[General] [Fwd: HackerSpace Documentary Tour 09 - Two Hands Project]

Steve Conklin steve at conklinhouse.com
Sun Aug 23 11:45:29 CDT 2009 

We can put Bilal up for a night - we is me and my wife Susan, who runs
sew-brilliant.

We're open to the public during the Flying Monkey public hours on Saturdays.
We're often open other hours, but it's spotty. It's been especially spotty
lately because of a heavy travel schedule for me and a heavy work schedule
for my brother. The way the Flying Monkey collective is structured, one of
the "primary keyholders" has to be there to let people into the parking lot,
building, etc. We'll try to put a process in place to let people know when
we're there.

Maker's local should come grab a table in front of antitronics on Saturdays,
it's "artists market" and there are a lot of people who come through. You'll
get good exposure and we'll have a chance to visit. If you have anything
fun to show, bring it! Setting up tables is free.

I have some adafruit kits for sale at the space (TVBGone, SpokePOV, motor
shield, etc), and I got approved as an arduino reseller, so I'll have some
arduino boards there as soon as I have the spare cash for a stocking order.
Sales will be only to local people for a while, and I'm going to offer
discounts for locals. The idea is to enable people to be able to play with
them and to cover expenses for classes, not to rack up a profit.

The Makerbot is here, and I've made a start on construction. I'm painting
all the wooden parts, which is taking a while because of the recent rainy
weather. But it's looking good so far. I am backlogged on my blogging about
it - I've also been very busy helping set up an amateur radio program in
the Madison City Schools - I'll be blogging about that heavily after a
school board meeting in a couple of weeks - I don't want to spoil the
surprises.

Steve AI4QR


On 08/23/2009 11:11 AM, Jeff Cotten wrote:
> 
> A hackerspace documentary sounds like a great idea, I'm sure between our
> two groups someone will give Bilal some couch space. 
> 
> It's a shame we didn't find each other earlier, but in this city I'm not
> surprised when brilliant minds think alike :)
> I see you've got a Maker Bot on the way, that's awesome!
> 
> Are you guys only open on Saturdays?
> 
> 
> On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Steve Conklin <steve at conklinhouse.com
> <mailto:steve at conklinhouse.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi local makers -
> 
>     I've already exchanged emails with a couple of the Maker's local people,
>     and dropped by the shop (when no one was there).
> 
>     I (with my brother) have started another maker space in town -
>     antitronics. We're in the Flying Monkey arts center, colocated
>     with the sew brilliant stitch lounge.
> 
>     I think it would be great of we could collaborate on some projects,
>     and here's a first opportunity - I received teh following email from
>     Bilal, as did a lot of other people associated with hacker/maker spaces.
> 
>     I think it would be great to have him visit here, and visit both spaces,
>     as well as the stitch lounge.
> 
>     Thoughts?
> 
>     Steve Conklin
>     www.antitronics.com <http://www.antitronics.com>
> 
>     -----------------------------------------
> 
> 
> 
>     Subject: HackerSpace Documentary Tour 09 - Two Hands Project
>     From: Bilal Ghalib <bilal at twohandsproject.com
>     <mailto:bilal at twohandsproject.com>>
>     To: bg at bilalghalib.com <mailto:bg at bilalghalib.com>
> 
>     Hello all!
> 
>     First, I really want you to know how excited i am to have the
>     opportunity to visit many of you on our* upcoming tour of the
>     Maker/Hacker Spaces sprouting up all over the country. The makers I've
>     been meeting in my travels have always left me inspired, and filled
>     with a desire to do something... now. The hack that I've taken upon
>     myself is to create a DIY documentary about what is happening, what
>     you do, why you do it, why it's important and how it's done. First to
>     get a better understanding of this creative / intelligent / fun /
>     productive movement. Second to encourage others to start something in
>     their own town. To do this The Two Hands Project will create a
>     documentary to inspire and, and a descriptive report / article to
>     inform.
> 
>     The process of self actualization through project creation I see
>     happening at these spaces is really invaluable and may lead to new
>     ways of considering work and value. Now in times of economic hardship
>     (or perhaps especially in times of economic hardship) a questions I'd
>     like to discover is if it's possible to make a living doing what you
>     love?
> 
>     So far we've collected enough money to make the trip on JetBlue's
>     Unlimited Jetting plan and are in the process of creating an travel
>     plan, so if you want to hang out let me know and we'll try out best to
>     make it out to see you! Couches are especially convincing! If you're
>     interested in helping out in any other way we're looking for novel
>     ways of crowd sourcing this entire trip / documentary (website help,
>     teeshirt design contest, publicity, funding... etc...)
> 
>     If you'd like to subscribe to any of our feeds:
>     http://twohandsproject.com
>     http://www.twohandsproject.com/feed/
>     http://twitter.com/twohandsproject
>     http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118948742355
>     http://lists.twohandsproject.com/listinfo.cgi/two-hands-project-twohandsproject.com
>     (an email list for all the Spaces involved to talk/share/discuss if
>     needed)
> 
>     Current Travel Plan:
>     Sept 8 San Francisco
>     Sept 14 LA
>     Sept X (help us figure this out!)
>     ->
>     Oct 8
> 
>     Thanks again for being completely awesome.
>     Yours
>     -Bilal Ghalib
>     bilalghalib.com <http://bilalghalib.com>
>     modati.com <http://modati.com>
>     twohandsproject.com <http://twohandsproject.com>
>     twitter.com/twohandsproject <http://twitter.com/twohandsproject>
>     twitter.com/bilalghalib <http://twitter.com/bilalghalib>
>     734 904 9451
> 
>     *Me (bilalghalib.com <http://bilalghalib.com>), Jordan Bunker
>     (twitter.com/TensorFlux <http://twitter.com/TensorFlux>) and Paul
>     Jehlen (http://www.instructables.com/member/trebuchet03/)
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