Awesome. I'll get on the promotions for it as well. <div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Mitch Altman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mitch@cornfieldelectronics.com">mitch@cornfieldelectronics.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
Yes! That'd be great. I was actually at a meeting at the main
(huge, and incredibly beautiful) public library in Philly in January
-- where about 200 people showed up to talk about turning a huge
space of the library into a hackerspace. It was incredibly
positive.<br>
<br>
<br>
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On 2/15/2012 2:36 PM, Chris Ritzo wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">Mitch,
<div>As it turns out, some Makerspace members were planning to
give an ~1 hour talk at the Urbana Free Library on Wed. March
7th at 4pm. If that time works for you it would be awwwesome to
have you be a part of it. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>One of their librarians, Joel Spencer, has been a great
partner with Makerspace and the IMC. They recently donated 10
PCs and we've been talking about collaborative, co-programming
with Makerspace/IMC and the teens who come to library programs.
As you know, there's a burgeoning connection between public
libraries and hackerspaces, and this would rad to establish in
Urbana. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Let me know if 3/7 at 4pm would work and if you're
interested. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Thanks,<br>
Chris</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Chris
Ritzo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris.ritzo@gmail.com" target="_blank">chris.ritzo@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I'd really
love to get you in front of some kids from the community.
I'll reach out to a contact at one of our public libraries
and others.<span><font color="#888888">
<div>
<br>
</div>
</font></span>
<div><span><font color="#888888">_chris</font></span>
<div>
<div><br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 3:28
PM, Mitch Altman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mitch@cornfieldelectronics.com" target="_blank">mitch@cornfieldelectronics.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Yay -- if
you can have soldering irons and wire cutters
(etc) ready, then we are all set for the
workshop on 3-March!<br>
<br>
And I'm ready for TechKnowledge on 1-March
(though 8am is *not* my usual time of day)!<br>
<br>
If gmc survived staying with you, then I'm sure
I can too. (Hi gmc! Cool that you've visited
my old home town. :)<br>
<br>
I am booked nights from 26-Feb through 2-March,
for Unit One. But am open for giving a talk any
day or night after that. And if I can stay at
your place, Stewart, then I can stay till the
date we choose. What day is cool? And what
should I talk about? Hackerspaces? How to run
your own small business? How to manufacture
your project (and make a living doing what you
love)? TV-B-Gone and media literacy? Brain
Machine? Fuck the dominant paradigm (and create
supportive community)? How I went from a
depressed blob of a kid to a jet-setting
crazy-haired inventor who loves my life?
Something else (I take requests)?<br>
<br>
Also, is it still OK if I borrow soldering irons
and stands for teaching at Unit One?<br>
<br>
Mitch.<br>
<br>
<br>
---------------------
<div>
<div><br>
On 2/15/2012 6:11 AM, Stewart Dickson wrote:
<blockquote type="cite"> Hi, Mitch and List,<br>
<br>
Do you need a ride from your point of
arrival on Wednesday night, 22-Feb?<br>
When Koen Martens (and mate from Seattle)
did the GMC US Hippie Hacker Tour of 2010,<br>
they stayed at my house for an
overnight. Ask Koen how it was and
decide if you<br>
want take us up on a similar invitation.
:)<br>
<br>
Chris being on-hand for TechKnowLedge
Thursday, Mar 1, 8-9 AM is totally
excellent!<br>
<br>
I'm going to do a open-hours at the
MakerSpace within the next week to tin the
soldering<br>
irons, take inventory, find a plastic bin
for transporting. I think we'll need
more solder and a couple more pairs of
wire cutters.<br>
<br>
I think that Mitch is booked evenings from
Sunday, Feb 26 through Thursday, March 1,<br>
so an evening will need to be outside of
that date range.<br>
<br>
Looking forward to your visit, Mitch!<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
-Stewart<br>
<br>
On 2/15/12 7:11 AM, Chris Ritzo wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">Mitch,<br>
Thanks for the email. We're really
excited to have you in Urbana!<br>
<br>
Let's plan for March 3rd form 2-5pm,
Arduino for Total Newbies. I'll ensure
we have the space - probably the IMC's
upstairs sun room- and will get a post
onto our website, facebook and twitter
feeds, calendar ,etc.<br>
<br>
Having you give another talk at the
Makerspace would be ideal as well and
I'm sure Stewart is planning on having
you on Techknowledge. I also plan to be
there for the radio show & do some
video recording if that's ok. <br>
<br>
Can folks weigh in on a good evening or
time for an additional Makerspace talk
with Mitch?<br>
<br>
Chris<br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 14,
2012 at 8:29 PM, Mitch Altman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mitch@cornfieldelectronics.com" target="_blank">mitch@cornfieldelectronics.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Hello,<br>
<br>
I got back from Paris last night.
And now I get to get ready to go
to Urbana!<br>
<br>
I'll arrive there on Wednesday
night, 22-Feb. My Unit One
residency starts on Sunday, the
26th, and goes till Friday
2-March. And I can stay at the
Unit One apartment until 6-March.
If there's a place to stay in the
area after that, then I can stay
in Urbana for another day or few.<br>
<br>
I can do a workshop on Saturday
3-March at MakerSpace. Since the
workshop is on a Saturday, how
about making it from 2:00pm to
5:00pm?<br>
<br>
I can't remember if we chose a
workshop topic. My "Arduino For
Total Newbies" workshop is always
way popular. It always attracts
lots of people. It is 3 hours,
and material cost is $30 each (my
instruction is free, of course).
I can teach up to 50 people at
once. In the 3 hours, we cover:<br>
* intro
<div><br>
* everything you need to
know about electronics<br>
</div>
* learn to solder by making
your own Arduino<br>
* learn to set up your
computer (and actually do it, if
you bring a laptop) for
programming Arduino<br>
* demo of how easy it is to
do lots of cool stuff with Arduino<br>
* learn to read schematics<br>
* learn to use solderless
breadboards<br>
* make your own TV-B-Gone
remote control with your Arduino<br>
* target practice!<br>
Here's more info from when I
taught it at 28C3 in Berlin in
December:<br>
<a href="http://events.ccc.de/congress/2011/wiki/ArduinoForTotalNewbies" target="_blank">http://events.ccc.de/congress/2011/wiki/ArduinoForTotalNewbies</a><br>
You think this will be a good one
for 3-March? An alternative would
be for me to bring a few different
kits that people could make, with
material costs between $10 and $30
-- and it also takes about 3
hours.<br>
<br>
Here's what we need for a
workshop:<br>
- a room with plenty of light,
and a bit of ventilation, big
enough for everyone<br>
- tables with 1 chair for each
participant<br>
- soldering iron & stand
& sponge -- ideally 1 per
person, but we can share if
necessary<br>
- wire cutter -- ideally 1 per
person, but we can share if
necessary<br>
- solder: 60/40 (Sn/Pb), rosin
core, 0.031" diameter -- with
lead is WAY better than lead-free<br>
- AC power strips on each table
with enough outlets for each
soldering iron, plus some extras
for laptops<br>
- AC extension cords, if
necessary to get AC power to each
table<br>
- extra lighting, if the room
isn't very bright<br>
If there is a projector with VGA,
that would be very helpful.<br>
<br>
We need about an hour (or more, if
possible) to set up before the
workshop, and another hour to
clean up after the workshop.<br>
<br>
So, start spreading the word about
the workshop! Let's attract lots
of people so that we get even more
excitement around the hackerspace!<br>
<br>
Here's a link to an announcement
from a workshop I did at NYC
Resistor a while back (which might
be helpful for publicity:<br>
<a href="http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/01/15/mitch-altmans-electronics-workshop-129-8pm/" target="_blank">http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/01/15/mitch-altmans-electronics-workshop-129-8pm/</a><br>
And here's my wikipedia page:<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Altman" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Altman</a><br>
And a really nice piece/portrait
from a French journalist while I
was in Rennes, France two weeks
ago:<br>
<a href="http://owni.eu/2012/02/08/mitch-altman-hacker-diy-hackerspace/" target="_blank">http://owni.eu/2012/02/08/mitch-altman-hacker-diy-hackerspace/</a><br>
(The original <a href="http://owni.fr/2012/02/06/mitch-altman-hacker-qui-bat/" target="_blank">French</a> was
better, but the translation is OK
enough.)<br>
<br>
Am I still on for an interview
with WRFU? That's Thursday,
1-March, at 8am?<br>
<br>
I am also open to give a talk at
MakerSpace, if people are
interested.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Mitch.<br>
<br>
<br>
---------------
<div>
<div><br>
On 1/31/2012 4:36 PM, Stewart
Dickson wrote:
<blockquote type="cite"> Hi,
Mitch,<br>
<br>
Regular Open Hours at the
MakerSpace normally overlap
with your Unit One Program<br>
Tuesday-Thursday from 7-9PM.
We can arrange to have the
Space open at other times<br>
to accommodate your
program. After our last
General Membership meeting,
I was<br>
thinking that it would be
good to have a member's
"Show & Tell" event.
Like a micro-mini<br>
Maker Faire.<br>
<br>
During our last meeting, it
was said that you should
probably do your workshop on<br>
Saturday, February 3rd and
promote it at Unit One
during the week. That
reminds me <br>
that I should probably
reserve space upstairs in
case it looks like we'll
overflow Studio 16<br>
(The MakerSpace).<br>
<br>
I can't speak for the FabLab
-- Jonathan Manton might
have ideas about that.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
-Stewart<br>
<br>
On 1/31/12 5:14 PM, Mitch
Altman wrote:
<blockquote type="cite"> Hi
Stewart,<br>
<br>
I actually don't have
anything in particular in
mind. I just wanted to
see if it was a
possibility. There are
probably people who will
come to a session at Unit
One who may not know of
either FabLab or
MakerSpace, and everyone
may benefit by more
motivated people coming to
visit.<br>
<br>
Does anything come to mind
for you?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Mitch.<br>
<br>
<br>
--------------------<br>
On 1/29/2012 5:52 PM,
Stewart Dickson wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">
Hi, Mitch,<br>
<br>
When you say, "You think
it might be cool for me
to bring Unit One people
to MakerSpace, and/or
also to the FabLab?"
What exactly do you have
in mind? A tour of the
MakerSpace?<br>
Some other kind of
event?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
-Stewart<br>
<br>
<br>
On 1/27/12 12:14 PM,
Mitch Altman wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">
Hi Stewart,<br>
<br>
I have no idea what
the schedule is like
while I'm in Unit
One. I need to talk
to Laura.<br>
<br>
But I will be in
Urbana for a couple
days before and a
couple days after Unit
One. So, we could
arrange for something
in the non-Unit-One
days.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Mitch.<br>
<br>
<br>
------------------<br>
On 1/26/2012 7:30 PM,
Stewart Dickson wrote:
<blockquote type="cite"> Hi,
Mitch,<br>
<br>
I assume that the
time for a workshop
or talk is during
the days Sun, Feb
26-Thurs, Mar 1,<br>
because you're
pretty well
committed to Unit
One Allen Hall in
the evenings,
correct?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
-Stewart<br>
<br>
On 1/23/12 12:44 AM,
Mitch Altman wrote:
<blockquote type="cite"> Hi
Stewart,<br>
<br>
I'd love to do a
workshop at
MakerSpace
Urbana. Maybe my
Arduino For Total
Newbies workshop?
That one is 3
hours long. I can
teach up to 50 at
once (if there are
50 soldering irons
and 50 wire
cutters). And it
always fills up.
Teaching is free,
materials are $35.<br>
<b> Itinerary
for workshop:</b><br>
<ul>
* We will start
by learning to
solder. Don't
let this scare
you! I've taught
well over 33,500
people to
solder, many of
whom have never
made anything
before in their
lives. It is
actually a very
easy skill to
learn. It is
also very
useful.<br>
* Very short
lesson to learn
everything you
need to know
about
electronics!<br>
* Then we will
each make our
own Arduino
clone from a kit
made by Ladyada:
<a href="http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=19&products_id=72" target="_blank">BoArduino</a><br>
* Now that we
each have our
own Arduino, we
will set up the
free and
open-source
software on our
laptops (if you
bring one) --
Windows, MacOS,
or Linux are all
fine!<br>
* And then its
time to make
something and
learn how easy
it is to use
Aruino! I'll
(very easily!)
show you how to
read schematic
diagrams, and
you'll put
together your
own TV-B-Gone
remote control
using your
BoArduino. We
will use a
solderless
breadboard.
These are really
useful, and
provide a fast,
and very easy
way to put
circuits
together without
needing to
solder.<br>
* Target
practice!<br>
</ul>
Here's more info
on it:<br>
<a href="http://www.tvbgone.com/downloads/tvbg_arduino/tvbg_arduino_workshop.htm" target="_blank">http://www.tvbgone.com/downloads/tvbg_arduino/tvbg_arduino_workshop.htm</a><br>
<br>
If 3 hours is too
long for folks,
then I could bring
a few different
kits for people to
choose from to
make, and I can do
a "Learn to
Solder, and Learn
to Make Cool
Things" workshop.
Teaching is free,
kits are anywhere
between $10 and
$30. Here's kits
I can bring:<br>
<ul>
<li><i><b>TV-B-Gone</b></i>
(turn off TVs
in public
places!)</li>
<li><i><b>Brain
Machine</b></i>
(Meditate,
Hallucinate,
and Trip Out!)</li>
<li><i><b>Mignonette
Game</b></i>
(play fun
games!)</li>
<li><i><b>Trippy
RGB Waves</b></i>
(interactive
blinky
lights!)</li>
<li><i><b>LEDcube</b></i>
(animated 3D
cube!)</li>
<li><i><b>MiniPOV</b></i>
(more cool
blinky
lights!)</li>
<li><i><b>MintyBoost</b></i>
(charge your
USB enabled
gadgets!)</li>
<li><i><b>microcontroller
programmers</b></i>
(program all
your AVR
family chips!)</li>
<li><i><b>Arduino
clones</b></i>
(make just
about
anything!)</li>
</ul>
<br>
I can also give a
talk, if folks are
interested.<br>
<br>
I've been emailing
with Jonathan
Manton, who works
with UofI, and who
seems to know
MakerSpace folks.
He said he can
scare up some
soldering irons
and wire cutters.
You have some
too? You think I
could borrow them
for Unit One
people to use?<br>
<br>
You think it might
be cool for me to
bring Unit One
people to
MakerSpace, and/or
also to the
FabLab?<br>
<br>
I'm excited to be
there!<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Mitch.<br>
<br>
<br>
-----------------------<br>
On 1/22/2012 3:04
PM, Stewart
Dickson wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">Hi,
Mitch, <br>
<br>
A month and four
days until
you're
in-residence at
Allen Hall,
UIUC. <br>
Any thoughts
about specific
events at the
MakerSpace? Any
preparations <br>
you'd like us to
make in advance?
<br>
<br>
Thanks, <br>
<br>
-Stewart <br>
<br>
On 12/13/11 6:01
PM, Mitch Altman
wrote: <br>
<blockquote type="cite">Hello
Everyone, <br>
<br>
I'm cc-ing
everyone on
the two
separate email
threads here,
after <br>
originally
emailing
Makerspace
Urbana and UC
Mini Maker
Faire. But,
if <br>
course,
everyone knows
each other.
:) <br>
<br>
I am way into
being on
TechKnowledge.
Just let me
know when. <br>
<br>
I am also
happy to give
a talk for the
space, as well
as a workshop,
or <br>
whatevre folks
there would
like. We can
use whatever
we do to
attract <br>
attention to
Makerspace
Urbana, and
hopefully
attract some
new members. <br>
<br>
Maybe bringing
in Unit One
people for a
visit would
also be good?
<br>
<br>
Here's my cell
phone, in case
anyone wants
to call: <br>
415-377-599e <br>
<br>
Cheers, <br>
Mitch. <br>
<br>
<br>
---------- <br>
<blockquote type="cite">Hello,
Mitch, <br>
<br>
End of
February/Beginning
of March is
about one
month ahead
the <br>
Champaign Mini
Maker Faire, <br>
which will be
hosted by the
MakerSpace-Urbana
at the
Independent
Media <br>
Center in
mid-April. <br>
<br>
What did you
have in mind
for a
workshop?
They are few
and far
between <br>
enough here
that I'm sure
it will be
welcome. <br>
<br>
Can I entice
you into
joining me for
an hour on
"TechKnowLedge"
on <br>
WRFU-LP FM
104.5 from 8-9
Thursday
morning? :) <br>
<br>
Cheers, <br>
<br>
-Stewart, <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Name?Stewart+Dickson" target="_blank">http://us.imdb.com/Name?Stewart+Dickson</a>
<br>
<a href="http://www.wrfu.net/node/1417" target="_blank">http://www.wrfu.net/node/1417</a>
<br>
<a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/10/vedic_math_machines_and_3d_zoetrope.html" target="_blank">http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/10/vedic_math_machines_and_3d_zoetrope.html</a>
<br>
<a href="http://www.ucimc.org/content/makerspace-urbana-will-bring-tech-knowledge-uc" target="_blank">http://www.ucimc.org/content/makerspace-urbana-will-bring-tech-knowledge-uc</a>
<br>
<a href="http://boingboing.net/2011/06/17/jeff-bezos-co-to-bui.html" target="_blank">http://boingboing.net/2011/06/17/jeff-bezos-co-to-bui.html</a>
<br>
<a href="http://longnow.org/clock/prototype1" target="_blank">http://longnow.org/clock/prototype1</a>
<br>
<a href="http://emsh.calarts.edu/%7Emathart/Clock_Cam.html" target="_blank">http://emsh.calarts.edu/~mathart/Clock_Cam.html</a>
<br>
<a href="http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/author.html?author=Stewart+Dickson" target="_blank">http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/author.html?author=Stewart+Dickson</a>
<br>
<br>
On 12/12/11
8:50 PM,
MakerSpace
Urbana wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Dude!
<br>
<br>
This is
awesome! I
think that
Becky Stern
hinted that
you were
coming <br>
down the pike
as she was
leaving. <br>
Didn't expect
to hear from
you so soon!
When Gareth
Branwyn was
here, <br>
he gave a
"Polka-Dot-Bag"
lunchtime
lecture at the
School for <br>
Designing a
Society. I'm
sure everyone
would love to
hear about <br>
Hackerspaces
in Africa! <br>
(For
example...)
I, for one
would not miss
your visit.
I think <br>
that I can
guarantee at
least a
handful of
dedicated <br>
MakerSpace
members will
be on-hand as
well. So
looking
forward to it!
<br>
<br>
Cheers, <br>
<br>
-Stewart <br>
<br>
On Sun, Dec
11, 2011 at
3:38 PM, Mitch
Altman <br>
<<a href="mailto:mitch@cornfieldelectronics.com" target="_blank">mitch@cornfieldelectronics.com</a>
<br>
<a href="mailto:mitch@cornfieldelectronics.com" target="_blank"><mailto:mitch@cornfieldelectronics.com></a>>
wrote: <br>
<br>
Hello, <br>
<br>
I'm going
to be a Unit
One resident
at the end of
February and <br>
beginning
of March, and
would love to
visit Urbana
Makerspace <br>
while I'm
in town.
Maybe I could
do a workshop
there, too, if
you <br>
think
that'd be
helpful. <br>
<br>
Please
let me know if
people will be
around. <br>
<br>
Best, <br>
Mitch. <br>
<br>
-- <br>
<br>
Mitch
Altman,
inventor of
TV-B-Gone
universal
remote
controls <br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Altman" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Altman</a>
<br>
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<br>
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