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

[Tom L]

Fantastic! I'm excited already.

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 2:35 AM, Danny O'Brien <danny at spesh.com> wrote:
> Wow! This would be great!
>
> On Aug 7, 2012 7:53 PM, "Seth David Schoen" <schoen at loyalty.org> 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
>>
>> --
>> Gabriella Coleman
>> Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy
>> Department of Art History & Communication Studies
>> McGill University
>> 853 Sherbrooke Street West
>> Montreal, PQ
>> H3A 0G5
>> http://gabriellacoleman.org/
>> 514-398-8572
>>
>> ***
>>
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>>
>> ----- End forwarded message -----
>>
>> --
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