Dunedin Maker/Hackerspace Wiki

We've started a Dunedin Makerspace/Hackerspace - this is a place we're using to talk about it and to gather ideas, there's also a mailing list linked to from our main page, please sign up here - the old mailing list will soon go away.

This wiki is for everyone to contribute, don't be shy, hack away!

Important Issues

ThursdayNights - we're starting regular Thursday night talks here's the schedule
AndArealLogo - we need a logo
MoneyMoneyMoney - we need to organise our finances so that we survive long term
WorkshopTools - we're building a workshop - we need to outfit it
BrightIdeas - what can we do that's cool and fun
ListOfPeople - who is interested - make yourself a page, introduce yourself

Useful things:

Governance - how we organise ourselves
PartsSuppliers - where to buy stuff

We've signed a lease for a space in the old Tech Building on upper Stuart St between York Place and Smith St - here's some pictures of the space - room 114.

What is a MakerSpace/HackerSpace?

A 'makerspace' (or 'hackerspace') is a shared workshop for working in many different disciplines - the idea is to learn new skills from the people you're working around and to work together on projects you might not be able to do by yourself - spaces are often shared by groups who do things like: electronics, craft, art, programming, engineering, cooking.

A comprehensive list of worldwide makerspaces is available here.

Existing New Zealand makerspaces:

MakerSpace (Wellington)
Auckland Hackerspace (Auckland)
Tangleball (Auckland)
The Clay Store (Auckland)
SpaceCraft (Christchurch)
ProjectSpace (Palmerston North)
ThinkHaus (Hamilton)

there is also a nationwide "Bloke's Sheds" movement that generally caters to retired men - there are two in Dunedin

Other interesting starting points:

RecentChanges: see where people are currently working
WikiSandBox: feel free to change this page and experiment with editing
FindPage: search or browse the database in various ways
HelpOnMoinWikiSyntax: quick access to wiki markup
SiteNavigation: get an overview over this site and what it contains

How to use this site

A Wiki is a collaborative site, anyone can contribute and share:

Edit any page by pressing Edit at the top or the bottom of the page
Create a link to another page with joined capitalized words (like WikiSandBox) or with [[words in brackets]]
Search for page titles or text within pages using the search box at the top of any page
See HelpForBeginners to get you going, HelpContents for all help pages.

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