[Bio] Finally

Wed May 4 04:41:47 UTC 2011

Hey people,

Just wanted to let you know that I've completed the last blog
post<http://www.element14.com/community/blogs/bioboardblog/2011/05/04/happily-ever-after>-
hopefully to your collective satisfaction. Also want to tell you all
that
you are a singularly awesome group, and that I've really enjoyed working and
interacting with you all - hope we'll be doing many more awesome things
together in the future.

Also see the forwarded mail from Mitch - not for the personal glory (sweet
though it is ;-)), but for the fact that the BioBoard and Biobridge was the
first that came to Mitch's mind when he was queried on cool projects
happening at Noisebride.

I've said it before, and I'll happily say it again: guys, you rock!!

Look forward to celebrating on Monday, prize or no prize.

/Rikke

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mitch Altman <mitch at tvbgone.com>
Date: Tue, May 3, 2011 at 9:42 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: Hackerspace book
To: John Baichtal <nerdyjb at gmail.com>
Cc: Mitch Altman <mitch at cornfieldelectronics.com>,
rikke.c.rasmussen at gmail.com, jake at spaz.org

Hi John,

There are a bunch of things going on at Noisebridge.  I'm including two
people on this email who might be into talking to you about their projects
for your book.

Rikke is head of a project for teaching people to do their own biology (at
home, or in the classroom).

Jake, with the help of others, has created an autonomous robot out of an
electric wheelchair.

Rikke, Jake -- John is writing a book on cool projects at hackerspaces.

There's other stuff going on at Noisebridge, too, but these are the first
two cool projects that popped into my head.

Cheers,
Mitch.

--------------------
> Hi Mitch,
>
> Sorry to bug, but apparently Josh and Nils' are too busy to respond. I'd
> still like to get Noisebridge in the book -- do you know of any other cool
> projects? (I'll pass on Spacebridge, I'm already featuring a balloon
> project.)
>
> I have to turn this chapter in by the end of the month...
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: John Baichtal <nerdyjb at gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 3:23 PM
> Subject: Re: Hackerspace book
> To: josh at joshisanerd.com, nils at shkoo.com
>
>
> Hi guys,
>
> My apologies for bugging you again -- and seriously, if you don't have
> time
> for this, please do let me know. I'm looking at a May 27th deadline to
> turn
> this chapter in, so if you are interested, I sort of need to get started
> ASAP.
>
> I could also email you via IM if that'd be easier.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 12:01 PM, John Baichtal <nerdyjb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi guys, sorry to bug, but I just wanted to keep these questions on your
>> radar... Any chance I could get them back by Friday?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: John Baichtal <nerdyjb at gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:23 AM
>> Subject: Re: Hackerspace book
>> To: Josh Myer <josh at joshisanerd.com>
>> Cc: nils at shkoo.com
>>
>>
>> OK, this project is heating up. I need to turn it in to my editor in
>> about
>> a month. Do you have time to answer a couple of questions? I appreciate
>> it!
>>
>> THE HACKERSPACE
>>
>> 1) Logo -- could you attach a vector or high resolution raster image of
>> your logo?
>>
>> 2) Hackerspace founding date (if in doubt, use the original lease
>> signing
>> of the organization's first space):
>>
>> 3) Current street address:
>>
>> 4) Current number of members:
>>
>> 5) Membership dues:
>>
>> 6) Organizational type (sole proprietorship, LLC, nonprofit, etc.):
>>
>> 7) Officers/leaders of the space, including titles and real names and/or
>> handles:
>>
>> 8) Size of the space, in square meters and/or feet:
>>
>> 9) Major tools and other significant hardware on site:
>>
>> 10) Describe the space. What interests you about the space? What are
>> some
>> of its quirks? What have you done to customize the space?
>>
>>
>> THE PROJECT
>>
>> 11) Is there a project website I could look at?
>>
>> 12) List all people who made a significant contribution to the project.
>>
>> 13) How long did the project take to complete?
>>
>> 15) Can you direct me to photos of the project, including the build
>> process
>> as well as the completed piece?
>>
>>  16) Please provide the technical details of your project -- parts used,
>> basic steps undertaken, and so on.
>>
>> 17) I'm particularly interested in how you used two Arduinos, can you
>> explain how you divided work between the two?
>>
>> 18) Tell me a little about the Game of Life. Why are hackers so
>> interested
>> in this simulation?
>>
>> 19) I want to do a sidebar on the Do-Ocracy, can you explain the
>> concept?
>>
>> THANKS!!!
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Josh Myer <josh at joshisanerd.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 12:31 PM, John Baichtal <nerdyjb at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> This sounds awesome... what a great project!
>>>>
>>>> If you guys are okay with it I'd love to include it in my book. It
>>>> sounds
>>>> like a perfect fit.
>>>>
>>>> The info you've given me is great for now, but ultimately I'll harass
>>>> you
>>>> for more. Basically each project has 8 pages in the book. The first
>>>> page
>>>> covers the hackerspace, giving some pictures and briefly describing
>>>> the
>>>> space, including factoids like number of members, street address, and
>>>> so on.
>>>> The next 5 pages describe the genesis of the project, with photos of
>>>> the
>>>> build (ideally) and the final creation. The last two pages consist of
>>>> a very
>>>> high level, executive summary of the build so that someone could
>>>> theoretically create their own.
>>>>
>>>> What do you think?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Sounds great! (sorry, lost track of this thread of conversation).
>>> --
>>> Josh Myer 650.248.3796
>>>  josh at joshisanerd.com
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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