Like to Make? Let’s Meetup!
MAKE is organizing its first international maker meet-up Nov. 15. The idea is to help makers find each other in their local communities, spark conversations and get people making.
Makerspaces
GeekMom Interviews the HackerMoms
Ariane Coffin of GeekMom interviewed Mothership HackerMoms Samantha Matalone Cook and Sho Sho Smith. For the uninitiated, Mothership HackerMoms is the first hackerspace aimed directly at moms. GeekMom: What do you envision for this new space? Sho Sho: We just launched a Kickstarter fundraiser to get equipment, do some DIY construction, and develop our workshop […]
Fort Worth Makerspace Continues to Organize
One of the founders of Fort Worth Makerspace, Robert Bradbury, wrote in to share their latest efforts:
Buy Electronic Kits, Help HackerMoms
Chris “Akiba” Wang of Freaklabs and Tokyo Hackerspace is the brother of Mothership HackerMoms co-founder Sho Sho Smith, and he’s offering a couple of cool kits from his online store to support HackerMoms’ Kickstarter campaign. All proceeds will go to the moms! The first kit is the FabTile, a daisy-chainable LED board based off of […]
Looking for Makers in San Francisco
I’m crossing the bridge to San Francisco tomorrow to meet with artist Phillip Ross, but I’m hoping to connect with another maker or two. Anyone got any ideas?
“Secrets of a Hackerspace” on Reuters
A reporter from Reuters visits a hackerspace and learns about the scene.
Watch Where You Park Your Stuff at HeatSync Labs
At HeatSync Labs in Mesa, AZ, I noticed an innovative approach for dealing with the stuff that members leave unattended in a makerspace. If members leave a project out on a table, they can be cited with a parking ticket by one of the board members.
