[@OKau] Care and Feeding of Hackerspaces

Mon May 4 01:54:45 UTC 2015

great article, cobi. thanks for linking.

here is something similar i came across: guide for collaborating with
volunteer and technical communities
<https://app.box.com/s/qpuu11mwadxfllcd7xwu> by the digital humanities
network. only managed to skim it so far, seems good.

cheers
maia

maia sauren, phd
maia.sauren at gmail.com | +61408824846 | @sauramaia

On 2 May 2015 at 09:10, Tom Worthington <tom.worthington at tomw.net.au> wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Apr 2015 00:23:37 +0000, Cobi Alison Smith wrote:
>
>  ...
>>
>> https://www.academia.edu/12034526/The_Proper_Care_and_Feeding_of_Hackerspaces_Care_Ethics_and_Cultures_of_Making
>> ... consensus ... critical thinking skills ...
>>
>
> I was thinking about this while helping out with ANU's new TechLauncher
> initiative, where students work on an IT project, with the option of
> turning it into a product. This uses some of the hackathon techniques, but
> extended over a year. These are a much more diverse range of students than
> the usual university IT geeks and it is interesting watching the team
> dynamics evolve: http://cs.anu.edu.au/TechLauncher/
>
> ps: My team is building me a free open source webinar tool:
> http://cs.anu.edu.au/TechLauncher/project540954.html
>
>
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