Re: Dismembership Application

[Daniel Provenzano]

Word.

On Wednesday, May 1, 2013 5:02:34 PM UTC-4, cal...@gmail.com wrote:

Hey everyone, my name is Vince Cali-Bennett. I've met many of you at Wednesday open house since first stopping in back in October. For those I haven't, I'm a Mt. Airy resident as of last summer. Generally speaking, I'm a technology nerd as well as a local/live music enthusiast.

- What do you hope to gain from Membership at Hive76. e.g. what will being a Member allow you to do that you can't do simply by coming to public events such as open house? Are there skills you plan to learn at Hive? Collaborations you are looking forward to?

First of all, it would allow me more time to be a part of the Hive76 community; the open house experience is great, but the worst part about it is it's only a handful of hours a week. Also, I enjoy the great variety of ideas that exist in this space. To both my benefit and detriment, I get caught up in the ideas of others, which are flying everywhere (often literally) on the typical Wednesday evening. I tend to mirror the level of focus of those around me, so I am more productive when others are engrossed in projects of their own; it sounds like this is more often the environment the space provides when there is not a community event occurring. I love learning about pretty much anything, so I'd be looking forward to collaborations where my level of interest and ideas mesh with any other members of the space.

- What do you plan to give to Hive76, that will benefit the space/Membership? e.g. Skills you are bringing to Hive you are willing to share/teach others, classes you envision that you could teach if there is sufficient interest, anything else?

I have broad, and occasionally deep, experience with what interests me; I'd be happy to share any of these skills that I can. I do research on mobile phone forensics for my day job, which mostly involves  reverse engineering stuff and writing software. I've built a couple things involving Arduinos, sensors, and servos. I like to solder tiny things. I play a bit of guitar and piano. Dan gave me a piezo to play with, which is on it's way to becoming a terrible sounding electric wind instrument. Worst case scenario, if there's anyone struggling with getting a bit of code working, I'm a pretty good sounding board for rubber duck debugging.

- Please provide constructive criticism of Hive76. What are we doing well? What are we lacking? What could we do better? What brought you to Hive and where do you see Hive76 going in the future?

I was recommended to stop into Hive76 by a local resident, who had heard of the place from a friend, but never stopped in himself. I was seeking a community of like-minded individuals to participate in, and have not been disappointed. So far, I can't think of any criticism to offer, though the welcoming nature of the community suggests that I'm free to voice any that I do think of. I'm not sure at this point how long I'll be staying in the Philadelphia area; if it ends up being longer-term, I'd be interested in increasing my level of involvement with the space.

[Jordan Miller]

jordan

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[Sean McBeth]

Vince, I don't think we've met (I haven't been in the space for several months), but you sound like a pretty cool guy hwo kills aleins and doesn't afraid of anything.

Jordan: correct

[Leslie Birch]

Vince,

I remember when you mentioned that you were thinking of joining -- how cool.  I can certainly attest to your ability of getting sidetracked by other people's ideas/projects.  It's definitely to everyone's benefit.  Does this mean we have to go through some initiation now??

[Sean McBeth]

You get punched in the knuckles

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[Sean McBeth]

And then blown up

[PJ Santoro]

well, you were both voted in as official members yesterday, so we'll have to think of something!

[Kyle Yankanich]

Led cube. New members must solder 100 leds on. Soon: worlds largest led cube

[Sean McBeth]

That is a brilliant idea.

[Kyle Yankanich]

I found it illuminating

[Chris Thompson]

I think Kyle led us into a pun thread. 

via mobile. 

[Kyle Yankanich]

I think it burned out Chris

-Kyle Yankanich
http://hive76.org

[Jack Zylkin]

>>"he LED us into a pun thread."

Nicely done, Chris.

[Leslie Birch]

This thread has me in stitches.

[Jordan Miller]

don't unravel the conversation.

jordan