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Subject: Re: Projects/Partnerships/What I've Been Up To
From: Georgia <georgiaguth...@gmail.com>
To: TheHacktory <thehacktorylist@googlegroups.com>
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I've met and corresponded with a few people from Blue Cadet:
http://bluecadet.com/

They want to reach out to community groups (not sure exactly why yet)
but they do a lot of work with nonprofits. We talked about doing a
happy hour sometime soon, and then a show and tell about a project
they are working on now using Max/MSP. One of their programmers,
Aaron, was very into working with us, especially to develop something
for Makerfaire. He said his former job was traveling around the world
building interactive installations. I'll post the event(s) as soon as
we have details.

On Feb 6, 2:48=A0pm, Georgia <georgiaguth...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Got this message:
> Nathan Solomon provided me with your contact--as I'm helping him to
> coordinate and build the "arts and non-profits" symposiums for the
> upcoming Grassroots Game Conference. The last week of October I will
> be curating a performance that will explore intersections of dance and
> science. It will feature a new work by former PA Ballet Soloist
> Meredith Rainey and NYC-based choreographer Jonah Bokaer, who's done
> an amazing piece exploring game theory, physics, and dance called Why
> Patterns.
>
> As the performances will be exploring intersections of science and
> performance--it would be ideal to have a discussion about potentially
> building a web/game interface with the event, and/or a site specific
> installation that is part of the performance venue--which will be at
> the Christ Church Neighborhood House. =A0Would you be interested in
> possibly arranging a time to speak about some contacts that you may
> have in Philadelphia that would be interested in potentially taking
> part in this?
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> Marcel Williams Fosterwww.marcelwfoster.org
>
> So we are meeting next week.
>
> On Feb 6, 2:46=A0pm, Georgia <georgiaguth...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > I met with Evan from NextFab, Justin from the Sculpture Gym, PJ and
> > Mike from Hive76, and Brad about the Philly Maker Kit idea. Everyone
> > had a lot of good stuff to say, we talked a little about what
> > activities could happen at each space. Some specific parameters we
> > mention was that the activities can be basic, not like learning a new
> > skill, but aimed at bringing people to the spaces. Then we wanted to
> > have a way for people to engage after their kit is finished, so we
> > talked about programming the thing (robot, or whatever) so that it can
> > interact with other finished ones in a special way. We could then have
> > regular meetups for people who have completed them. Other parameters
> > were that the kit should have a retail price somewhere between $20 and
> > $50, and we'd like to have it available for sale by July for the HOPE
> > conference, and Makerfaire.
> > Brad then sent a written proposal of a concept he came up with. We are
> > meeting again Thursday 2/9 to discuss the proposal and next steps.
>
> > On Feb 6, 2:42=A0pm, Georgia <georgiaguth...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Met with Yasmin Kafai from Penn this morning about collaborating on a
> > > grant with her dept. She organized the e-textiles conference last
> > > spring and wants to do more in that area. Specifically, she wants to
> > > develop e-crafting circles to help with her dept's research, but also
> > > provide orgs like ours with workshops, materials, and possibly paymen=
t
> > > for instructors. I told her our Soft Circuit Saturdays would be a goo=
d
> > > place to get information. We decided to start with a few specific
> > > events to collaborate on. First, she will invite students in a class
> > > affiliated with her dept working on lilypad arduino projects to our
> > > arduino show and tell day. That class ends in March, so we should aim
> > > to have the event in early April. We will then check in and maybe do
> > > something for Scratch Day on May 19 (http://day.scratch.mit.edu/event=
/
> > > 484). Then in the fall we will aim to do some longer-term planning fo=
r
> > > the e-crafting circles, and aim to have one workshop in October to
> > > help people use soft circuits to make Halloween costumes. She also
> > > really liked the idea of a longer-term collaborative project, similar
> > > to the Philly Maker Kit idea, in the craft realm. We discussed
> > > something like an e-craft quilt where individuals could make separate
> > > pieces but collaborate to put it together.
> > > We touched on a lot of other topics, it was a great conversation.
>
> > > On Feb 6, 2:35=A0pm, Georgia <georgiaguth...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > I just met with Sarah about poster concepts. She had some awesome
> > > > inspiration from some old electronics textbooks and a really rad on=
e
> > > > on Tesla. We definitely have a good starting point and aim to have
> > > > drafts to show the group at our meeting next Tuesday. To start we'r=
e
> > > > thinking of doing 3 posters, 1 of Philly DIY spaces, 1 about bits/
> > > > bytes, 1 that's basically a circuit diagram.
>
> > > > On Feb 6, 2:32=A0pm, Georgia <georgiaguth...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > I wanted to post here what I've been doing for The Hacktory for t=
he
> > > > > past month because there's way too much to cover in our regular
> > > > > monthly meetings. I'm hoping this practice will encourage volunte=
ers
> > > > > and those interested at The Hacktory to read up on the details, a=
nd
> > > > > comment, then at our meetings we can discuss nitty gritty stuff a=
nd
> > > > > not just give updates. I'll post each message separately so peopl=
e can