[hackerspaces] Renaming a Space

Tue Nov 23 19:23:48 CET 2010

I kind of like B-More Hack More

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Justis Peters <justis.peters at gmail.com>wrote:

> Name it "B-More Hack More"
>
> At SplatSpace, we used http://www.google.com/moderator/ in order to source
> both suggestions and votes on the name. We asked people to vote only if they
> were local and likely to visit the hackerspace, but we didn't actively
> police that. Overall, I was very happy with how Google Moderator worked for
> this task.
>
> Kind regards,
> Justis
>
>
> On 11/23/2010 12:01 PM, Mark Huson wrote:
>
>> Baltimore Node North to match HackPGH (Baltimore Node West) :)
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 11:38 AM, B Strand<strand at jigsawrenaissance.org>
>>  wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Baltimore HackLabs
>>>
>>> Sent from a phone, please excuse typos and brevity.
>>>
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>>>
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>>>> 1. Re: Cleaning up the wiki "list of hackerspaces" (Peter Smith)
>>>> 2. CCHits - an automated Podcasting Project (Jon Spriggs)
>>>> 3. Renaming a Space (David Powell)
>>>> 4. Re: Renaming a Space (Nate Bezanson)
>>>> 5. Re: Renaming a Space (dosman)
>>>> 6. Re: Cleaning up the wiki "list of hackerspaces" (Koen Martens)
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>>>> Message: 1
>>>> Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:54:59 -0600
>>>> From: Peter Smith<peters242 at gmail.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [hackerspaces] Cleaning up the wiki "list of
>>>> hackerspaces"
>>>> To: Hackerspaces General Discussion List
>>>> <discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org>
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>>>> To fix some of the clutter, I propose a "REFRESH" button to be
>>>> available for any entry that is not "active" or "building".. There
>>>> would be a time-to-live applied (30 days?), which would force the
>>>> entry to drop from the listing whenever someone hasn't physically hit
>>>> the "REFRESH" button within the time-to-live (this would at least
>>>> allow those entries/hackerspaces that no longer have any humans that
>>>> care about them to get automatically cleaned up.)
>>>>
>>>> Peter
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 14:40, Ben Brown<ben at kwartzlab.ca>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> What about splitting/filtering the list depending on
>>>>> Open/Planned/tomato?
>>>>> I
>>>>> think the 'planned' spaces are almost as important to those who are the
>>>>> textbook definition of 'Open'.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Message: 2
>>>> Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:09:36 +0000
>>>> From: Jon Spriggs<jon at sprig.gs>
>>>> Subject: [hackerspaces] CCHits - an automated Podcasting Project
>>>> To: Hackerspaces Discussion List<discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org>
>>>> Message-ID:
>>>> <AANLkTi=Ld3wdLr45jMsLw0sSeO+mbf1Om7FuqwfOG3FR at mail.gmail.com<Ld3wdLr45jMsLw0sSeO%2Bmbf1Om7FuqwfOG3FR at mail.gmail.com>
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>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> A few months back, I was talking to a few of you about an idea for a
>>>> podcast that I'd had. The podcast was designed for a few separate
>>>> purposes:
>>>>
>>>> 1) It showcases great Creative Commons licensed music tracks, giving
>>>> favour to tracks preferred by the audience.
>>>> 2) It's a programming project, to see how easy (or hard!) it is to
>>>> create an automatically produced podcast.
>>>> 3) Once a few tracks have been added, it should be possible for public
>>>> spaces (such as, oh... I dunno, maybe a hackerspace?) to download a
>>>> long series of tracks (maybe listed in hours - like "8 hours of
>>>> Creative Commons, Family Safe Music" or "24 hours of music, including
>>>> non-family-friendly music") to provide background music for the
>>>> venues, without (theoretically) requiring a PRS or PPL license.
>>>> 4) It encourages existing podcasts to play Creative Commons licensed
>>>> tracks and get feedback from their audience on which tracks are
>>>> enjoyed by their listeners.
>>>>
>>>> For those of you who might like to hear some Creative Commons music,
>>>> the site is:
>>>>
>>>> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?http://cchits.net
>>>>
>>>> For those of you who are artists that release your music under
>>>> Creative Commons, or if you're a podcaster, and play Creative Commons
>>>> tracks as a part of that, please feel free to give me a shout about
>>>> making the tracks you play available through the site with links back
>>>> to your shows:
>>>>
>>>> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? email: show at cchits.net (currently just an alias
>>>> for jon at sprig.gs but in time this may change)
>>>>
>>>> For those of you who might be interested in how it all hangs together,
>>>> details on where to get the code and how to use the comprehensive API
>>>> is available from:
>>>>
>>>> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? http://cchits.net/about/
>>>>
>>>> Please feel free to forward this e-mail on to anyone you think might
>>>> be interested in this project.
>>>> --
>>>> Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Message: 3
>>>> Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:13:38 -0500
>>>> From: David Powell<davepow16 at gmail.com>
>>>> Subject: [hackerspaces] Renaming a Space
>>>> To: Hackerspaces General Discussion List
>>>> <discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org>
>>>> Message-ID:
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>>>> We have been known as Harford Hackerspace since January 2009. The
>>>> problem
>>>> is
>>>> that we operate out of Baltimore County, MD. When I started the space I
>>>> lived in Harford but 8 of 10 of our members are from Baltimore so we
>>>> decided
>>>> it would be best to establish the space there.
>>>>
>>>> It has resulted in potential members not even looking at our space. It's
>>>> amazing how many people eventually do find us and let us know that had
>>>> they
>>>> know we were in Baltimore they would come more often and participate in
>>>> more
>>>> of our events. So it's time to change our name.
>>>>
>>>> Please give us some suggestions. We are a well established hackerspace
>>>> and
>>>> we would really like to expand. We are a well rounded group with experts
>>>> in
>>>> Software and Hardware. We tend to do more hardware. Another hackerspace
>>>> is
>>>> located in Baltimore City and they go by the name Baltimore Node.
>>>>
>>>> Let me know if you need more information in order to make suggestions
>>>> that
>>>> fit our group. You can always check out our website at
>>>> www.harfordhackerspace.org to see what we do.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you
>>>> David Powell
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>>>> Message: 4
>>>> Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:50:00 -0500
>>>> From: "Nate Bezanson"<myself at telcodata.us>
>>>> Subject: Re: [hackerspaces] Renaming a Space
>>>> To: "Hackerspaces General Discussion List"
>>>> <discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org>
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>>>> Well, since The Detroit Facility was a flop and eventually supplanted by
>>>> i3Detroit, I figure it's time to give the name another chance at life.
>>>> I'll suggest The Baltimore Facility.
>>>>
>>>> Some of our early logo ideas:
>>>> http://wiki.detroitfacility.org/index.php/Logo
>>>>
>>>> Lately I've been keeping a list of interesting potential space names
>>>> that
>>>> bubble into my head. I only started writing them down last week, but so
>>>> far I have:
>>>>
>>>> Opposable Thumbs Studio, or just Opposable Thumbs
>>>>
>>>> New Make City
>>>>
>>>> Sufficiently Advanced
>>>>
>>>> Tinkergarden
>>>>
>>>> Silicon Studio
>>>>
>>>> Silicon and Steel
>>>>
>>>> Make It So
>>>>
>>>> Blinkenmore (just for you!)
>>>>
>>>> It's hard to admit that your existing name isn't right, and even harder
>>>> to
>>>> abandon the branding/advertising/reputation-building you've done thus
>>>> far.
>>>> But I think it's the right thing to do in the long run, if you can find
>>>> a
>>>> new name that really does work substantially better.
>>>>
>>>> Good luck!
>>>> -Nate-
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> We have been known as Harford Hackerspace since January 2009. The
>>>>> problem
>>>>> is
>>>>> that we operate out of Baltimore County, MD. When I started the space I
>>>>> lived in Harford but 8 of 10 of our members are from Baltimore so we
>>>>> decided
>>>>> it would be best to establish the space there.
>>>>>
>>>>> It has resulted in potential members not even looking at our space.
>>>>> It's
>>>>> amazing how many people eventually do find us and let us know that had
>>>>> they
>>>>> know we were in Baltimore they would come more often and participate in
>>>>> more
>>>>> of our events. So it's time to change our name.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please give us some suggestions. We are a well established hackerspace
>>>>> and
>>>>> we would really like to expand. We are a well rounded group with
>>>>> experts
>>>>> in
>>>>> Software and Hardware. We tend to do more hardware. Another hackerspace
>>>>> is
>>>>> located in Baltimore City and they go by the name Baltimore Node.
>>>>>
>>>>> Let me know if you need more information in order to make suggestions
>>>>> that
>>>>> fit our group. You can always check out our website at
>>>>> www.harfordhackerspace.org to see what we do.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you
>>>>> David Powell
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Discuss mailing list
>>>>> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org
>>>>> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Message: 5
>>>> Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:50:39 -0500
>>>> From: dosman<dosman at packetsniffers.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [hackerspaces] Renaming a Space
>>>> To: Hackerspaces General Discussion List
>>>> <discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org>
>>>> Message-ID:<5B580D51-4C1B-4955-BC09-483F9BF6E418 at packetsniffers.org>
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>>>>
>>>> Baltimore Co. Hackerspace Department - make sure to use a makerbot-
>>>> printed sheriff's star in your new logo. We have a pizza joint locally
>>>> that has a very similar name actually.
>>>>
>>>> -dosman
>>>>
>>>> On Nov 22, 2010, at 4:13 PM, David Powell wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> We have been known as Harford Hackerspace since January 2009. The
>>>>> problem is that we operate out of Baltimore County, MD. When I
>>>>> started the space I lived in Harford but 8 of 10 of our members are
>>>>> from Baltimore so we decided it would be best to establish the space
>>>>> there.
>>>>>
>>>>> It has resulted in potential members not even looking at our space.
>>>>> It's amazing how many people eventually do find us and let us know
>>>>> that had they know we were in Baltimore they would come more often
>>>>> and participate in more of our events. So it's time to change our
>>>>> name.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please give us some suggestions. We are a well established
>>>>> hackerspace and we would really like to expand. We are a well
>>>>> rounded group with experts in Software and Hardware. We tend to do
>>>>> more hardware. Another hackerspace is located in Baltimore City and
>>>>> they go by the name Baltimore Node.
>>>>>
>>>>> Let me know if you need more information in order to make
>>>>> suggestions that fit our group. You can always check out our website
>>>>> at www.harfordhackerspace.org to see what we do.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you
>>>>> David Powell
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Discuss mailing list
>>>>> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org
>>>>> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Message: 6
>>>> Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 01:40:59 +0100
>>>> From: Koen Martens<gmc at sonologic.nl>
>>>> Subject: Re: [hackerspaces] Cleaning up the wiki "list of
>>>> hackerspaces"
>>>> To: Hackerspaces General Discussion List
>>>> <discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org>
>>>> Message-ID:<20101123004058.GG24361 at chasmcity.sonologic.nl>
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>>>> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 12:39:25PM -0800, Lokkju Brennr wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I'm pretty sure it is the fact that the main page will only list 500
>>>>> hackerspaces: limit=500
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Perhaps if we clean up the list somewhat, we don't need the limit
>>>> anymore?
>>>> i've personally always wondered why closed spaces are on the main list,
>>>> and
>>>> i know of some entries that shouldn't be on there in nl. I've always
>>>> been
>>>> hesitating about removing them though. i do agree the planned&  building
>>>> are
>>>> important to be on the 'main' list.
>>>>
>>>> gr,
>>>>
>>>> gmc
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> lOKi // brainsilo.org
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Simon Dorfman<simon at gumbolabs.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I was looking for a hackerspace in Dallas (since I was visiting for
>>>>>> board
>>>>>> game geek con, so much fun!) and the Dallas Makerspace wasn't on that
>>>>>> page.
>>>>>> I was able to find it by clicking on the state of Texas and finding it
>>>>>> listed there. ?I tried to "fix it", but didn't see what was missing
>>>>>> from
>>>>>> this page that would stop it from showing up on the big list page:
>>>>>> http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Dallas_Makerspace
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Simon
>>>>>>
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