[hackerspaces] Want a workshop by Mitch & others this summer?

[Doug Philips]

HackPittsburgh would love to have you!

-=Doug


On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:18 PM, Mitch Altman <maltman23 at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  I bought a 45-day Amtrak USA Rail Pass.
>
> I will be starting by going from San Francisco to New York City on
> 27-June.  I have a few plans already, but if people/hackerspaces are
> interested, I'd love to do lots of workshops in cities with hackerspaces
> (or forming hackerspaces) in cities nearby Amtrak stations.
>
> Jimmie Rodgers will be joining me, and so will other cool people -- for
> either all or part of this Hackers on a Train Workshop Tour 2012.
>
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> Our workshops are for all ages, and all skill levels.
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> Would you be interested in having us do workshops at your space?
>
> Would you be interested in joining us for all or part of the HoaT Workshop
> Tour 2012?
>
> Lemme know!
>
> I have the following plans so far -- and there's room for plenty more!
>      July 1 -- arrive in NYC
>      July 7 -- workshop at The Hacktory, Philadelphia
>      July 13-15 -- HOPE #9, New York City
>      July 21-22 -- Awesome Foundation Summit, Boston
>      July 27-29 -- World Future Society conference, Toronto
>      August 8-12 -- ToorCamp, NW corner of Washington state
>
> We'll be bringing lots of our kits, all designed for total beginners, but
> fun and intriguing enough for everyone.  We can teach anyone and everyone
> how to solder -- soldering actually is easy<http://mightyohm.com/blog/2011/04/soldering-is-easy-comic-book/>!  And
> we can teach more advanced topics, too.  I can also give my "Arduino For
> Total Newbies<http://www.cornfieldelectronics.com/downloads/tvbg_arduino/tvbg_arduino_workshop.htm>"
> workshop.  And Jimmie can give his "Circuit Bending" workshop.  We can also
> give talks, if there's interest.  Anything that can help out your
> hackerspace!
>
>
> <https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/File:Arduinos_For_Total_Newbies_workshop.jpg>
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> Here's some of the kits that will be available:
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> * *TV-B-Gone* -- (turn off any TV in public places!)
> * *"Hi My Name Is" badge* -- (you may have seen me wearing mine)
> * *Brain Machine* -- (Meditate, Hallucinate, and Trip Out!)
> * *Mignonette Game* -- (build your own handheld game console!)
> * *Trippy RGB Waves* -- (interac tive blinky lights!)
> * *LEDcube* -- (animated 3D cube of LEDs!)
> * *MiniPOV* -- (more cool blinky lights!)
> * *BoArduino* -- (solderless breadborad Arduino!)
> * *Diavolino* -- (shield compatible Arduino from Evil Mad Science!)
> * *OpenHeart* -- (animate fun patterns in the shape of a heart!)
> * *LoL Shield* -- (Lots of LEDs for your Arduino!)
> * *Atari Punk Console* -- (make noise!)
> * *microcontroller programmer (USBtinyISP)* -- (program all your AVR
> family chips!)
>
> *And more!*
>
>
> Workshops are great ways to get new people to your hackerspace, and to
> energize people already at the space.  You can also use them to raise
> funds, if you like.
>
> Me and Jimmie don't make money from our workshops.  The money we charge
> ($10 to $35, depending on the kit) pays for kit parts and travel.  We do
> this because we love teaching people how to make cool things!  And we love
> helping hackerspaces.
>
> Here are a few links to articles from our Midwest tour a couple summers
> ago:
> http://blog.makezine.com/2010/08/12/coming-to-you-town-the-midwest-work/
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> http://forum.archreactor.org/FUDforum2/index.php/m/5955/
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> http://pumpingstationone.org/2010/08/mitch-altman-jimmie-p-rodgers-to-join-circuit-hacking-wednesday/
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> http://www.lvl1.org/2010/08/17/fun-with-the-lolshield/
>
>
> I'd love to add your hackerspace to our tour.  Please let me know if
> you're interested, and I'll reply with an email with a minimal list of
> what's required on your end.
>
> And please let me know if you'd like to join us on the HoaT Workshop Tour
> 2012.
>
> Cheers,
> Mitch <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Altman>.
>
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