2. (what?)
• Collection of like-minded hobbyists, engineers, artists,
or the terminally curious
• Shared space (work-shop), equipment and tools
• Sharing knowledge and experience
• Typically, open-source software AND hardware
• Anything and everything is an opportunity to hack !
• Nearly always white-hat hacking (not the media kind)
• Young and old, experienced or just starting out
• Google Group ...
http://groups.google.com/group/connected-community-hackerspace
5. (history)
• Original European groups, e.g. Chaos Computer Club
Founded 1981 ... in 2009, over 4,000 members
• 2007: U.S interest, e.g. NYCResistor, NoiseBridge
• 2009 March: Wired magazine article
• http://hackerspaces.org -- world-wide meme
• 2009 April: Australian HackerSpaces started
• 2009 August: HackerSpaces and NASA blog entry
• Google Group ...
http://groups.google.com/group/connected-community-hackerspace
11. (in-the-future)
• Managing growth
• More group and personal projects
• HackerSpace not-for-profit entity
• Proper work-shop with 24x7 access
• More shared equipment and tools
• Membership fees ... structured how ?
• Other financial input ?
• Google Group ...
http://groups.google.com/group/connected-community-hackerspace
13. (getting-involved)
• Join the Google Group email list
• Drop-in on a regular physical or virtual meeting
• Details: andyg@geekscape.org or DM @geekscape
• Be prepared ...
Laptop, Arduino IDE, Arduino H/W and breadboard
• More hacking and less talking ... we meet to build !
• Not just an Arduino user group :)
• Learn about Arduinos at SoftHardware Freedom Day
• Google Group ...
http://groups.google.com/group/connected-community-hackerspace
14. (thanks)
• All the members of the Connected Community
HackerSpaces Melbourne ... who have made it such an
excellent learning experience and great fun !
• Big round of applause for @benbalbo, @kathyreid and
@kattekrab for organizing yet another awesome
UrbanCamp !
• Google Group ...
http://groups.google.com/group/connected-community-hackerspace