[Noisebridge-discuss] Gabriella Coleman's book party in November

[Tony Longshanks LeTigre]

I'll make misfortune cookies for the occasion! Humorous fortune cookies
that foretell unfortunate events. Unless someone thinks that'd be bad juju,
in which case I'll just bring a big bottle of Red Stag.

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 12:49 AM, Liz Henry <liz at bookmaniac.org> wrote:

> That would be fantastic! I'd be happy to help out.  And I can't wait to
> read the book.
>
>
> - Liz
>
>
>
> On 8/7/12 7:53 PM, Seth David Schoen wrote:
> > Gabriella would like to have her book party at Noisebridge in November
> > (for her new academic book about hacker culture).  I think that would be
> > nice.  Does anyone have any concerns about this?
> >
> > ----- Forwarded message from Gabriella Coleman <
> gabriella.coleman at mcgill.ca> -----
> >
> > Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 21:51:32 -0400
> > From: Gabriella Coleman <gabriella.coleman at mcgill.ca>
> > To: Seth David Schoen <schoen at loyalty.org>
> > Subject: For Noisebridge, Proposition
> >
> > ***
> >
> > Hello Noisebridge,
> >
> > I will be in San Francisco for the American Anthropological Association
> > meetings two weeks after the publication of my first book on the
> > politics of free software: Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of
> > Hacking (http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9883.html and will be
> > released with a CC license).
> >
> > I did a chunk of my fieldwork in San Francisco between 2001-2003 and
> > thought it would be quite fitting to hold a book event while visiting
> > the foggy city and Noisebridge came up as a possible venue.
> >
> > It would be amazing to hold an event in the Mission, at a hacker space,
> > after the culmination of such a LONG project where  I can also thank
> > those, like Seth Schoen, who is not only featured in the book but also
> > was a great friend during my time there (and still is, just now
>  remotely).
> >
> > I am thinking of holding the event on Friday November 16. I can provide
> > snacks and drinks and can assure you that if held, it would only
> > attract modest numbers; I imagine a handful of Anthropologists, folks
> > from the EFF , some local open source developers, and perhaps a few
> > interested stragglers might show up.
> >
> > Seth Schoen has kindly agreed to be my messenger but feel free to
> > contact me with any questions, queries, or concerns.
> >
> > Warm Regards,
> > Gabriella
> >
>
>
> --
>
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> Liz Henry
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