[hackerspaces] Startup publicity and the MAKE: blog

[Robert Ward]

All I did was send one of their editors an email asking for a plug,  
they put it up within forty-five minutes...

I'm not sure if there's something special I did.

~Bob

On Nov 29, 2009, at 9:29 AM, Josh Kopel wrote:

> They have been suggesting that people list events on their events  
> calendar.  You might want to at least list your meetings.
>
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> josh kopel
>
>
> On Nov 29, 2009, at 8:48 AM, Ron Bean <bucketworks at rbean.users.panix.com 
> > wrote:
>
>> It was nice to see that Workshop88 got a mention on the MAKE: blog,  
>> but
>> I've submitted our website before and they've never listed us-- even
>> though we're (slightly) further along in our planning than Workshop88
>> is. So, what's the secret of getting their attention?
>>
>> More to the point, there must be other hackerspaces/makerspaces  
>> that are
>> in startup-mode and could use the publicity-- and MAKE readers are
>> exactly the demographic we're looking for.
>>
>> So, if anyone has any contacts at the MAKE: blog, I think what we'd
>> really like them to do is to post a weekly listing of groups that are
>> starting up and need members, and where and when they're meeting. The
>> idea is to tell people that if they've checked hackerspaces.org in  
>> the
>> past and didn't find anyone in their area, it's time to check again.
>>
>> BTW we're calling ourselves a "Makerspace" rather than a  
>> "Hackerspace".
>> The name was picked before I got involved, so I don't know the  
>> reasoning
>> behind it.
>>
>> http://www.milwaukeemakerspace.org/
>>
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