[Noisebridge-discuss] Talk at BIL Conference about hacker spaces!

[Rion Snow]

Hey noisy bridgers,

My name's Rion -- I came by Noisebridge for the first time last week  
for a fun Machine Learning night. I'm hoping it'll be the first of  
many visits, and inspire me to dust off my soldering iron and learn a  
few things about microcontrollers.

I'm helping plan BIL talks, so I can answer the "when do they kick us  
out" question.  Unfortunately CSULB can kick us out and lock the doors  
of our space at 6pm each day, so we're only officially planning talks  
from  around 10am to 5 or 5:30pm (with setup starting at 9am).

The tentative speaker schedule should be posted today (right now Mitch  
is tentatively scheduled from 12:40pm - 1:10pm Saturday, let me know  
if we're cutting it too close to your planned arrival time!).

And if anyone ends up with an extra spot or looking for a ride I  
highly recommend adding yourself to the carpool list:  http://bilconference.pbwiki.com/Carpool-BIL09 
.  If you're taking a van and interested in a couple extra awesome  
passengers, please let me know!

--Rion
650-228-4421

On Feb 1, 2009, at 5:52 PM, Mitch Altman wrote:

>
> Anyone going to BIL?  I just added a talk proposal about our hacker  
> space movement and Hackerspaces.org.
>
> So far, me and Lukas Fittl (an Austrian Metalabber who was at  
> Noisebridge briefly yesterday) are psyched to be creating this  
> presentation.
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> If you'll be at BIL, please join me and Lukas in giving our talk!   
> We would love the company!  Please reply, and let's come up with a  
> great presentation.
>
> Here's what I wrote up:
> http://bil.nowgetsocial.com/talk/details/83
> Just in case the link doesn't work, here is the text.  I think I can  
> change it, if anyone has suggestions:
>
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> The Hacker Space Movement
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> Hacker spaces have been around for years. But something is afoot! In  
> the past several months new hacker spaces have been popping up all  
> over our planet -- and established hacker spaces have become way  
> more popular. There is even an international organization called  
> Hackerspaces.org that exists to promote the continuation and  
> formation of hacker spaces everywhere. Coinciding with this  
> unprecedented movement is a growing popularity of hacker  
> conferences, Maker Faires, Dorkbots, crafting groups, other geeky  
> groups. What is going on here? And how can you benefit? Mitch (co- 
> founder of Noisebridge, a hacker space in San Francisco) and other  
> members of Hackerspaces.org will talk about their experiences and  
> outlooks, including how to start your own hacker space where you live.
>
> Proposed By: Mitch Altman
> I bought a plane ticket to go to Long Beach.  Unfortunately I don't  
> have a lot of time, so I get into Long Beach Airport at 8:28am on  
> Saturday, and I leave at 7:45pm on Sunday.  I'm sharing a hotel room  
> with Lukas.  I think it would be fine if others want to share the  
> room with us.  Let us know.
>
> BTW, airplane tickets are $120 round trip from SFO to Long Beach  
> Airport on JetBlue, and BIL is only 4 miles from the airport.
>
> Cheers,
> Mitch._______________________________________________
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