[hackerspaces] hackerspace awards

[Philippe Langlois]

Definitely for me, the competition things is too spectacular and not  
in the spirit of what i do with hackespaces

competition promotes elitism and kills people with weak self-esteem,  
this is bad IMHO.

i prefer collaboration... :)


On 09 Feb 2010, at 22:15, Georges Kesseler 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
>
>
>
> 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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