I feel like we can fill up our own track with all of the suggestions of hackerspace talk variations that have been discussed. Bring on the hackerspace talks!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Nick Farr (<a href="http://hackerspaces.org">hackerspaces.org</a>) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nick@hackerspaces.org">nick@hackerspaces.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 16:14, Matthew McCabe <<a href="mailto:matt@mrmccabe.com">matt@mrmccabe.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I think it is important to have a hackerspace talk ever year at Defcon<br>
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</div>Has anyone noticed that it's a GOOD THING that hackerspaces are so<br>
common that we complain the HOWTO talk has been "been done to death"?<br>
<br>
However good that is, there are STILL lots of cities, throughout the<br>
world that either don't have Hackerspaces or have trouble getting them<br>
started. Some people from the *same city* ended up meeting in the<br>
post-talk session at the last Defcon.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Again, I propose a 15-20 minute talk about how one hackerspace, AHS,<br>
> started as an example of the good, bad, and ugly of starting a space.<br>
<br>
</div>Having given this talk several times, I hate to say that it rarely<br>
works out. It generally leaves people feeling more discouraged than<br>
empowered. However, the big spectacle of a talk is STILL IMPORTANT.<br>
<br>
Give an all positive talk explaining how Hackerspaces have plugged<br>
into various non-hackerish networks and built amazing things.<br>
Makerbot is just one example of many. Uncover the non-obvious ones.<br>
Perhaps show non-hackerspace folk how to get involved in the movement.<br>
<br>
Get their stories, perhaps get them to submit you some video, and<br>
stitch together a talk that demonstrates how/why Hackerspaces are<br>
important. THEN hold a working session after the talk and go over the<br>
problems/specifics and how to overcome. Stick around the Hardware<br>
Hacking Village to help direct people to the right place.<br>
<br>
Another idea you might want to pitch to DefCon is to build another<br>
"Prototype Hackerspace" like we ran at Defcon 17. I can give you<br>
pointers on what we did for that.<br>
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