[Makerspace-keymembers] Glass nomination has been accepted.

[Gergana Slavova]

Good point on Acorn Media!  Unfortunately, Liz only has 7 days until the
offer expires (Liz can correct me here).  Could we send them an exploratory
e-mail this week?

~Gergana


On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Emily Knox <emilyknox at gmail.com> wrote:

> We can look into getting support from Acorn Active Media on this.
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Elizabeth Surbeck <ejsurbeck at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hey, gang! Update!
>>
>> The Google Glass team accepted the nomination Erich put in my name last
>> night.
>>
>> So some thoughts....
>>
>> The developer edition costs $1500+tax so I'm thinking a budget of $1600
>> is a safe bet.
>>
>> It has a lot of potential though to bring together Py-CU and Makerspace
>> and individuals outside these groups to create some pretty fantastic things
>> if nothing else for the sake of creating fantastic things. And writing and
>> sharing about said fantastic things.
>>
>> Glass can be developed using languages other than Java. They already have
>> quickstart libraries available in Java, PHP, Ruby, and Python.
>>
>> I have safely six days to purchase and then my purchase code expires.
>> Seven according to the email but that was last night.
>>
>>
>> Here is what I would like from keymembers. I want thoughts on the safebet
>> usefulness and interest we can get from this. Also, would there be any way
>> to get this thing via fundraising at all.
>>
>> If it comes down to me purchasing it, I would do it thinking it was a
>> safe enough risk as an investment in tech exploration for myself and my
>> immediate community. Another way this can be handled is that we pool money
>> to get it and those who want to develop with it have reserved right to time
>> with it with that money.
>>
>> Your thoughts and arguments would be appreciated.
>>
>> Liz
>>
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