We've spent a couple months doing research on hackerspaces/makerspaces/etc for a few months while planning our space (intro message to the list coming in next couple days). <div><br></div><div>One thing we've detected is what seems like a growing separation between the terms hackerspace & makerspace (mostly in Europe, currently). The two used to be interchangeable, but apparently makerspace is slowly starting to be used to describe an overcommercialized hackerspace and/or a hackerspace that's started abandoning the value of deep learning/understanding. This is one of the reasons we're going to be referring to ourselves as a hackerspace.</div>
<div><br></div><div>As for TechShop & fab lab, we've encountered examples of pretty much everything that's been said in this thread. TechShop is just a chain/brand. Fab lab is a bit broader & could refer to a brand, biz models, and spaces based on the tools they contain. </div>
<div><br></div><div>As for a hackerspace definition...good luck on trying to nail that down. It seems like the nature of hackerspaces is to keep spaces adaptable to meet any needs of its users/community as the needs develop/emerge. And in that situation, I'd say any definition has to be a pretty loose one that allows for that. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Also, I could<span></span> be talking completely out of my rear.</div><div><br>On Monday, May 12, 2014, Mark Scrano <<a href="mailto:mscrano@ieee.org">mscrano@ieee.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">I'm not saying that it's exclusively that way, but I have visited makerspaces/fablabs that have zero interest in technology related projects. They may be missing out, but their demographics may just be different.<div>
Mark S.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Al Billings <span dir="ltr"><<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','albill@openbuddha.com');" target="_blank">albill@openbuddha.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Obvious how? I’ve never seen a “hackerspace” that didn’t have people fabricating things or a “makerspace” that didn’t have people programming.<div>
<br></div><div><div><br><div><div>On May 12, 2014, at 12:36 PM, Mark Scrano <<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mscrano@ieee.org');" target="_blank">mscrano@ieee.org</a>> wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite">
<span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important"> It is obvious to me that a hackerspace has more people oriented towards the technology/programming side of things and makers/fabricators on getting their hands dirty. </span></blockquote>
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Al Billings<br><a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','albill@openbuddha.com');" target="_blank">albill@openbuddha.com</a><br><a href="http://makehacklearn.org" target="_blank">http://makehacklearn.org</a>
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