1. Collaborative Play: Improving the World by Making Fun Stuff with Smart People Rose White NYC Resistor rose@yarnivore.com

2. Hacker Spaces! (Wait, what’s a hacker space?)

3. The Noisebridge hacker space in the San Francisco Mission District, with someone hard at work. (credit: Susanne Forbes)

4. Who is “A HACKER”? Maker, Geek, Crafter, Coder, Nerd, and Hacker – all are welcome

6. In 2008 there was a huge increase in the number of hacker spaces, both in the US and worldwide

7. Just the Facts USians have been visiting German cons December 2006 – 23C3 August 2007 – DEFCON HACKERS ON A PLANE August 2007 – Chaos Communication Camp December 2007 – 24C3 January 2008 – THE RACE IS ON

8. WHY?

9. Again, some facts: Bre Pettis and Nick Farr came home and spread the word The tools they used were targeted and sophisticated – let’s have a look!

11. It was the right moment Whether we live in cities or suburbs, many of us are frustrated (Chris Luebkeman mentioned the tension of density vs. sprawl) Alex Steffan asked: Why does everyone own a drill? Lane Becker and Thor Muller talked about pride of ownership vs. stewardship and the YMCA

12. “Hacker spaces are like YMCAs for geeks and hackers” – Eric Michaud

13. After a year, we’re just getting started

14. How to get in touch My group: nycresistor.com San Francisco space: noisebridge.org Lots of hacker space info: hackerspaces.org My email: rose@yarnivore.com