Hackerspace

Good news!

After their grand opening last week, KWartzLab is buzzing with action. Gus and DW are inviting makers of all stripes to their TON (Tuesday Open Night) tomorrow night. Bring your own tools and a project to work on from 7:00 - 10:00PM.

More details here: http://kwartzlab.ca/events/2009-10-06/tuesday-open-night-ton-dw-gus

This is a great way to get to know what the space is like, meet other makers and have a good time building something in the presence of other makers.

A bunch of us went back to our leading candidate space for KWartzLab at Boehmer Box on Duke St. Friday night to go through with a fine-toothed comb in preparation for negotiating the lease and figure out requirements for cleaning/buildout/reno.  Click through for deets...

• is concise
• is easy to pronounce/spell/understand verbally
• offers a balanced symmetry of hard consonant "k" sounds in both syllables that is both strong and memorable
• is descriptive, employing "make": the primary purpose of the space and "box": the fundamental shape of any room in which we'll work
• suggests simple and powerful graphics for logos and other materials representing our identity.  Easily rendered at a variety of resolutions and colours
• links conceptually to our home workspaces, full of boxes that are full of parts to fuel the making
   

"Repurpose" is a mini-documentary on the Foulab hackerspace in Montreal. Running nearly 10 minutes, it's a good way to introduce people to the idea of a hackerspace.

There's a meeting planned for May 7, 2009 @ 7:30 PM over at Zeke's Family Restaurant on King St. in Kitchener (Kyle has booked the back room). Hardcopies of the hackerspace survey will be handed out. Here's your chance to share your wishes and dreams about the hackerspace.