[hackerspaces] importance of community in hackerspace

[Paul Brown]

I lurk on the Noisebridge mailing list and something that Danny O'Brien
said about this topic really stuck with me (it's in the context of Aaron
Swartz's death):

"Mitch was one of the first to use hackerspaces to set up meetings to
talk about depression among hackers. Noisebridge isn't just about
Arduinos and giant fricking lasers. We come here to support each other,
especially in our darkest times, and we work to support the wider hacker
community.

Please take care of each other. If we die, it will not be by our own
hands, nor by those who might misunderstand us, but by giant robot
hands, hugging their fleshy creators just a biiit too hard for our puny
human tolerances. And we'll build it together, not alone."

https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2013-January/034386.html



On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Joshua Pritt <ramgarden at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would point out the area of multiple skill sets of a community and how
> they complement each other.  In a hackerspace you may have software
> engineers, electrical engineers, and mechanical engineers.  They can all
> share knowledge and help each other with projects or even work on a large
> project together that wouldn't normally have been possible with the one
> skill set alone.
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Florencia Edwards <floev22 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi all, i need to give a talk about the importance of communities, any
>> articles, posts, or opinions you have on it? i want to give different
>> perspectives on why a community is important
>>
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