[hackerspaces] Press

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In Houston we have received 25 emails of interest from the article...
our meeting is tomorrow so we will see how many show :)

Chris


On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 2:56 AM, Mitch Altman <maltman23 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> It's really exciting to see that one article can spark so much activity.
> :)  Congrats on starting a space pk!  It will be way wonderful to see some
> spaces happening in Australia.
>
>
> Getting podcasts up is a really good idea!  I'd love to start doing
> podcasts, but at this point in time I have way too much going on (getting
> four products manufactured, plus lots of stuff at Noisebridge, plus lots of
> travel for talks and workshops).  But maybe Eric could do some podcasts
> along with his blogs?
>
>
> Mitch.
>
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> Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 08:18:46 +1030
> From: funkninja at gmail.com
> To: discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org
> Subject: Re: [hackerspaces] Press
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> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 4:01 AM, David Powell <davepow16 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I don't know about all the rest of the spaces but it seems that the
> wired.com article gave us the boost we needed to get started. I had 3
> potential new members contact me and they are coming to our meeting on
> Sunday.
>
> Here's some other feedback for you.
>
> I'd been toying with the idea for a few years now as there's no Hackerspaces
> here at all (Australia).
>
> The day the Wired article came out.. an Australian hackerspace popped up in
> planning.. which motivated me to get my idea rolling too.. so I started one
> up in planning.
>
> By the end of the day there were 4 planned hackerspaces in Australia and one
> more in New Zealand.
>
>
> I also suggest that some hackerspaces.org spokesperson (Mitch?, or whoever
> is appropriate) get some some podcasts.
> I suggested to Christel from Freenode that they do a feature on
> #hackerspaces and hackerspaces in general. I think many podcasts would jump
> on the idea to interview someone about hackerspaces.
>
>
>
> The beauty of it is the more publicity hackerspaces.org gets, the more
> publicity everyone gets. And for the cities with just one or no
> hackerspaces.. that's nothing but good news :)
>
>
> Thanks guys,
>
>
> -pk
>
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