[hackerspaces] How did you all first find out about Hackerspaces?

[Jesse Krembs]

Heard about the L0pht, New Hack City (CDC) etc. Then was approached by
crazy Germans about seeding Hackerspaces into the US.


On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Randall G. Arnold <
randall.arnold at texrat.net> wrote:

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>  I knew *of* them for some time, including one that's local (my good
> friends at Dallas Makerspace) but I didn't really get a good feel for the
> movement until I visited New Factory in Tampere, Finland for a KDE
> conference (Akademy).  New Factory is more of a collaboration center but
> that includes a makerspace along with incubator and other related
> resources.  I've been there more than once now and it's given me a sense of
> what's possible.  Unfortunately, here in the US we seem to get constrained
> by corporate experience, something that doesn't afflict my Finnish and
> other European compatriots so much... (sorry, /soapbox)
>
>  http://newfactory.fi/
>
>  Randy
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> On October 15, 2013 at 7:38 PM john lunger <justj1915 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>  I have a general curiosity...how did most of you learn about
> Hackerspaces? What did you think of them at first? Was it a correct
> impression?
>
>  Carolyn
>
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>  Randall (Randy) Arnold
> Developer and Enthusiast Advocate
> http://texrat.net
> +18177396806
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