Yeah, the ticket pricedrop was what clinched it for me. I'm in. As for their business model, I think you can see by their "partners" page that they probably got more than a little dosh from companies(i.e. Microsoft, Intel) trying to get their "internet of things" devkits or platforms into the hands of people most likely to evangelize them to everyone else(i.e. us).
Also, how many years will it take before someone comes up with a better term than the "internet of things"? I vote for PKD's "The Rushmore Effect," since eventually everything's gunna be able to talk back to you anyway. j On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 6:52 PM, Ron Jackson <[email protected] > wrote: > The Hackster Hardware Weekend has dropped ticket prices to $19, and only > $5 for students. I just got an email saying they are refunding the > difference to those of us who paid more. > > Since that covers five meals, rental of the PSU Business Accelerator > (including parking out back), speakers and swag, I'm not sure what their > business model is. > > It looks like they have available a variety of microcontroller hardware to > work with: > > - Intel Edison: documentation > <http://www.intel.com/support/maker/edison.htm#how> > - Spark Core: documentation <http://docs.spark.io/start/> > - Metawear: documentation <http://mbientlab.com/docs/> > - Leap Motion: documentation <https://developer.leapmotion.com/> > > And a bunch of TI stuff. > > Not sure how much of this we get to take home, but I've heard they have > good swag. > > —Ron > ______________ > 925 SW 83rd AVE > Portland, OR 97225 > Primary Tel: 503.296.8579 > Cell: 503.200.0379 > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Jon Hannis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I should also mention that ctrlh (ctrlh.org) will be hosting the >> hackster.io team for our March 5th open house, starting at 7pm. We'll >> have food, drinks, a prize or two and a delorean (unless it breaks down on >> the way here, as they're known to do). >> >> I'll be at bunk bar tonight if there are anyone is interested in talking >> about volunteering for the ctrlh event. >> >> On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 10:25 AM, Ron Jackson < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I heard about the Hackster Hardware Weekend at the PDXElectroHax meetup, >>> and it sounded interesting so I signed up. The event is coming to Portland >>> on their national tour the weekend of March 7 and 8th. >>> >>> While the event sold out in Seattle it looks like there is lots of room >>> on the Portland stop. It looks like quite a good deal for an interesting >>> weekend. I hear they give good swag. From their website: >>> What's in it for you? >>> >>> Try New Hardware | Great Speakers & Mentors | Swag Madness >>> Food | Caffeine | Best Hardware Community On Earth >>> Awesome Prizes, including $1,000 for the best hack per city >>> *And of course: One Time Opportunity to Hack a Real DeLorean* >>> More information on the Hackster.io website: >>> http://www.hackster.io/hardwareweekend >>> >>> Sign up for the event at: >>> >>> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hackster-hardware-weekend-portland-tickets-15426861157 >>> >>> —Ron >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber >> > > > _______________________________________________ > dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list > [email protected] > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber >
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