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Tinker Ecology.
Tinkers around us.
Why?


● Tinkering is fun!
● We are not the only tinkerers/hackers.
● Things are better together
BCS.
BCS - Kent Branch.
BCS
BCS - What!
● "The BCS provides both members
  and the public with an unrivalled
  opportunity to keep abreast of
  current developments in
  numerous areas of interest."
● Meets monthly in school of
  Computing plus other events.
Digibury - Where?
Digibury.
Digibury - Desson.
Digibury - What!
● A group of local people interested
  in technology.
● Run by the Deeson (a local web
  dev shop).
● Meets once a month on a
  Wednesday.
Digibury - Where?
Create.
Create - Fruit Works.
Create - What!
● By a local start-up for startups.
● Softer geekery, targets businesses
  people.
● Hosted in a co-working space in
  Canterbury.
Create - Where?
OSHUG.
Open Source Hardware User Group.
OSHUG.
OSHUG - What!


A group of people with a shared
interest in Open Source Hardware,
we hold regular meetings in and
around London.
@9600   @psd
OSHUG - Where?
BarCamp.
BarCamp.
Barcamp - What!

BarCamp is an international network of user-
generated Free conferences (or
unconferences). They are open, participatory
workshop-events, the content of which is
provided by participants. The first BarCamps
focused on early-stage web applications, and
were related to open sourcetechnologies, social
protocols, and open data formats.
Barcamp - Where?
Hack Spaces.
Hack Spaces
Hack Spaces - What?

Hackerspaces can be viewed as open
community labs incorporating elements
of machine shops, workshops and/or
studios where hackers can come
together to share resources and
knowledge to build and make things.
Hack Spaces - Where?
MakerFaire.
MakerFaire.
Maker Faire - What?

Maker Faire is the premier event for grassroots
innovation. As the World's Largest DIY Festival,
this two-day family friendly Faire has something
for everyone - a showcase of invention,
creativity and resourcefulness and a
celebration of the Maker mindset.
Maker Faire - Where?
Links.
●   http://www.barcampcanterbury.com/
●   http://canterbury.hackspace.org.uk/
●   https://london.hackspace.org.uk/
●   http://www.icmp.org.uk/
●   http://oshug.org/
●   http://www.kent.bcs.org/index.html

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