I could certainly talk to people from new media media if that would help On 2013-04-23 12:11 PM, "Justin Lacko" <[email protected]> wrote:
> It was great to have a themed Hackathon again and I am happy there were > people out to listen to the talks we had! We were even fortunate enough to > have Robert Elms from AssentWorks come down, and then give us a tour of > AssentWorks. I think that was awesome. I can't remember the last time we > had a guest speaker in. > > Personally, I have found it increasingly difficult as an individual member > to provide content to our userbase as it is highly > computer/programmer-oriented. I can always think of a good number of > friends that would be interested in joining but there's not enough of a > support base (yet) for interests outside programming/crypto/security. The > Hackathon that passed was my attempt to bring the "making" part of the > hackerspace more to the forefront. Unfortunately, there was only one new > guy who showed up! > > It seems if we had stronger partners in the city, that we may get some > more people out. I mean keeping lines open with New Media Manitoba, for > instance. Do any of our members consider themselves "designers?" I think we > should have another Hackathon with lots of visuals, such as discussions on > UI development, website development, typography, and design in general. I'd > love to see a beginner's course on CSS, or HTML5. Quick things that came to > my mind that are so simple: Ben talking about circuit board colours (5 > mins!), Michael talking about fonts (he knows them so well), Jeremy talking > about CSS/JS basics (I picked you just because), Rylaan and myself > double-teaming a talk about dataviz, etc. etc. I think this could be a lot > of fun! > > I think the next time too, if we're going to have a bake sale, we need to > do it right. I'm not sure who organized the last one but it really felt > like it fell through. I saw some timbits and Ron brought muffins, but that > was about it... > > Anyways, maybe I'll say more at the meeting. All I'm getting at is that we > should see how we can continue to make SkullSpace inclusive of the whole > range of "hackers," from the programmers to the designers. > > > On 23 April 2013 11:55, Brian Kulyk <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think more people will come to these events if there is a theme or >> goal, or at least more people who are new to the space. When there is a >> theme, naming the day after the theme will make it more compelling. Ie, >> "Maker Day", "Go Day", whatever. >> >> >> Brian Kulyk >> 204.887.6988 >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Ace Tunes <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I agree that we should probably call it open day or something like that. >>> I think it would target a wider audience. >>> On 2013-04-23 11:18 AM, "Mak Kolybabi" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On 2013-04-23 16:14, Ian Trump wrote: >>>> > 1. If you are a Programmer, or understand programming there is lots >>>> > to do. If your a network security dude of mediocre skill your >>>> > contributions can be financial and moral support until you learn >>>> > something about programming. >>>> >>>> TIL http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2010/11/moral-morale.html >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mak Kolybabi >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> () ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML e-mail >>>> /\ www.asciiribbon.org | Against proprietary extensions >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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