[Makerspace-keymembers] Glass nomination has been accepted.

[Jeffrey Putney]

First, that's freaking awesome, well done! :-)

And I think the crowd source funding of it is a very intriguing idea. I
feel some slight reservations about asking acorn about it, I'm not quite
sure how google glass fits with acorns mission and previous work. And I'm
weary of proposing something that doesn't seem to reflect their stated
commitment to social justice work.

Jeff


On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Elizabeth Surbeck <ejsurbeck at gmail.com>wrote:

> That's correct, Gergana.
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Gergana Slavova <
> gergana.s.slavova at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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