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On 2/15/12 3:28 PM, Mitch Altman wrote:
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And I'm ready for TechKnowledge on 1-March (though 8am is *not* my
usual time of day)!<br>
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Yeah, that's 6:00AM San Francisco time, but it's in the middle of
the afternoon Paris time. :)<br>
You will actually be here on Thursday, 23-Feb, too -- although I
suppose you'll be resting up from your trip? =) I'll be doing
the radio show that morning, too. Every Thursday from 8 to 9.<br>
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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>
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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? <br>
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So, your return trip is open-ended? 6-March-... How many days did
you have in mind?
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type="cite"> 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>
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I, personally am fascinated to hear about HackerSpaces in Africa.
Geeks & Depression seems<br>
to be (for better or worse) unique to NoiseBridge? Or is it? I'd
like to hear about that.<br>
All of those topics -- media literacy, Fuck the dominant paradigm
(and create supportive community) -- are right up the IMC's alley.<br>
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I have always described the MakerSpace as "an informal incubator for
radical product design",<br>
and we have talked about what to do when a project takes on a life
of its own, goes commercial<br>
and the Intellectual Property stops belonging to the MakerSpace
Collective and starts belonging<br>
to the business. It hasn't happened here yet (that we know of),
but I think it's something that<br>
people would be interested in hearing about.<br>
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Also, is it still OK if I borrow soldering irons and stands for
teaching at Unit One?<br>
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Yes, we discussed it among the membership and everyone agreed that
it was a good idea.<br>
I volunteered to transport them -- hence, the plastic bin.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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-Stewart<br>
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