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

Fri Jun 8 01:15:29 CEST 2012

Hey Jeff,

Is CT Hackerspace different than NESIT?  (Somehow I had then equated.)

I'd love to include CT Hackerspace in the HoaT Tour.

I'll be in touch soon when I figure out a preliminary itinerary.

Thanks!

Mitch.

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> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 22:34:15 -0400 
> From: jmyer at cthackerspace.com 
> To: discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org 
> Subject: Re: [hackerspaces] Want a workshop by Mitch & others this summer? 
> 
> Mitch, 
> 
> CT Hackerspace is interested. Located between NYC and Boston, I could 
> see working something in between your New York and Boston plans. I can 
> commit to providing transport from the most sensible Amtrak station to 
> our space (probably New Haven but we can talk) and provide some 
> hospitality in the form of home cooked vegetarian/pescetarian fare and 
> likely lodging. 
> 
> Let's talk! Feel free to email me directly to set-up a firm itinerary! 
> 
> Thanks, 
> Jeff 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:18 PM, Mitch Altman 
> <maltman23 at hotmail.com<mailto: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! 
> 
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> 
> Here's some of the kits that will be available: 
> 
> * 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! 
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> 
> 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/ 
> 
> http://forum.archreactor.org/FUDforum2/index.php/m/5955/ 
> 
> http://pumpingstationone.org/2010/08/mitch-altman-jimmie-p-rodgers-to-join-circuit-hacking-wednesday/ 
> 
> 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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