge, San Francisco]

Noisebridge, in San Francisco (that I co-founded)
has a structure that works great for our community!
Noisebridge is Non-profit
(so we can receive tax deductible donations);
Has Consensus decision making;
Has One (and only one) rule, which is:
Be excellent to each other!

Membership is open to all (including all ages).
Noisebridge is always open to everyone
(as long as they follow our one rule)
You don't need to be a member to
Take classes at Noisebridge;
You don't need to be a member to
Teach classes at Noisebridge;
You don't need to be a member to
use any of Noisebridge's tools.
You don't even need to be a member to have a key to Noisebridge.
I happen to have some keys, if anyone wants one.
[empty bag of keys on to stage]
Please take one. And please use it!
(I'm totally serious)
You are always welcome at Noisebridge!

[slide: graphic of map of all hackerspaces,
with title: Map of all hackerspaces, from
hackerspaces.org, with hackerspaces.org logo]

Those were two examples of way cool hackerspaces.
There are now 1,106 examples listed on hackerspaces.org.
This map shows where.

Whenever and Wherever you travel,
anywhere in the world,
you are welcome to:
Look up and Visit the local hackerspace;
Make new friends;
Find and create community that works for you!

[Conclusion]

We all need community to thrive in our lives.

At hackerspaces around the world we have found ways of
creating community that works. The world is looking to us.
In community we can support each other to explore what we love.
If we choose to explore what we love, then our lives become better.
If we choose to share it with others,
the lives of those around us get better.
If enough of us choose to do this, the world gets better.
It is up to you, and you alone, what you choose
to do with the time of your life.
Please, choose well!

[stay in the same spot for 6 seconds to accept the applauds at the end]
EOF

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2013-01-06T20:03:18Z

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MitchTripEU Nov Dec 2012

2012-12-02T19:47:22Z

Guckes: /* December-2012 */ added times to workshops and links to hackerspaces

= Mitch's Europe Trip -- 8-Nov-2012 to 17-Jan-2013 =

== November-2012 ==

{| style="color:green; background-color:#ffffcc;" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="1"
! Date
! venue
! time
! event type
! contact
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|''Thurs, 8-Nov''
|''leave SF, flight # UA735''
|''10:48am''
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|''Fri, 9-Nov''
|''arrive BRU, flight # UA972'' ''train IC 2609 for Antwerpen Centraal'' ''train IC 2610 for Antwerpen Centraal''
|''9:20am'' ''leaves 10:44am'' ''leaves 11:44am''
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|''Sat, 10-Nov''
|''check into Sheraton Place Rogier, Brussels''
|''afternoon''
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|''Yvette''
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|Sun, 11-Nov
|TEDxBrussels rehersal
|2:00pm
|talk
|Yvette
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|Mon, 12-Nov
|TEDxBrussels, Brussels
|9:00am
|talk: [http://www.tedxbrussels.eu/2012/speakers/mitch_altman.php The Hackerspace Movement]
|Yvette
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|Tues, 13-Nov
|''check out of Sheraton Place Rogier'' TEDxBrussels European Council panel, Brussels ----- ''leave BRU for MAD'' ''flight # IB3205'' ----- ''leave MAD for LIS'' ''flight # IB3118'' ----- ''check into Hotel Vip Executive Art´s''
|''11:am'' 2:10pm to 3:00pm ----- ''leave 7:25pm'' ''arrive 9:45pm'' ----- ''leave 10:45pm'' ''arrive 11:00pm'' ----- ''night''
| panel discussion [http://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157632039429245/ photos of Antwerp, Brussels, EU Council] 
|''Yvette'' Yvette ''Celso'' 
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|Wed, 14-Nov
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|Celso
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|Thurs, 15-Nov
|Codebits, Lisbon
|2:00pm 4:00pm
|talk: [http://videos.sapo.pt/d7mm80FTRkwCQvrSiinz Hack Your Life for fun and profit]         (talk starts 8 minutes into the video) Arduino workshop
|Celso
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|Fri, 16-Nov
|Codebits, Lisbon
|6:00pm 10:00pm
|solder workshop solder workshop
|Celso
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|Sat, 17-Nov
|Codebits, Lisbon
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|Celso
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|Sun, 18-Nov
|dinner with Altlab people / visit Altlab
|7:30pm
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|Joao
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|Mon, 19-Nov
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|Tues, 20-Nov
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|[http://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157632043802192/ photos of Lisbon, Codebits, Altlab,      Champalimaud Center for the Unknown]
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|''Wed, 21-Nov''
|''checkout Hotel Vip Executive Art´s'' ''leave LIS for BRU'' ''flight # IB3103/IB3208''
|''afternoon hotel checkout'' ''leave 4:35pm'' ''arrive 10:15pm''
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|''meet Wim at Ghent train station''
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|Thurs, 22-Nov
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|Fri, 23-Nov
|''drive to Tourcoing'' ROUMICS, Tourcoing
| 11:45am 2:15pm
| Round Table Discussion Round Table Discussion
|''Wim drives'' Thomas
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|Sat, 24-Nov
|ROUMICS, Tourcoing
|2:00pm
|Workshop
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|Sun, 25-Nov
|Osilab, Lille
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|visit ruins of burned down hackerspace
|Charles
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|''Mon, 26-Nov''
|''drive to Ghent''
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|[http://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157632099514550/ photos of Lille, ROUMICS, Osilab]
|''Wim drives''
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|Tues, 27-Nov
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|Wed, 28-Nov
|''train IC 1809 from Ghent to Antwerp-Berchem'' VoidWarranties, Antwerp VoidWarranties, Antwerp
|''lv 9:47am, arv 10:37am'' 1:00pm 7:00pm
| solder workshop for kids -- [http://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157632117173958/ photos] dinner & discussion
|''Ward picks me up'' Job Job
|-
|Thurs, 29-Nov
|Open Garage, Antwerp
|6:30pm
|1 year birthday party + solder workshop -- [http://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157632117173958/ photos]
|Anthony
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|Fri, 30-Nov
|WhiteSpace, Ghent
|8:00pm
|solder workshop
|Sandbender
|}

== December-2012 ==

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! Date
! venue
! time
! event type
! contact
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|Sat, 1-Dec
|DesignCenter de Winkelhaak, Antwerp DesignCenter de Winkelhaak, Antwerp
|10:00am 3:00pm
|solder workshop for kids Arduino For Total Newbies workshop
|Deepak Deepak
|-
|Sun, 2-Dec
|HSBxl, Brussels
|2:00pm
|solder workshop
|Jurgen
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|''Mon, 3-Dec''
|''train from Brussels to Amsterdam''
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|Tues, 4-Dec
|Technologia Incognita, Amsterdam
|7:00pm
|solder workshop
|Jurre
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|Wed, 5-Dec
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|''Thurs, 6-Dec''
|''leave Amsterdam for Vienna, CityNightLine train # 419 / International train #61''
|''leave 8:31pm''
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|''Fri, 7-Dec''
|     ''(continue on International train # 61)''
|''arrive Vienna, 11:44am''
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|Sun, 9-Dec
|[http://metalab.at Metalab], Vienna
|3pm-6pm 15-18h
|[https://metalab.at/wiki/Mitch_Altman_Workshop_2012 solder workshop]
|Philipp
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|Mon, 10-Dec
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|''Tues, 11-Dec''
|''leave Vienna for Bratislava''
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|Wed, 12-Dec
|[https://www.progressbar.sk Progressbar], Bratislava
|19-23h
|solder workshop
|Juraj
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|Thurs, 13-Dec
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|''Fri, 14-Dec''
|''leave Bratislava for Prague''
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|Sat, 15-Dec
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|Sun, 16-Dec
|[https://brmlab.cz/start brmlab], Prague
|afternoon (times?)
|solder workshop (url?)
|ruza
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|''Tues, 18-Dec''
|''leave Prague for Dresden''
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|Wed, 19-Dec
|[https://www.c3d2.de C3D2], Dresden
|evening (times?)
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|??
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|''Thurs, 20-Dec''
|''leave Dresden for Berlin''
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|Fri, 21-Dec
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|Sat, 22-Dec
|''Mitch's birthday''
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|Sun, 23-Dec
|[http://www.in-berlin.de IN-Berlin], Berlin
|15-20h 3pm-8pm
|[https://wiki.in-berlin.de/Events/20121223Arduino Arduino For Total Newbies workshop]
|[[User:Guckes|SvenGuckes]]
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|Mon, 24-Dec
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|''Tues, 25-Dec''
|''leave Berlin for Hamburg'' ''Check into Generator Hostel, Hamburg''
|''morning'' ''afternoon''
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|Wed, 26-Dec
|set up at 29C3
|all day and evening
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|Thurs, 27-Dec
|[http://events.ccc.de 29C3], Hamburg
|all day & night
|solder workshop
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|Fri, 28-Dec
|[http://events.ccc.de 29C3], Hamburg
|all day & night afternoon
|solder workshop Arduino For Total Newbies workshop
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|Sat, 29-Dec 
|29C3, Hamburg ''leave Hamburg for Berlin'' ''train #ICE 905'' 
|afternoon ''leave 9:21pm'' ''arrive 11:12pm'' ''late night''
|Arduino For Total Newbies workshop ''check into A&O Hostel, Berlin''
| ''Sébastien''
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|Sun, 30-Dec
|[http://www.ehsm.eu EHSM], Berlin
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|solder workshop for kids
|Sébastien
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|Mon, 31-Dec
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|''Thurs, 3-Jan''
|''leave Berlin HBF for Ghent St. Pieters, train # ICE 650 / ICE 14 / IC 8006''
|''leave 10:49am , arrive 6:15pm''
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|''Fri, 4-Jan''
|''leave BRU for JFK, flight # SN501 / UA9929'' 2600 Meeting in NYC
|''leave 10:30am , arrive 1:05pm'' evening
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|''leave JFK for SFO, flight # UA257''
|''leave 2:30pm , arrive 5:55pm''
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== hackerspaces ==
other hackerspace requests that I (sadly) couldn't fit into this trip:

{| border="1" cellspacing="0"
!city
!space
!link
|-
| BE: Genk
| FablabGenk
| http://www.fablabgenk.be
|-
| NL: Arnhem
| [http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Hack42 Hack42]
| https://hack42.nl/
|-
| NL: Den Haag
| [http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Revelation_space RevSpace]
| https://revspace.nl
|-
| EE: forming hackerspace
|
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|}
 

== Two different workshops that Mitch can give on this Workshop Tour ==

1)   '''Variety of kits''' -- all ages, all skill levels, about 3 hours, kit prices range from €10 to €30 (see below for kits and prices). More info: 
         https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Circuit_Hacking_Mondays 
2)   '''Arduino For Total Newbies''' -- all skill levels, about 4 hours, €35 (plus optional €10 programming/communications cable). More info: 
         http://cornfieldelectronics.com/downloads/tvbg_arduino/tvbg_arduino_workshop.htm

== Items ==
Items that Mitch will have on his Workshop Tour:

{| border="1" cellspacing="0"
!price
!name
!description
|-
|€15
|TV-B-Gone keychain
|turn off TVs in public places!
|-
|€15
|TV-B-Gone kit
|turn off TVs in public places at 50 meters away!
|-
|€25
|TV-B-Gone Pro
|turn off TVs in public places at 100 meters away!
|-
|€15
|Brain Machine kit
|Meditate, Hallucinate, and Trip Out!
|-
|€10
|TripGlasses
|Meditate, Hallucinate, and Trip Out!
|-
|€30
|Mignonette Game kit
|make your own handheld game console!
|-
|€10 for one €15 for two
|Trippy RGB Waves kit
|interactive blinky lights!
|-
|€20
|LEDcube kit
|animated 3D cube!
|-
|€15
|MiniPOV kit
|write messages in the air!
|-
|€15
|MintyBoost kit
|charge your USB enabled gadgets!
|-
|€15
|BoArduino kit
|make your own fully functional Arduino -- for solderless breadboards!
|-
|€15
|Diavolino kit
|make your own shield-compatible Arduino!
|-
|€10
|programming and communications cable (FTDI Friend)
|program your Arduino clone with Windows, MacOS, or Linux!
|-
|€15
|Open Heart kit
|animate fun patterns in the shape of a heart!
|-
|€30
|LoL Shield kit
|Lots of LEDs! for your Arduino!
|-
|€15
|Drawdio kit
|make noise by drawing lines with this pencil!
|-
|€15
|microcontroller programmer kit (USBtinyISP)
|program all your AVR family chips!
|-
|€35
|Arduino For Total Newbies workshop kit
|Learn Arduino by making TV-B-Gone as an example!
|}

More info on many of these projects:
* http://www.CornfieldElectronics.com (click on the "maker faire" tab)
* http://www.adafruit.com
* http://www.jimmieprodgers.com
* http://www.mignonette-game.com
* http://www.evilmadscientist.com

== Requirements of the hosting spaces for Mitch's workshops ==

Mitch will have all of the kits with him. There is no need for anyone to purchase kits from Mitch in advance.

Each space will need to provide the following to have a successful workshop: 
 
* For '''each participant''':
** 1 soldering iron, 15W to 40W
** 1 soldering iron stand
** 1 cellulose (not plastic) sponge (for cleaning the soldering iron tip)
** 1 small wire cutter (similar to [http://www.mpja.com/4in-Mini-Diagonal-Cutters/productinfo/16498+TL/ 10cm wire cutters])
** 1 or 2 AC outlets (with extension cords and/or AC power strips to make things work)
** 1 chair
** table space
** enough lighting so that people can see small things while soldering
 
* '''Each space''' will also need to have:
** 1 roll of good, thin, 60/40 (Sn/Pb), rosin core solder (similar to [http://www.mpja.com/032in-Dia-60-40-Kester-Solder/productinfo/19101+TL/ 0.81mm diameter solder with lead])
** 1 hot glue gun
** hot glue sticks that fit in the hot glue gun
** 1 small needle nose pliers (similar to [http://www.amazon.com/TEKTON-3504-Precision-Needle-Pliers/dp/B000NPR2KI/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1351481977&sr=8-5&keywords=needle+nose+pliers 10cm needle nose pliers])
** tip tinner (similar to [http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_2094215_-1 this])
** 1 wire strippers (similar to [http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_78992_-1 adjustable wire stipper])
** 1 solder sucker (similar to [http://www.mpja.com/prodinfo.asp?number=0041+TL this])
** 1 roll solder wick ([http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_41082_-1 similar to 2mm wide])
** 1 paper scissors
** a pile of alkaline AA batteries

''All of the above are good to have at your space so that you can continue to have soldering workshops long into the future.''
 
* For the Arduino For Total Newbies workshop, I also need:
** Projector
** Microphone and amplifier will be helpful
** Internet (wireless or wired) is helpful

MitchTripEU Nov Dec 2012

2012-12-02T14:40:51Z

Guckes: /* December-2012 */ added times (19-23h) and link to hackerspace (progressbar) for workshop in bratislava

= Mitch's Europe Trip -- 8-Nov-2012 to 17-Jan-2013 =

== November-2012 ==

{| style="color:green; background-color:#ffffcc;" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="1"
! Date
! venue
! time
! event type
! contact
|-
|''Thurs, 8-Nov''
|''leave SF, flight # UA735''
|''10:48am''
|
|
|-
|''Fri, 9-Nov''
|''arrive BRU, flight # UA972'' ''train IC 2609 for Antwerpen Centraal'' ''train IC 2610 for Antwerpen Centraal''
|''9:20am'' ''leaves 10:44am'' ''leaves 11:44am''
|
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|-
|''Sat, 10-Nov''
|''check into Sheraton Place Rogier, Brussels''
|''afternoon''
|
|''Yvette''
|-
|Sun, 11-Nov
|TEDxBrussels rehersal
|2:00pm
|talk
|Yvette
|-
|Mon, 12-Nov
|TEDxBrussels, Brussels
|9:00am
|talk: [http://www.tedxbrussels.eu/2012/speakers/mitch_altman.php The Hackerspace Movement]
|Yvette
|-
|Tues, 13-Nov
|''check out of Sheraton Place Rogier'' TEDxBrussels European Council panel, Brussels ----- ''leave BRU for MAD'' ''flight # IB3205'' ----- ''leave MAD for LIS'' ''flight # IB3118'' ----- ''check into Hotel Vip Executive Art´s''
|''11:am'' 2:10pm to 3:00pm ----- ''leave 7:25pm'' ''arrive 9:45pm'' ----- ''leave 10:45pm'' ''arrive 11:00pm'' ----- ''night''
| panel discussion [http://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157632039429245/ photos of Antwerp, Brussels, EU Council] 
|''Yvette'' Yvette ''Celso'' 
|-
|Wed, 14-Nov
|
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|Celso
|-
|Thurs, 15-Nov
|Codebits, Lisbon
|2:00pm 4:00pm
|talk: [http://videos.sapo.pt/d7mm80FTRkwCQvrSiinz Hack Your Life for fun and profit]         (talk starts 8 minutes into the video) Arduino workshop
|Celso
|-
|Fri, 16-Nov
|Codebits, Lisbon
|6:00pm 10:00pm
|solder workshop solder workshop
|Celso
|-
|Sat, 17-Nov
|Codebits, Lisbon
|
|
|Celso
|-
|Sun, 18-Nov
|dinner with Altlab people / visit Altlab
|7:30pm
|
|Joao
|-
|Mon, 19-Nov
|
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|Tues, 20-Nov
|
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|[http://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157632043802192/ photos of Lisbon, Codebits, Altlab,      Champalimaud Center for the Unknown]
|
|-
|''Wed, 21-Nov''
|''checkout Hotel Vip Executive Art´s'' ''leave LIS for BRU'' ''flight # IB3103/IB3208''
|''afternoon hotel checkout'' ''leave 4:35pm'' ''arrive 10:15pm''
|
|''meet Wim at Ghent train station''
|-
|Thurs, 22-Nov
|
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|Fri, 23-Nov
|''drive to Tourcoing'' ROUMICS, Tourcoing
| 11:45am 2:15pm
| Round Table Discussion Round Table Discussion
|''Wim drives'' Thomas
|-
|Sat, 24-Nov
|ROUMICS, Tourcoing
|2:00pm
|Workshop
|
|-
|Sun, 25-Nov
|Osilab, Lille
|
|visit ruins of burned down hackerspace
|Charles
|-
|''Mon, 26-Nov''
|''drive to Ghent''
|
|[http://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157632099514550/ photos of Lille, ROUMICS, Osilab]
|''Wim drives''
|-
|Tues, 27-Nov
|
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|-
|Wed, 28-Nov
|''train IC 1809 from Ghent to Antwerp-Berchem'' VoidWarranties, Antwerp VoidWarranties, Antwerp
|''lv 9:47am, arv 10:37am'' 1:00pm 7:00pm
| solder workshop for kids -- [http://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157632117173958/ photos] dinner & discussion
|''Ward picks me up'' Job Job
|-
|Thurs, 29-Nov
|Open Garage, Antwerp
|6:30pm
|1 year birthday party + solder workshop -- [http://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157632117173958/ photos]
|Anthony
|-
|Fri, 30-Nov
|WhiteSpace, Ghent
|8:00pm
|solder workshop
|Sandbender
|}

== December-2012 ==

{| style="color:blue; background-color:#ccffcc;" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="1"
! Date
! venue
! time
! event type
! contact
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|Sat, 1-Dec
|DesignCenter de Winkelhaak, Antwerp DesignCenter de Winkelhaak, Antwerp
|10:00am 3:00pm
|solder workshop for kids Arduino For Total Newbies workshop
|Deepak Deepak
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|Sun, 2-Dec
|HSBxl, Brussels
|2:00pm
|solder workshop
|Jurgen
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|''Mon, 3-Dec''
|''train from Brussels to Amsterdam''
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|Tues, 4-Dec
|Technologia Incognita, Amsterdam
|7:00pm
|solder workshop
|Jurre
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|''Thurs, 6-Dec''
|''leave Amsterdam for Vienna, CityNightLine train # 419 / International train #61''
|''leave 8:31pm''
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|''Fri, 7-Dec''
|     ''(continue on International train # 61)''
|''arrive Vienna, 11:44am''
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|Sun, 9-Dec
|Metalab, Vienna
|3pm - 6pm
|solder workshop
|Philipp
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|''Tues, 11-Dec''
|''leave Vienna for Bratislava''
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|Wed, 12-Dec
|[https://www.progressbar.sk Progressbar], Bratislava
|19-23h
|solder workshop
|Juraj
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|''Fri, 14-Dec''
|''leave Bratislava for Prague''
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|brmlab, Prague
|afternoon
|solder workshop
|ruza
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|''leave Prague for Dresden''
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|C3D2, Dresden??
|evening??
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|??
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|''Thurs, 20-Dec''
|''leave Dresden for Berlin''
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|Fri, 21-Dec
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|Sat, 22-Dec
|''Mitch's birthday''
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|IN-Berlin, Berlin
|afternoon
|Arduino For Total Newbies workshop
|Sven
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|''Tues, 25-Dec''
|''leave Berlin for Hamburg'' ''Check into Generator Hostel, Hamburg''
|''morning'' ''afternoon''
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|Wed, 26-Dec
|set up at 29C3
|all day and evening
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|Thurs, 27-Dec
|29C3, Hamburg
|all day & night
|solder workshop
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|Fri, 28-Dec
|29C3, Hamburg 
|all day & night afternoon
|solder workshop Arduino For Total Newbies workshop
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|Sat, 29-Dec 
|29C3, Hamburg ''leave Hamburg for Berlin'' ''train #ICE 905'' 
|afternoon ''leave 9:21pm'' ''arrive 11:12pm'' ''late night''
|Arduino For Total Newbies workshop ''check into A&O Hostel, Berlin''
| ''Sébastien''
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|Sun, 30-Dec
|EHSM, Berlin
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|solder workshop for kids
|Sébastien
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== January-2013 ==

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|''leave Berlin HBF for Ghent St. Pieters, train # ICE 650 / ICE 14 / IC 8006''
|''leave 10:49am , arrive 6:15pm''
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|''Fri, 4-Jan''
|''leave BRU for JFK, flight # SN501 / UA9929'' 2600 Meeting in NYC
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|''leave JFK for SFO, flight # UA257''
|''leave 2:30pm , arrive 5:55pm''
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== hackerspaces ==
other hackerspace requests that I (sadly) couldn't fit into this trip:

{| border="1" cellspacing="0"
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!space
!link
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| BE: Genk
| FablabGenk
| http://www.fablabgenk.be
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| NL: Arnhem
| [http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Hack42 Hack42]
| https://hack42.nl/
|-
| NL: Den Haag
| [http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Revelation_space RevSpace]
| https://revspace.nl
|-
| EE: forming hackerspace
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|}
 

== Two different workshops that Mitch can give on this Workshop Tour ==

1)   '''Variety of kits''' -- all ages, all skill levels, about 3 hours, kit prices range from €10 to €30 (see below for kits and prices). More info: 
         https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Circuit_Hacking_Mondays 
2)   '''Arduino For Total Newbies''' -- all skill levels, about 4 hours, €35 (plus optional €10 programming/communications cable). More info: 
         http://cornfieldelectronics.com/downloads/tvbg_arduino/tvbg_arduino_workshop.htm

== Items ==
Items that Mitch will have on his Workshop Tour:

{| border="1" cellspacing="0"
!price
!name
!description
|-
|€15
|TV-B-Gone keychain
|turn off TVs in public places!
|-
|€15
|TV-B-Gone kit
|turn off TVs in public places at 50 meters away!
|-
|€25
|TV-B-Gone Pro
|turn off TVs in public places at 100 meters away!
|-
|€15
|Brain Machine kit
|Meditate, Hallucinate, and Trip Out!
|-
|€10
|TripGlasses
|Meditate, Hallucinate, and Trip Out!
|-
|€30
|Mignonette Game kit
|make your own handheld game console!
|-
|€10 for one €15 for two
|Trippy RGB Waves kit
|interactive blinky lights!
|-
|€20
|LEDcube kit
|animated 3D cube!
|-
|€15
|MiniPOV kit
|write messages in the air!
|-
|€15
|MintyBoost kit
|charge your USB enabled gadgets!
|-
|€15
|BoArduino kit
|make your own fully functional Arduino -- for solderless breadboards!
|-
|€15
|Diavolino kit
|make your own shield-compatible Arduino!
|-
|€10
|programming and communications cable (FTDI Friend)
|program your Arduino clone with Windows, MacOS, or Linux!
|-
|€15
|Open Heart kit
|animate fun patterns in the shape of a heart!
|-
|€30
|LoL Shield kit
|Lots of LEDs! for your Arduino!
|-
|€15
|Drawdio kit
|make noise by drawing lines with this pencil!
|-
|€15
|microcontroller programmer kit (USBtinyISP)
|program all your AVR family chips!
|-
|€35
|Arduino For Total Newbies workshop kit
|Learn Arduino by making TV-B-Gone as an example!
|}

More info on many of these projects:
* http://www.CornfieldElectronics.com (click on the "maker faire" tab)
* http://www.adafruit.com
* http://www.jimmieprodgers.com
* http://www.mignonette-game.com
* http://www.evilmadscientist.com

== Requirements of the hosting spaces for Mitch's workshops ==

Mitch will have all of the kits with him. There is no need for anyone to purchase kits from Mitch in advance.

Each space will need to provide the following to have a successful workshop: 
 
* For '''each participant''':
** 1 soldering iron, 15W to 40W
** 1 soldering iron stand
** 1 cellulose (not plastic) sponge (for cleaning the soldering iron tip)
** 1 small wire cutter (similar to [http://www.mpja.com/4in-Mini-Diagonal-Cutters/productinfo/16498+TL/ 10cm wire cutters])
** 1 or 2 AC outlets (with extension cords and/or AC power strips to make things work)
** 1 chair
** table space
** enough lighting so that people can see small things while soldering
 
* '''Each space''' will also need to have:
** 1 roll of good, thin, 60/40 (Sn/Pb), rosin core solder (similar to [http://www.mpja.com/032in-Dia-60-40-Kester-Solder/productinfo/19101+TL/ 0.81mm diameter solder with lead])
** 1 hot glue gun
** hot glue sticks that fit in the hot glue gun
** 1 small needle nose pliers (similar to [http://www.amazon.com/TEKTON-3504-Precision-Needle-Pliers/dp/B000NPR2KI/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1351481977&sr=8-5&keywords=needle+nose+pliers 10cm needle nose pliers])
** tip tinner (similar to [http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_2094215_-1 this])
** 1 wire strippers (similar to [http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_78992_-1 adjustable wire stipper])
** 1 solder sucker (similar to [http://www.mpja.com/prodinfo.asp?number=0041+TL this])
** 1 roll solder wick ([http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_41082_-1 similar to 2mm wide])
** 1 paper scissors
** a pile of alkaline AA batteries

''All of the above are good to have at your space so that you can continue to have soldering workshops long into the future.''
 
* For the Arduino For Total Newbies workshop, I also need:
** Projector
** Microphone and amplifier will be helpful
** Internet (wireless or wired) is helpful

Meeting Notes 2010 11 23

2010-12-20T07:14:43Z

Guckes: /* Crew */ added PRE tags

The 136th Meeting of Noisebridge

All the Noisebridge [https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Category:Meeting_Notes meeting notes]. The [[Meeting_Notes_2010_11_16 | previous]] meeting notes (2010/11/23). The Noisebridge meeting notes[[Meeting_Notes_Template| template]]

== Crew ==
'''Get someone to grab the membership binder now. Get someone to take notes.'''

* Moderator: Al
* Notes: Andy

<pre>
Kelly gave our treasurer's report:

treasurer's report : balance $8679
about to pay rent, so down by $3600. So, $5000 in the bank.

Shannon pointed out we want to have 3 months expenses in the bank.

Our data for recent months:

august: 4500 dues paid, 1400 donations
september: 2600 dues paid, 325 donations
october: 2500 dues paid
november: 2500 dues paid

Shannon makes the point: the space is full, every night. But we don't
have much money coming in. People should be paying their dues.

Jof: there's not much incentive to become a member other than joy of
supporting a thing. What is the incentive?

Shannon: "shame!"

( At this point an open floor discussion commenced, with many ideas some
of them very good. I am sure I missed some; my apologies. Replies
are sometimes included in square brackets. )

Frantisek: has discussed money with many people: Why do we not have new
members coming in, and why do we not have donations coming in?
Conclusion: people (the core) are not happy, are becoming detached.
Frantisek tried to develop more social connection, for example with
food; that didn't work out as well as he had hoped.

Jake: Relates his previous experience, with another space that was open
to people coming in off the street. He found that people tended to
come in and take advantage of the space, but remain anonymous (not
become engaged in the community). He found that a "census" worked
well to help keep track of people. Their implementation was a
simple notebook in the space; anyone interested can take a census at
any time, just walk around and ask people "a few simple questions":
"What's your name?" "How many times have you been here in the last
month?" "Would you like to continue coming here?" He made
suggestions for defusing hostile encounters and intransigence.

Al suggested a few ideas: He'd like to find a car and someone with a
Costco membership so that he can restock sodas. Al also stated that
he wants a locking, clear, box for donations at the space; he is
pretty sure that cash has disappeared from the donation bin, and
that a significant number of people don't donate because they think
donations are insecure.

Patrick: thinks problem is, no official announcement or bulletin board
for people coming into the space. Suggests a weekly printed
calendar with notifications to people. Specifically finds the wiki
hard to find information on.

Kelly: A subset of our populace -- people who are here a lot -- get
indoctrinated in "how we do things"; but a lot of people aren't
interfacing with that culture and don't get indoctrinated.
Remembers when she was doing "new people indoctrination" after the
meetings. Would like to see more people step up to help introduce
newbies to the Noisebridge way.

Frantisek: suggests his homebrew as a fundraiser; it's cheaper than
soda and mostly organic. also suggests outreach, bringing new
people in.

John: suggests guestbook like at hackerdojo -- people should sign in
when they come in, using an alias or pseudonym if they prefer. He'd
also like to solicit donations from people who come to events. He
also suggests a new event -- a "Fix your PC" night.

Shannon: wants to know if anyone disagrees with statement "if you're
here a lot, you should be paying dues". General agreement.

Alison: agrees with statement, but genuinely can't afford $40 per month.
says it feels bad to not be able to.

Al: suggests a front desk, a place for a scheduled volunteer to sit and
interact with people, request donations, etc.

Jay: new here, no background. Not likely to be a hanger-on, but here
for one day. Says it would be great to have an explicit suggestion
at the door, "suggested donation for day use $X", plus a clear way
to make the donation. We asked "how would you feel about a sign
that said "suggested donation $5"? and he responded "I'd think
'whew, I was considering giving $10 or $20'."

Kelly: affiliate donation is too low; suggests benevolent sponsor at
$40 for person who wants to be a supporter but not be closely
affiliated or involved in governance.

Carl: asked what the actual run rate numbers are. Rather than letting
Kelly answer precisely, we all barged in and said "about $5k per
month". Carl then asked about income; we estimated "about $3k
coming in".

Patrick: is there a link to paypal on the site? (yes)
do the usergroups pay? (no). we should get the user groups to pay.
even just $5 per person for a 20 person member group is $100.

Jof: do we need to encourage members to pay? or do we need to induct
new members? (we need to get members to pay, but also to get new
members.)

Kelly: re user groups, tries not to raise it, but finds it really
annoying that regular groups hosted here don't interface with the
membership AT ALL. Thinks that we need to outreach to those groups.
suggests a regular volunteer group show up for the next month to
conduct a census of what groups are *actually* using Noisebridge.

Carl: re user groups, wants a suggested minimum donation per user group.

Jay: how many members? (kelly: 105, including hiatus). "sounds like
there are enough members if everyone was paying"

Frantisek: what were expenses of previous place? and, is noisebridge
too big to support itself at the current size in SFBA? should we
move somewhere smaller?

(it cost $20k to move last time, so we can't afford to move. no
actual answer to his question)

Kelly: I don't know how to say this nicely, so I'll just say it: last
treasurer wasn't actually tracking who paid dues. kelly is going
back through 2010 data to find out who's actually paid their dues.
another problem: paypal randomly cancels recurring payments,
doesn't notify payer.

( at some point earlier, Shannon mentioned that it costs $137 per day for
Noisebridge to operate. )

Meredith: really likes the math we did, of $ per day. Helps set a goal.

Alison: is there a need for a group that operates at Noisebridge to have
a sponsor member? (no. but we have always suggested that there be
a member involved, but that's not enforced; Shannon points out that
we should make sure they pay at least even if not members. )

Laura: suggesting numbers to people who use the space would be good.

Grey: suggest that people with popular blogs encourage the larger
community to support us. (hey, we should ask laughingsquid to drive
people to our affiliate membership)

shannon: "I'll raise the stakes: I'm going to sponsor a day of
December. $137 in addition to my dues for December."

Andy: sponsoring decmeber 13
Al: sponsoring december 26
Jof: sponsoring december 1

John: some events have money involved (for kits, etc). is there
interest to have people donate money at an event such as "fix my
computer day"

Kelly: The theme of being treasurer: lots of work, awful
recordkeeping. perhaps we could nominate a new secretary who's not
burned out.

Jay: actually, the day costs more like $165, not $137. Shannon made a
arithmetic error.

( oops. The day-sponsors agreed (I think) to raise their amounts. )

Meredith: sewing area is one of the most busy areas at noisebridge.
wants to raise funds for sewing area specifically. wants to have a
few sewing days to get people introduced to the sewing area and get
people involved. people who are interested in helping should
contact her.

Steve suggests a light in the space, that turns red as we are going into
the red. kelly wants a data pipe out of our accounting website.
frantisek wants to display the number of members who've paid and
haven't paid.

John: how about putting a speaker at the door, to play a recording
saying "please donate; it costs $XXX to run this space"

Laura: if people don't pay their dues, do they lose membership? (no, we
haven't been giving members nag feedback since mitch was doing it,
long ago. Soon Kelly will implement her scheme: a single friendly
nagging email "pay your dues", then after another week, go on hiatus
list until dues are paid. ) Should we terminate members when they
don't pay? ( Kelly thinks it'd be good to terminate people who
don't pay, but doesn't think that's the consensus. ) Grey points
out that process for getting off hiatus is unclear.

Jay: getting money from people, we should get money from people however
much we can.

Jof: we could use the signs, the one that's been running life could say
something useful, like "here's how much we need to get this month"
and "here's how many members have paid dues"

Steve: the signs should say "hey, we're $X below target, please give money"

Andy: will start about 15 threads on -discuss

Finally we were done discussing money pains and plans. A few other
discussion items came up:

bikes: There are a lot of bikes that have been around for a long time,
taking up space on the bike parking. Andy and Shannon masking-taped
them all to the wall; if the masking tape is unbroken in a week, they'll
go away (to the Bike Kitchen).

skylights: need to be plasticked for winterizing. Andy will order
plastic. Costs about $80, donations towards cost (to Andy directly)
appreciated. Plasticking party after it arrives.

We had one candidate for membership, John (present); he asked to wait
until next week.
</pre>

[[Category: Meeting Notes]]

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27C3 apt

2010-10-05T16:17:47Z

Guckes: table: from/unto/name (probably easier to mantain this way)

Mitch is renting an apartment in Berlin for 27C3, and a bit beyond.
New Years in Berlin is totally crazy, and worth checking out!
And, of course, Chaos Congress is a highlight of any year.

Mitch is renting the apartment from 26-December through 7-January.
I haven't rented the place yet, so I don't know the price, but it
will depend also on how many of us are there for how many days each.

If you would like to join in, please add your name here,
and the dates you think you'll like to be at the apartment:

= Participants =

{| border="1" cellspacing="0"
!from
!unto
!name+contact
|-
|Dec26
|Jan07
|Mitch
|-
|Dec26
|Jan02
|Myriam & Theo Joire (a couple)
|}

Noisebridge Vision

2008-02-05T15:28:47Z

Guckes: /* The Idea */ fixed typos

[[Image:Arduino2.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Learning by doing!]]
[[Image:Evocell_ecoli15.png|thumb|right|180px|Do cool stuff!]]
Noisebridge is a space for sharing, creation, collaboration, research, development, mentoring, and of course, learning.

== The Idea ==

We want to provide infrastructure and collaboration opportunities for people interested in programming, hardware hacking, chemistry, mathematics, photography, security, robotics, all kinds of art, and, of course, technology. Through talks, workshops, and projects people work on together. We want to encourage knowledge exchange, learning, and mentoring.

As a space for artistic collaboration and experimentation, we are open to all types of art - witha special emphasis on the crossover of art and technology. From hardware labs to electronics, cooking, photography, and sound labs, anything that's creative is welcome!

We intend to have many interesting things happening at all times. Sharing is essential to making this work. A logical followup to this is to have space to display our creative projects.

== Financing it ==

The way European hacker spaces do it: Self-finance through membership fees ($15-$40 per member/month), beverage sales and parties. Accept donations and sponsorship to bootstrap, renovate, and buy equipment. Try to get $10,000 to bootstrap, and expect huge membership growth if you start at a cool location, and do cool projects. After a few months additional members usually compensate the cashflow minus. Discuss further in [[Finances]]

== Inspiration ==
Noisebridge is inspired by similar European clubs like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalab Metalab] of Vienna, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-base CBase] of Berlin, [http://www.mi2.hr/ MAMA] of Zagreb, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII_%28squat%29 ASCII] of Amsterdam. Many other clubs of a similar stripe can be found at [http://hacklabs.org/index_en.php Hacklabs]. It would not be out of the question to consider Noisebridge a possible [http://events.ccc.de/2007/09/27/say-hello-to-bitkanonecccde/ San Francisco Chaostreff]. Noisebridge is a hacker space that shares a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorkbot Dorkbot]-like ethic, and indeed, many of the members of Noisebridge are long-time Dorkbotters.