Hacker Space KL
Make the world a better place
by making things together
Meling “spoonfork” Mudin
Barcamp KL 2009
Saturday, April 4, 2009

Community-oriented
physical space where
people can meet and work
on their projects
http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Hacker_Spaces
Saturday, April 4, 2009

Noisebridge Hacker Space
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/03/hackerspaces.html
Saturday, April 4, 2009

It’s almost a fight
club for nerds
Nick Bilton, NYC Resistor, http:/www.nycresistor.com/
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Saturday, April 4, 2009

Hacker spaces are like
YMCAs for geeks and
nerds
Eric Michaud, Pumping Station One,
http://pumpingstationone.org/blog/
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Saturday, April 4, 2009

Hacker space is like
Barcamp on a daily basis
@arzumy, http://jomcode.com/arzumy/
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Saturday, April 4, 2009

Hacker space is like
Kemahiran Hidup, only
more gangsterly
Saturday, April 4, 2009

Doncha wish your plumber was hot like mine? Sexy plumner,
Kohler, http://www.josplumbing.com/
Saturday, April 4, 2009

A place for
learning, teaching
and createing
Saturday, April 4, 2009

Mitch Altman shows a visitor how to solder at the Noisebridge
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/03/hackerspaces.html
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It’s definitely better
than your next door
mamak
Saturday, April 4, 2009

Having fun at the Metalab,Vienna
Saturday, April 4, 2009

Who is a hacker?
Maker, Geek, Coder, Crafter, Nerd,
Artists, and Hacker - all are welcome
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why do this?
• We have a great and talented community of
geeks, nerds, artists, coders, makers, crafters
and hackers - people who can learn, teach
and create things
• We all want to make things, but don’t have
the tools, or the people to work together
with
• We all want to learn something new
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what other hacker
spaces are doing?
• Weekly tutorials, workshops, presentations
• Electronics
• Codes
• Cooking!
• Sewing!
• Lots of other cool projects
• Potlucks, dinners, parties!
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what do we need?
• An accessible location
• Enough paying members
• Volunteers to get YOUR hacker space up
and running
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who do we need?
• Location scout lead - Brian Ritchie
• Furnishing - dumpster diving!
• Equipment - dumpster diving!
• Finance
• Membership, PR and marketing and
promotions
• System and web admin
Saturday, April 4, 2009

funding and sustainability
• monthly membership fee
• fund raising
• fix faulty/broken electronic devices for a
fee
• create something, then sell it - e.g. RFID
sniffer
• donation drive - hardware
Saturday, April 4, 2009

coming up
• http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/
group.php?gid=140335785051
• Official webpage, wiki
• Blogsite
• Mailing list
• IRC
• Twitter
Saturday, April 4, 2009