Re: maker/hackerspace event in China

[Georgia]

Hi Kevin,
Thanks for the info. I'm going to post it on our blog if you don't
mind. I did want to clarify that I don't think this is the *first
hackerspace in China. We had some visitors from another hackerspace in
Shanghai back in October: http://xinchejian.com/
It's a very cool opportunity though, I hope we'll get at least a few
submissions from Philly!
-Georgia

On Jan 29, 9:44 am, Kevin Gotkin <kgot...@asc.upenn.edu> wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> Sorry for the spam before I've had a chance to come meet you all in person, but I wanted to share a really cool event being organized by two people who are opening China's very first hackerspace(!). They're organizing a "maker carnival" that seems to have some significant support to bring people in from around the world. Instructions to apply are below, but essentially you would make a video/link to introduce the project you want to make in China, all the projects will go up for a vote, and the 20 best win. Let me know if you want to talk more. See you soon!
> --
> Kevin Gotkin
> Ph.D. Student
> Annenberg School for Communication
> University of Pennsylvania
> Tel: (551)427-7907
>
> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: Silvia Lindtner <lindt...@ics.uci.edu<mailto:lindt...@ics.uci.edu>>
> Date: January 29, 2012 6:16:10 AM EST
> To: <kgot...@asc.upenn.edu<mailto:kgot...@asc.upenn.edu>>
> Subject: maker/hackerspace event in China
>
> hey kevin,
>
> so i am helping our hackerspace friends in China with the organization of their first maker carnival in China. they were able to convince one of the major airlines to sponsor 20 free roundtrip airfare tickets between US, Canada, Europe and China so that they can fly in international participants.
>
> How it works: people submit a project through their Facebook page and the 20 people who get the most "likes" will be awarded with a plane ticket.
>
> If you know anyone in the hackerspace scene in philly/new york through your work who might be interested please feel free to forward this!!!
>
> many thanks,
> Silvia
>
> http://www.facebook.com/events/286475574739294/
>
> HOW TO APPLY
> 1. Write an article and send us the link or send us one including Introduction, Picture,
> or Video about the project. ( Start 01.25, earlier the better )
> 2. We will publish the article on our Facebook and Website the day we recieved yours.
>
> Start: 2012.01.25
> End: 2012.03.15
> Result: 2012.03.17
>
> --
> Silvia Lindtner
> PhD Candidate
> Department of Informatics
> UC Irvine
> lindt...@ics.uci.edu<mailto:lindt...@ics.uci.edu>http://www.ics.uci.edu/~lindtner

[Kevin Gotkin]

That's so funny! It is in fact that same people (at least from what I know)! I met Ricky and Min during some work in Budapest this past summer. Their space, as you might know, grew out of a coworking space also in Shanghai called Xindanwei and I'm pretty sure it's the whole group that is behind the event (which will include awesome people like Mitch Altman). Go Team(s) Philly!

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Kevin Gotkin
Ph.D. Student
Annenberg School for Communication
University of Pennsylvania
Tel: (551)427-7907

[Georgia]

Oh awesome, good to know. Yeah Min and Ricky visited our space in
October as part of their tour of US hackerspaces.
Right on!

On Jan 30, 12:27 pm, Kevin Gotkin <kgot...@asc.upenn.edu> wrote:
> That's so funny! It is in fact that same people (at least from what I know)! I met Ricky and Min during some work in Budapest this past summer. Their space, as you might know, grew out of a coworking space also in Shanghai called Xindanwei and I'm pretty sure it's the whole group that is behind the event (which will include awesome people like Mitch Altman). Go Team(s) Philly!
>
> --
> Kevin Gotkin
> Ph.D. Student
> Annenberg School for Communication
> University of Pennsylvania
> Tel: (551)427-7907
>
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> Subject: Re: maker/hackerspace event in China
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> Hi Kevin,

> Thanks for the info. I'm going to post it on our blog if you don't mind. I did want to clarify that I don't think this is the *first hackerspace in China. We had some visitors from another hackerspace in Shanghai back in October:http://xinchejian.com/It's a very cool opportunity though, I hope we'll get at least a few submissions from Philly!