This does look like a great opportunity and could be a natural way to reschedule that last teaching day we had. His availability starts just as my availability plummets due to the birth of child #3. Anyone else want to work on bringing Mitch and his crew out here?<br>
<br>JSR/<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Wladyslaw Zbikowski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:embeddedlinuxguy@gmail.com" target="_blank">embeddedlinuxguy@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Couple of tight dudes doing this...<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Mitch Altman</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:maltman23@hotmail.com" target="_blank">maltman23@hotmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:36 PM<br>Subject: [Noisebridge-discuss] Mitch creating Hackers on a Train Workshop Tour 2012<br>To: NoiseBridge Discuss <<a href="mailto:noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net" target="_blank">noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net</a>><br>
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I bought a 45-day Amtrak USA Rail Pass. <br> <br>I will be starting by going from San Francisco to New York City on 27-June. I have a few plans already, but if people/hackerspaces are interested, I'd love to do lots of workshops in cities with hackerspaces (or forming hackerspaces) in cities nearby Amtrak stations.<br>
<br>Jimmie Rodgers will be joining me, and so will other cool people -- for either all or part of this Hackers on a Train Workshop Tour 2012.<br> <br><img src="" style="width:248px;min-height:157px" alt="" height="183" width="275"> <br>
<br>Our workshops are for all ages, and all skill levels.<br> <br><img src="" style="width:230px;min-height:162px" alt="" height="194" width="259"> <img src="" style="width:219px;min-height:161px" alt="" height="262" width="300"> <img src="" style="width:230px;min-height:167px" alt="" height="194" width="259"><br>
<br> <br>Would you be interested in having us do workshops at your space?<br> <br>Would you be interested in joining us for all or part of the HoaT Workshop Tour 2012?<br> <br>Lemme know!<br> <br>I have the following plans so far -- and there's room for plenty more!<br>
July 1 -- arrive in NYC<br> July 7 -- workshop at The Hacktory, Philadelphia<br> July 13-15 -- HOPE #9, New York City<br> July 21-22 -- Awesome Foundation Summit, Boston<br> July 27-29 -- World Future Society conference, Toronto<br>
August 8-12 -- ToorCamp, NW corner of Washington state<br> <br>We'll be bringing lots of our kits, all designed for total beginners, but fun and intriguing enough for everyone. We can teach anyone and everyone how to solder -- <a href="http://mightyohm.com/blog/2011/04/soldering-is-easy-comic-book/" target="_blank">soldering actually is easy</a>! And we can teach more advanced topics, too. I can also give my "<a href="http://www.cornfieldelectronics.com/downloads/tvbg_arduino/tvbg_arduino_workshop.htm" target="_blank">Arduino For Total Newbies</a>" workshop. And Jimmie can give his "Circuit Bending" workshop. We can also give talks, if there's interest. Anything that can help out your hackerspace!<br>
<br><a title="Arduino for Total Newbies Workshop at Noisebridge" href="https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/File:Arduinos_For_Total_Newbies_workshop.jpg" target="_blank"><font face="Arial" size="3"></font></a> <img src="" style="width:276px;min-height:183px" alt="" height="183" width="276"><br>
<br>Here's some of the kits that will be available:<br> <br><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">* <span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>TV-B-Gone</b> -- (turn off any TV in public places!)</span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span>* <b>"Hi My Name Is" badge</b> -- (you may have seen me wearing mine)</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">* <b>Brain Machine</b> -- (Meditate, Hallucinate, and Trip Out!)</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">* </span><b>Mignonette Game</b> -- (build your own handheld game console!)</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">* </span><b>Trippy RGB Waves</b> -- (interac tive blinky lights!)</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">* </span><b>LEDcube</b> -- (animated 3D cube of LEDs!)</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">* </span><b>MiniPOV</b> -- (more cool blinky lights!)</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">* </span><b>BoArduino</b> -- (solderless breadborad Arduino!)</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">* </span><b>Diavolino</b> -- (shield compatible Arduino from Evil Mad Science!)<br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">* </span><b>OpenHeart</b> -- (animate fun patterns in the shape of a heart!)</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">* </span><b>LoL Shield</b> -- (Lots of LEDs for your Arduino!)</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">* <b>Atari Punk Console</b> -- (make noise!)</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">* </span><b>microcontroller programmer (USBtinyISP)</b>-- (program all your AVR family chips!)<br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span></font><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>And more!</b></span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
</span></div> <img src="" style="width:189px;min-height:267px" alt="" height="267" width="189"><br> <br>Workshops are great ways to get new people to your hackerspace, and to energize people already at the space. You can also use them to raise funds, if you like.<br>
<br>Me and Jimmie don't make money from our workshops. The money we charge ($10 to $35, depending on the kit) pays for kit parts and travel. We do this because we love teaching people how to make cool things! And we love helping hackerspaces.<br>
<br>Here are a few links to articles from our Midwest tour a couple summers ago:<br><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/2010/08/12/coming-to-you-town-the-midwest-work/" target="_blank">http://blog.makezine.com/2010/08/12/coming-to-you-town-the-midwest-work/</a><br>
<br><a href="http://forum.archreactor.org/FUDforum2/index.php/m/5955/" target="_blank">http://forum.archreactor.org/FUDforum2/index.php/m/5955/</a><br> <br><a href="http://pumpingstationone.org/2010/08/mitch-altman-jimmie-p-rodgers-to-join-circuit-hacking-wednesday/" target="_blank">http://pumpingstationone.org/2010/08/mitch-altman-jimmie-p-rodgers-to-join-circuit-hacking-wednesday/</a><br>
<br><a href="http://www.lvl1.org/2010/08/17/fun-with-the-lolshield/" target="_blank">http://www.lvl1.org/2010/08/17/fun-with-the-lolshield/</a><br> <br> <br>I'd love to add your hackerspace to our tour. Please let me know if you're interested, and I'll reply with an email with a minimal list of what's required on your end.<br>
<br>And please let me know if you'd like to join us on the HoaT Workshop Tour 2012.<br> <br>Cheers,<br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Altman" target="_blank">Mitch</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br></div><br>_______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list <a href="mailto:Discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org" target="_blank">Discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org</a> <a href="http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss" target="_blank">http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a></div>
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