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Public presentations have been given, educating attendees on topics ranging from "printing your own t-shirt" to "a brief course on regular expressions in the Perl programming language". The public is encouraged to participate in a hands-on manner where applicable, and otherwise become directly involved with the exploration, modification, and creation of various forms of technology. Makers Local 256 feels this personal interaction with technology is both empowering, educational, inspirational, and a benefit to the community. | Public presentations have been given, educating attendees on topics ranging from "printing your own t-shirt" to "a brief course on regular expressions in the Perl programming language". The public is encouraged to participate in a hands-on manner where applicable, and otherwise become directly involved with the exploration, modification, and creation of various forms of technology. Makers Local 256 feels this personal interaction with technology is both empowering, educational, inspirational, and a benefit to the community. | ||
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| + | ==Meet us!== | ||
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| + | Almost all of our members are logged into the #makerslocal IRC channel throughout the day. | ||
| + | We utilize IRC as a means to coordinate, plan, and be social (usually while we're supposed to be working). | ||
| + | The channel is located on the the Freenode server at freenode.irc.net. | ||
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| + | If it's your first time using IRC, the web based client at https://www.mibbit.com might be a good place to start till you find an IRC client you like. | ||
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| + | Login! Meet us! If you want to come by the shop, this is a good way to find out if it's open! | ||
Revision as of 16:40, 12 July 2008
A place where people can go and work on assorted projects in an environment that stimulates creativity and motivation. Most people's problem with working on projects is there are too many distractions preventing them to from completing and often even starting on a project. The make shop will provide work area, resources, and knowledge to help people with their projects.
We've been together as a group since 2006. We've had a physical place since March 2008.
Members of Makers Local 256 work on projects while at the building (the MakeShop). "Maker Projects" are not defined by strict boundaries, but can be generally described as technological, creative, accessible, open, and generally unorthodox.
Public presentations have been given, educating attendees on topics ranging from "printing your own t-shirt" to "a brief course on regular expressions in the Perl programming language". The public is encouraged to participate in a hands-on manner where applicable, and otherwise become directly involved with the exploration, modification, and creation of various forms of technology. Makers Local 256 feels this personal interaction with technology is both empowering, educational, inspirational, and a benefit to the community.
Meet us!
Almost all of our members are logged into the #makerslocal IRC channel throughout the day. We utilize IRC as a means to coordinate, plan, and be social (usually while we're supposed to be working). The channel is located on the the Freenode server at freenode.irc.net.
If it's your first time using IRC, the web based client at https://www.mibbit.com might be a good place to start till you find an IRC client you like.
Login! Meet us! If you want to come by the shop, this is a good way to find out if it's open!
