Tag: los angeles
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It Takes A Nation Of Makers To Make A Nation
Back in 2012 when the seeds were planted for LA Makerspace, it was still a fairly novel idea. We were the first family friendly makerspace in Los Angeles and we launched one of the first makerspace crowdfunding campaigns on Kickstarter. People came to our space in downtown LA from all over Southern California because it […]
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Got: Kid Friendly Hackerspace in Los Angeles
This update is a huge deal to me…I hope you’ll read on. If you’ve been paying attention to any of my updates for the past several months, then you may have read my post from May 3rd “Want: Kid Friendly Hackerspace in LA” and you may have paid attention to what the response was. If you […]
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LAdy Tacos Being Consumed By DIYGirls
Late last year I met up with a few ladies and we chatted about forming a ladies only group to work on tech-related projects together. We created a group on meetup.com called LAdy Tacos, a “Sausage Free Zone.” LA is a big place and it can be really hard to find others that work in […]
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Video of My Talk at Farmhouse Conf: Mapping the LA Tech Scene
Here’s the video from my talk where we build a low-fi map of the LA Tech Scene. The kid screaming in the background is my two-year old, Ripley. My husband Sean was trying to keep him occupied for 30 whole minutes while I did my talk. Sean did a 5 minute lightning talk so I […]
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Want: Kid Friendly Hackerspace in Los Angeles
Over the past several months I’ve been connecting with like-minded people who want a permanent, public, kid friendly hacker/diy space(s) in Los Angeles. These people have been working with kids and tech groups in some way or another through after-school programs, pop-up events and monthly meetups. A permanent space to house the equipment and schedule […]