I guess I don't have enough faith in people in general. I can just see some bozo's plugging the scope probes into AC or similarly ignorant/destructive behaviour.
If this is going to work, I think it'll have to be some kind of variation on a co-op. That way people have a vested interest in keeping things in good condition. We also wouldn't have to worry about people suing us because they burnt themselves, or the ventilation isn't good enough, or <whatever>. What may work is to have some speciality tools/equipment - maybe to something to cook SMT boards. That would act as a catalyst / attractor to get people to come in. Another thing that could be done is to have an Intranet built up with various documentation & software to help in design & construction. Anything that's not on the Intranet would still be available via the Internet. On Wed, 2008-09-17 at 17:52 -0600, Gustin Johnson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Shawn wrote: > > > > Only issue I see here is that the "hacker spaces" seems to imply physical > > hacking as well. Meaning tools. So a coffee shop may not be the best bet. > > I was thinking of a redesign of the coffee shop concept. Instead of > couches and coffee tables, benches with lights and power. > > Instead of a pool table, rent things like soldering irons and scopes. > Expand the types of items sold and sell things like bread boards, wire, > solder etc. in addition to some of the usual. > > I started thinking of this after a friend of mine showed me some > pictures of his trip to Thailand/Cambodia/Viet Nam. He found this chain > of, well part coffee shop, part martini chill out bar, part hacker > haven. The physical side of the business was designed around the > assumption that the patrons would have laptops so it did not quite look > like a coffee shop. I asked myself what I would build for myself that > was a social space that enabled my activities. > > > > Maybe a local business with a shop might be interested in sponsoring this > > sort > > of thing? Easy/free marketing, and the insurance issues would probably > > already be taken care off. > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFI0Zg5wRXgH3rKGfMRAnM+AJ0X+oUifj4wMqFRGjtSCK4sydURgwCeNmDn > 5CNeO4FL+SXi1H5vb0K/52Q= > =vKTU > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
