Hi everyone,
I'm a graduate student in Chicagoland who is broadly interested in
computers and education, and was wondering if anyone had advice or
experience with coworking communities that mix, for example,
researchers and businessfolks/entrepeneurs/interesting people, or
something of that sort. I and my colleagues are interested in
developing and democratizing (so making - and more importantly,
teaching kids how to make their own) technologies in schools, but I
feel like just an occasional chat with someone who isn't caught up in
the academic jargon, and who really understands the pragmatic issues
around software development, or consumers, or any of that business
stuff we know very little about (or can just keep me up to date with
the tech stuff that's available out there... why did it take me so
long to learn about django?) could really help. We have our own mini
community among a few of us ("work parties"), but I feel like talking
with and being around people who care about the same things that we
care about, but come at it from different angles, would really help.
At this point I'm just wondering how to find out whether there are
people interested in working around and chatting with others who are
passionate about similar topics so that we can stay excited and fresh
about our work, and how to find them. I've noticed that the sr-grad-
student slump... working alone at home or in that familiar corner of
Bros K (as great as that place is) can get really tough for people
(especially when you really just want to geek out or show off some
code and no one knows what you're talking about!)... and that just
remembering that people are interested can really motivate people to
do great things.
-Michelle
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