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I say something like: Noisebridge is part of a new wave of hackerspaces around the world. In the last year and half hundreds of hackerspaces have started up around the world. A great resource for people interested in hackerspaces is hackerspaces.org.<BR>
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From: robert.t.ward@gmail.com<BR>Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:17:52 -0600<BR>To: discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org<BR>Subject: Re: [hackerspaces] Startup publicity<BR><BR><BASE>
<DIV>So what do those of us part of a space do to promote the movement as a whole when we're interacting with the media or anyone else?</DIV>
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<DIV>~Bob</DIV><BR>
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<DIV>On Dec 1, 2009, at 3:11 PM, Mitch Altman wrote:</DIV><BR class=ecxApple-interchange-newline>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" class=ecxhmmessage>I always say that Noisebridge is part of a hackerspace movement. That's not always picked up by the interviewer, though. The CNET story <<A href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10405255-245.html">http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10405255-245.html</A>> didn't really pick up on other hackerspaces, much, or<SPAN class=ecxApple-converted-space> </SPAN><A href="http://hackerspaces.org/">hackerspaces.org</A>. (But, like you said, people will type "hackerspace" into their search engine of choice.)<BR> <BR>I'll be giving a talk about starting your own hackerspace at Codebits (in Lisbon) on Thursday, and doing a panel with Bre and Jens in Singapore (at Neoteny Singapore Camp 1) the following week. I'm hoping this will create more buzz for hackerspaces and<SPAN class=ecxApple-converted-space> </SPAN><A href="http://hackerspaces.org/">hackerspaces.org</A>.<BR> <BR>Mitch.<BR> <BR><BR>---------------- <BR>> From:<SPAN class=ecxApple-converted-space> </SPAN><A href="mailto:seanbonner@gmail.com">seanbonner@gmail.com</A><BR>> Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:58:54 -0800<BR>> To:<SPAN class=ecxApple-converted-space> </SPAN><A href="mailto:discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org">discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org</A><BR>> Subject: Re: [hackerspaces] Startup publicity<BR>><SPAN class=ecxApple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>> Or better yet provide info on how to start one, and maybe contacts to<BR>> other people in your area who may have inquired recently as well...<BR>><SPAN class=ecxApple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Ron Bean<BR>> <<A href="mailto:bucketworks@rbean.users.panix.com">bucketworks@rbean.users.panix.com</A>> wrote:<BR>> > Hans Fraiponts <<A href="mailto:fraiponts@gmail.com">fraiponts@gmail.com</A>> writes:<BR>> ><BR>> >>Few things, someone who's really interested and hears about a HS in<BR>> >>city X will probably google "hackerspace", get on<SPAN class=ecxApple-converted-space> </SPAN><A href="http://hs.org/">hs.org</A><SPAN class=ecxApple-converted-space> </SPAN>and find the<BR>> >>list.<BR>> ><BR>> > Yes. And if you check the list and find that there isn't one in your<BR>> > area, how often do you check back just in case someone is starting one?<BR>> ><BR>> > It would be cool if you could click a link that says "email me whenever<BR>> > this page changes".<BR>> ><BR>> > _______________________________________________<BR>> > Discuss mailing list<BR>> ><SPAN class=ecxApple-converted-space> </SPAN><A href="mailto:Discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org">Discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org</A><BR>> ><SPAN class=ecxApple-converted-space> </SPAN><A href="http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss">http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</A><BR>> ><BR>><SPAN class=ecxApple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>><SPAN class=ecxApple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>><SPAN class=ecxApple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>> --<SPAN class=ecxApple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>> Sean Bonner<BR>><SPAN class=ecxApple-converted-space> </SPAN><A href="http://www.seanbonner.com/">http://www.seanbonner.com</A><SPAN class=ecxApple-converted-space> </SPAN>- homebase<BR>><SPAN class=ecxApple-converted-space> </SPAN><A href="http://www.metblogs.com/">http://www.metblogs.com</A><SPAN class=ecxApple-converted-space> </SPAN>- get local<BR>> Unless agreed upon, assume everything in this e-mail might be blogged.<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Discuss mailing list<BR>><SPAN class=ecxApple-converted-space> </SPAN><A href="mailto:Discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org">Discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org</A><BR>><SPAN class=ecxApple-converted-space> </SPAN><A href="http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss">http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</A><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Discuss mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org">Discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org</A><BR><A href="http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss">http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</A><BR></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR> </body>
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