[hackerspaces] Synchronous Hackathon for December

Pete Prodoehl raster at gmail.com
Tue Dec 20 05:26:48 CET 2011


Once multiple spaces have data in place, numerous applications can be
developed.

It's a bit of a chicken/egg problem... Why create the data if there are no
apps? How can you create apps without data?

So I'd suggest that all of the intended uses have not yet been discovered.


Pete

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Jeff Myer <jmyer at cthackerspace.com> wrote:

> Was following along a bit with the space API thread over the weekend but
> didn't get a chance to do anything until now. At the risk of showing my
> ignorance, how is the space API intended to be used?
>
> I did see the example and understand how it COULD BE used but feel as
> though I am missing something. Do plans exist to aggregate all of the data
> in a central app or page somewhere? Or is it just intended to be a common
> way to format this data across spaces?  This really is not my area of
> expertise but find it interesting and would like to learn more about how it
> is intended to be used.
>
> Thanks for filling in any blanks that I am drawing on the concept!
>
> Jeff
>
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Koen Martens <gmc at sonologic.nl> wrote:
>
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>> Hya,
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>> On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 07:56:27PM -0700, Ryan Rix wrote:
>> > review is overrated, have at it. https://github.com/rrix/23b-spaceapiand
>> > http://www.heatsynclabs.org:81/~access/cgi-bin/spaceapi.rb
>> >
>> > It doesn't work in our space right now as it turns out because OAC lies
>> about
>> > its current lock/unlock statuses :(
>>
>> Offline now?? I can't seem to establish a connection to
>> heatsynclabs.org:81 !
>>
>> - - gmc
>>
>> >
>> > Ryan Rix
>> > HeatSync Labs
>> >
>> > On Sat 17 December 2011 13:30:57 Ryan Rix wrote:
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > Just waiting for some review before it goes live, but I hacked
>> together some
>> > > ugly code to spit out a SpaceAPI JSON from the current lockstatus of
>> a 23b
>> > > Open Access Control system. S
>> > >
>> > > o now HeatSync Labs in Mesa AZ will soon be SpaceAPI compatible! I'll
>> post
>> > > the github when it goes live and doesn't have any glaring "what the
>> hells"
>> > >
>> > > r
>> > >
>> > > On Sat 17 December 2011 13:48:37 Eric Stein wrote:
>> > > > ^5 for midwest hacking!  I've been thinking of integrating mine with
>> > > > Google Calendar... tell me I'm not insane?
>> > > >
>> > > > Eric
>> > > >
>> > > > On 12/17/2011 08:20 AM, Pete Prodoehl wrote:
>> > > > > Milwaukee Makerspace is here:
>> > > > >     http://apps.2xlnetworks.net/milwaukeemakerspace/
>> > > > >
>> > > > > With a few details here:
>> > > > >
>> http://wiki.milwaukeemakerspace.org/projects/hackerspacestatusapi
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Pete
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > > On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 2:39 AM, Eric Stein <toba at des.truct.org
>> > > > >
>> > > > > <mailto:toba at des.truct.org>> wrote:
>> > > > >     Not totally done (more fields to fill out, making the "status"
>> > > > >     part have a useful phrase depending on what's going on), but
>> it's
>> > > > >     up and running!
>> > > > >
>> > > > >     http://space.pumpingstationone.org:8000/spaceapi/ps1
>> > > > >
>> > > > >     For those of you playing from home, this is implemented in my
>> > > > >     lidless video stream analysis software
>> > > > >     (https://github.com/eastein/lidless/issues/31) and the
>> config is
>> > > > >     posted on our wiki:
>> http://wiki.pumpingstationone.org/Spacemon
>> > > > >
>> > > > >     Oh this is fun.
>> > > > >
>> > > > >     Eric
>> > > > >
>> > > > >     P.S. Dear Koen, don't put this in the directory yet, I'm not
>> done.
>> > > > >
>> > > > >     On 12/16/2011 03:07 AM, Mel Shamanka wrote:
>> > > > >>     And that's how the transformation of hackerspaces into
>> > > > >>     self-aware, communicating AIs began ;)
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >>     More seriously, the idea of using APIS to connect two rooms
>> > > > >>     together could have very interesting applications in other
>> > > > >>     fields. One of my colleagues is working on electronic
>> "twinning"
>> > > > >>     technology between schools and classrooms between countries
>> and
>> > > > >>     interaction windows and walls into another classroom would be
>> > > > >>     pretty awesome for our students and teachers to work together
>> > > > >>     across distances (like in that old Microsoft R&D video from
>> a few
>> > > > >>     years ago).
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >>     2011/12/15 Danny O'Brien <danny at spesh.com <mailto:
>> danny at spesh.com>>
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >>         On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 7:30 AM, Pete Prodoehl
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >>         <raster at gmail.com <mailto:raster at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> > > > >>             SpaceAPI... Perfect!
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >>         Oh this is sweet! Some of us have  been hacking at
>> > > > >>         Noisebridge on an internal REST API for stuff like our
>> gate
>> > > > >>         and LED boards -- this matches that work really well!
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >>         d.
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >>             Of course I implemented a simple version of it for
>> > > > >>             Milwaukee Makerspace last week. :)
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >>             (But it will be good to have more spaces join in.)
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >>             Pete
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >>             On 12/15/11 12:44 AM, Eric Stein wrote:
>> > > > >>>             I'll do space API this weekend.
>> > > > >>>
>> > > > >>>             On it like glue.
>> > > > >>>
>> > > > >>>             Eric
>> > > > >>>
>> > > > >>>             On 12/14/2011 07:04 PM, Will Bradley wrote:
>> > > > >>>>             Cool ideas, I'm for em!
>> > > > >>>>
>> > > > >>>>             My dream for awhile has been a persistent video
>> wall so
>> > > > >>>>             you can look through a "window" into other spaces
>> > > > >>>>             around the world and say hi. There's a ustream
>> video
>> > > > >>>>             matrix which is cool, but always seems to be
>> offline,
>> > > > >>>>             and I made a webcam matrix but it's just snapshots
>> > > > >>>>             updated every few seconds.
>> > > > >>>>
>> > > > >>>>             With the proliferation of cheap
>> screen-speaker-webcam
>> > > > >>>>             combos (tablets) this is sounding more doable but
>> needs
>> > > > >>>>             software kinda like a google hangout to make work.
>> > > > >>>>
>> > > > >>>>             Whether it's something we work on or not, it's
>> still on
>> > > > >>>>             my todo list :)
>> > > > >>>>
>> > > > >>>>             On Dec 14, 2011 5:50 PM, "Psy Tek"
>> > > > >>>>             <psytek at alphaonelabs.com
>> > > > >>>>
>> > > > >>>>             <mailto:psytek at alphaonelabs.com>> wrote:
>> > > > >>>>                 How about something with the space API?
>> > > > >>>>
>> > > > >>>>                  https://hackerspaces.nl/spaceapi/
>> > > > >>>>
>> > > > >>>>                 The 1 year anniversary of the cupcake
>> challenge is
>> > > > >>>>                 coming up too... I
>> > > > >>>>                 was thinking of doing a global hackerspace
>> candy
>> > > > >>>>                 challenge.  Similar
>> > > > >>>>                 to the cupcake challenge with a few new twists.
>> > > > >>>>
>> > > > >>>>                 On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 7:45 PM, Will Bradley
>> > > > >>>>                 <bradley.will at gmail.com
>> > > > >>>>
>> > > > >>>>                 <mailto:bradley.will at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> > > > >>>>                 > Got any ideas? :)
>> > > > >>>>                 >
>> > > > >>>>                 > On Dec 14, 2011 12:33 PM, "Ben Brown"
>> > > > >>>>
>> > > > >>>>                 <ben at generik.ca <mailto:ben at generik.ca>>
>> wrote:
>> > > > >>>>                 >> Just checking in, despite the holidays is
>> there
>> > > > >>>>
>> > > > >>>>                 a hackathon this coming
>> > > > >>>>
>> > > > >>>>                 >> weekend? Is there a challenge?
>> > > > >>>>                 >>
>> > > > >>>>                 >> I'd like to get our space (Kwartzlab)
>> involved
>> > > > >>>>
>> > > > >>>>                 more often in these
>> > > > >>>>
>> > > > >>>>                 >> weekends.
>> > > > >>>>                 >>
>> > > > >>>>                 >> Cheers!
>> > > > >>>>                 >> Ben
>> > > > >>>>                 >>
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