tinker ecology

Tinker Ecology.Tinkers around us.

Why?

● Tinkering is fun!● We are not the only tinkerers/hackers.● Things are better together

BCS.BCS - Kent Branch.

BCS

BCS - What!● "The BCS provides both members

and the public with an unrivalled opportunity to keep abreast of current developments in numerous areas of interest."

● Meets monthly in school of Computing plus other events.

Digibury - Where?

Digibury.Digibury - Desson.

Digibury - What!● A group of local people interested

in technology. ● Run by the Deeson (a local web

dev shop).● Meets once a month on a

Wednesday.

Digibury - Where?

Create.Create - Fruit Works.

Create - What!● By a local start-up for startups.● Softer geekery, targets businesses

people.● Hosted in a co-working space in

Canterbury.

Create - Where?

OSHUG.Open Source Hardware User Group.

OSHUG.

OSHUG - What!

A group of people with a shared interest in Open Source Hardware, we hold regular meetings in and around London.

@9600 @psd

OSHUG - Where?

BarCamp.

BarCamp.

Barcamp - What!

BarCamp is an international network of user-generated Free conferences (or unconferences). They are open, participatory workshop-events, the content of which is provided by participants. The first BarCamps focused on early-stage web applications, and were related to open sourcetechnologies, social protocols, and open data formats.

Barcamp - Where?

Hack Spaces.

Hack Spaces

Hack Spaces - What?

Hackerspaces can be viewed as open community labs incorporating elements of machine shops, workshops and/or studios where hackers can come together to share resources and knowledge to build and make things.

Hack Spaces - Where?

MakerFaire.

MakerFaire.

Maker Faire - What?

Maker Faire is the premier event for grassroots innovation. As the World's Largest DIY Festival, this two-day family friendly Faire has something for everyone - a showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness and a celebration of the Maker mindset.

Maker Faire - Where?

Links.● http://www.barcampcanterbury.com/● http://canterbury.hackspace.org.uk/● https://london.hackspace.org.uk/● http://www.icmp.org.uk/● http://oshug.org/● http://www.kent.bcs.org/index.html