[hackerspaces] Taxonomy of maker spaces

[quemener.yves at free.fr]

Is that some kind of... freemasonry ? Not sure I understand the wikipedia article right. What do they DO in those lodges ? Is it similar to Malta Knights ? I see what the Rotary is, but here it is basically seen as a richs people club. 

I usually describe hackerspaces as the university electronics club for people who are not at university anymore. 

Iv


----- "Robert Ward" <robert.t.ward at gmail.com> a écrit :

> Our universal answer for the question "What is a hackerspace?", when 
> 
> asked by people who wouldn't really get a longer explanation is,  
> "We're like an Elks lodge...but for geeks.".
> 
> As I write this it's occurring to me that I don't know if anyone has 
> 
> these types of organizations outside the US, e.g. The Elks, Eagles,  
> Rotary, etc.  Well, at least stateside it does make some sense to your
>  
> average Joe.
> 
> ~Bob
> 
> On Oct 23, 2009, at 3:25 AM, Koen Martens wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 10:24:34AM +0200, Koen Martens wrote:
> >> Hya,
> >>
> >> On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 01:41:09PM -0700, Jerry Isdale wrote:
> >>> So as a help to noobs like me, I'd like to discuss some of the
> terms
> >>> used for various biz models for the generic term of 'Maker
> Space'.
> >>> Terms like hackerspace, fab lab, tech shop, and names for
> variants
> >>> outside those.
> >>
> >> I have been asking myself 'what is a hackerspace' a lot lately,  
> >> because i'm
> >> just starting one and need to explain this to eg. potential  
> >> landlord. I don't
> >> think there is one single answer, this is already evident in the  
> >> great number
> >> of different hackerspaces: some nothing more than an office unit, 
> 
> >> others in
> >> multi-story buildings with rooms varying in function, others not  
> >> having their
> >> own space at all..
> >>
> >> Ask anyone on this list what a hackerspace is, and you are likely 
> 
> >> to get
> >> very different answers.
> >>
> >> I, for one, would not want to come up with a single, fits-all  
> >> definition of
> >> the term, simply because that would deny the great variety that  
> >> makes all
> >> these spaces so interesting!
> >
> > Oh, and I forgot: as for the other terms like fablab, tech shop,  
> > maker space,
> > etc.. I think they're all in one blurry Venn diagram, overlapping  
> > here, differing
> > there. Any single space might be in any number of circles in the  
> > Venn diagram.
> >
> > Gr,
> >
> > Koen
> >
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