[hackerspaces] The world needs makerspaces?

Matt Joyce matt at nycresistor.com
Wed Nov 15 20:20:56 CET 2017


I see co-working spaces as having tremendous value.

I see communities as having a different, albeit sometimes overlapping
tremendous value.

On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 2:19 PM, Edward L Platt <ed at elplatt.com> wrote:

> One of the most important questions, which I remember discussing with Jim
> Newton and Dale Dougherty shortly before TechShop Detroit opened, is
> whether the space is primarily about the tools or about the community.
> Community without tools is still useful, but less so the other way around.
> Community takes less money to maintain, but more work, although if you do
> it right, that work can be fun and meaningful for members.
>
> Ed
>
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