<br>A hackerspace documentary sounds like a great idea, I'm sure between our two groups someone will give Bilal some couch space. <br><br>It's a shame we didn't find each other earlier, but in this city I'm not surprised when brilliant minds think alike :)<br>
I see you've got a Maker Bot on the way, that's awesome!<br><br>Are you guys only open on Saturdays?<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Steve Conklin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:steve@conklinhouse.com">steve@conklinhouse.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi local makers -<br>
<br>
I've already exchanged emails with a couple of the Maker's local people,<br>
and dropped by the shop (when no one was there).<br>
<br>
I (with my brother) have started another maker space in town -<br>
antitronics. We're in the Flying Monkey arts center, colocated<br>
with the sew brilliant stitch lounge.<br>
<br>
I think it would be great of we could collaborate on some projects,<br>
and here's a first opportunity - I received teh following email from<br>
Bilal, as did a lot of other people associated with hacker/maker spaces.<br>
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I think it would be great to have him visit here, and visit both spaces,<br>
as well as the stitch lounge.<br>
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Thoughts?<br>
<br>
Steve Conklin<br>
<a href="http://www.antitronics.com" target="_blank">www.antitronics.com</a><br>
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Subject: HackerSpace Documentary Tour 09 - Two Hands Project<br>
From: Bilal Ghalib <<a href="mailto:bilal@twohandsproject.com">bilal@twohandsproject.com</a>><br>
To: <a href="mailto:bg@bilalghalib.com">bg@bilalghalib.com</a><br>
<br>
Hello all!<br>
<br>
First, I really want you to know how excited i am to have the<br>
opportunity to visit many of you on our* upcoming tour of the<br>
Maker/Hacker Spaces sprouting up all over the country. The makers I've<br>
been meeting in my travels have always left me inspired, and filled<br>
with a desire to do something... now. The hack that I've taken upon<br>
myself is to create a DIY documentary about what is happening, what<br>
you do, why you do it, why it's important and how it's done. First to<br>
get a better understanding of this creative / intelligent / fun /<br>
productive movement. Second to encourage others to start something in<br>
their own town. To do this The Two Hands Project will create a<br>
documentary to inspire and, and a descriptive report / article to<br>
inform.<br>
<br>
The process of self actualization through project creation I see<br>
happening at these spaces is really invaluable and may lead to new<br>
ways of considering work and value. Now in times of economic hardship<br>
(or perhaps especially in times of economic hardship) a questions I'd<br>
like to discover is if it's possible to make a living doing what you<br>
love?<br>
<br>
So far we've collected enough money to make the trip on JetBlue's<br>
Unlimited Jetting plan and are in the process of creating an travel<br>
plan, so if you want to hang out let me know and we'll try out best to<br>
make it out to see you! Couches are especially convincing! If you're<br>
interested in helping out in any other way we're looking for novel<br>
ways of crowd sourcing this entire trip / documentary (website help,<br>
teeshirt design contest, publicity, funding... etc...)<br>
<br>
If you'd like to subscribe to any of our feeds:<br>
<a href="http://twohandsproject.com" target="_blank">http://twohandsproject.com</a><br>
<a href="http://www.twohandsproject.com/feed/" target="_blank">http://www.twohandsproject.com/feed/</a><br>
<a href="http://twitter.com/twohandsproject" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/twohandsproject</a><br>
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118948742355" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118948742355</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.twohandsproject.com/listinfo.cgi/two-hands-project-twohandsproject.com" target="_blank">http://lists.twohandsproject.com/listinfo.cgi/two-hands-project-twohandsproject.com</a><br>
(an email list for all the Spaces involved to talk/share/discuss if<br>
needed)<br>
<br>
Current Travel Plan:<br>
Sept 8 San Francisco<br>
Sept 14 LA<br>
Sept X (help us figure this out!)<br>
-><br>
Oct 8<br>
<br>
Thanks again for being completely awesome.<br>
Yours<br>
-Bilal Ghalib<br>
<a href="http://bilalghalib.com" target="_blank">bilalghalib.com</a><br>
<a href="http://modati.com" target="_blank">modati.com</a><br>
<a href="http://twohandsproject.com" target="_blank">twohandsproject.com</a><br>
<a href="http://twitter.com/twohandsproject" target="_blank">twitter.com/twohandsproject</a><br>
<a href="http://twitter.com/bilalghalib" target="_blank">twitter.com/bilalghalib</a><br>
734 904 9451<br>
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*Me (<a href="http://bilalghalib.com" target="_blank">bilalghalib.com</a>), Jordan Bunker (<a href="http://twitter.com/TensorFlux" target="_blank">twitter.com/TensorFlux</a>) and Paul<br>
Jehlen (<a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/trebuchet03/" target="_blank">http://www.instructables.com/member/trebuchet03/</a>)<br>
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