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Collaborative Play: Improving the World by Making Fun Stuff with Smart People. Rose White NYC Resistor [email protected]. Hacker Spaces!. (Wait, what’s a hacker space?). The Noisebridge hacker space in the San Francisco Mission District, with someone hard at work. (credit: Susanne Forbes). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Collaborative Play: Improving the World by Making Fun Stuff with
Smart People
Rose WhiteNYC Resistor
Hacker Spaces!
(Wait, what’s a hacker space?)
The Noisebridge hacker space in the San Francisco Mission District, with someone hard at work.
(credit: Susanne Forbes)
Who is “A HACKER”?
Maker, Geek, Crafter, Coder, Nerd, and Hacker –
all are welcome
In 2008 there was a huge increase in the
number of hacker spaces, both in the US and worldwide
Just the Facts• USians have been visiting German cons• December 2006 – 23C3 • August 2007 – DEFCON • HACKERS ON A PLANE• August 2007 – Chaos Communication
Camp• December 2007 – 24C3 • January 2008 – THE RACE IS ON
WHY?
Again, some facts:
• Bre Pettis and Nick Farr came home and spread the word
• The tools they used were targeted and sophisticated – let’s have a look!
It was the right moment
Whether we live in cities or suburbs, many of us are frustrated
(Chris Luebkeman mentioned the tension of density vs. sprawl)
Alex Steffan asked: Why does everyone own a drill?
Lane Becker and Thor Muller talked about pride of ownership vs. stewardship and the YMCA
“Hacker spaces are like YMCAs for geeks and hackers” – Eric
Michaud
After a year, we’re just getting started
How to get in touch
• My group: nycresistor.com
• San Francisco space: noisebridge.org
• Lots of hacker space info: hackerspaces.org
• My email: [email protected]