[hackerspaces] hackerspace awards

[Ryan/baslisks]

competition stirs innovation. You just ha veto plan them differently

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Georges Kesseler
<georgeskesseler at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I'm wondering if competition is in the spirit of hackerspaces.
> Take the demoscene competitions, it's often down to hiding the code to
> have an advantage over others.
> We are trying to be open and share.
> Me personally I already find this quite difficult, being more from the
> "invented here, not your's" generation.
> So, better no competition but cross-space collaboration.
>
> I see this already happen with arduino based access control systems.
> Inspire each one, make it better, give it back.
>
> Georges
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> Jeff Cotten wrote:
>> Would any other hackerspace members be interested in organizing some kind of hackerspace award?
>>
>> I was thinking some kind of good spirited competition to see what kinds of innovations we can cook up in our projects.
>>
>> I'm hoping if we did do something like this, an award category could be some kind of "best hackerspace improvement."
>> Like maybe a project that benefits members of hackerspaces, or better improves the quality of their hackerspace.
>> Something that not only demonstrates innovation, but is something that all hackerspaces could benefit from.
>>
>> Do any hackerspaces already have any type of internal competitions?
>>
>> ~Omegix
>> Makers Local 256 (Huntsville, AL)
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