Open Labs presentation at Freedom Software Kosovo 2012. FSK12. We presented Open Labs for the first time to a big conference and had the oportunity to show what we have done in 2 months of time .

1. Open Labs: the story
...so far (2 months)

2. Tirana and community oriented initiatives
Several initiatives to create a community
FOSS community
Not worked...
Probably due to social background

4. The need to have a hackerspace in Tirana
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Probably the only country/city without a hackerspace
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Localizations for Albanian language are shitty
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No space to play with technology
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I want to present and show my project to other people
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A place to collaborate

5. Open Labs: the story (heroic version)
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Thoughts started in June 2012
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After fighting with titans ( aka Albanian bureaucracy)
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All the papers ready by July 2012

14. Open Labs: the story (heroic version)
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20.5 members (!)
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Monthly meetup (present your project)
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TED talks (in Albanian projections) every Tuesday)
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5 projects already running

16. events

24. 3D printer

27. Plastic recycler

29. We Make It

37. Next steps

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We Make It (ongoing support for the kit)
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Localization (collaboration with regional organizations)
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Rasperry Pi based PC (work on process)
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Wikipedia conference in Tirana (2013)

40. The power of the community

41. Open Labs
Web: openLabs.cc
Email: info@openlabs.cc