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Oakland Public Library in need of digital literacy trainers

by April Glaser

Hi again, Please allow me to add one more opportunity for sudoers to help meet the technology needs of our neighbors: work with patrons at the Oakland Public Library learn basic digital literacy skills, like word processing, Internet browsing, apply for jobs, formatting etc. Or propose to teach a workshop series on the basics of setting up a website, graphic design, hardware hacking, programming basics, or any other skill that you'd like to share. They really need people to come in once a week to help patrons find their way around online and get access to basic services. And the librarians organizing it seem very flexible and enthusiastic. To get get started, please fill out this interest form: http://oaklandlibrary.org/sites/default/files/uploads/OPLVolunteerApplicati… And here's a description of the call for tech trainers that they posted online: http://www.prelive.volunteermatch.org/search/opp1714947.jsp I'm doing it! If you have questions, you can email Sara DuBois: sbubois(a)oaklandlibrary.org Yours, April -- 0x54FC570B

11 years, 7 months

Arduino For Total Newbies workshop, Sun 29 March

by Mitch Altman

I'm giving my most popular workshop again: Arduino For Total Newbies Sunday, March 29th, 1pm - 4:30pm. At Noisebridge. photo from the first Arduino For Total Newbies workshop at Noisebridge Learn all you need to know to make cool projects with Arduino! You've probably heard lots about Arduino. But if you don't know what it is, or how you can use it to do all sorts of cool things, then this fun and easy workshop is for you. As an example project, we'll be creating a TV-B-Gone remote control out of an Arduino you can take home with you. Summary: What: Arduino workshop for total newbies, using TV-B-Gone remote controls as an intro When: 1:00pm to 4:30pm, Sunday, March 29th Where: Noisebridge map (including where to push the buzzer) Who: Anyone and everyone can have fun learning Arduino. Ages 10 to 100 Max #: 50 participants -- This workshop will fill up, so please arrive early! -- Precedence given to those who register in advance at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/arduino-for-total-newbies-workshop-tickets-160… Cost: $35 -- includes everything you need! And you get to bring your Arduino TV-B-Gone home with you. Optional: $20 communications/programming cable -- (some will be available to use for free during the workshop). Instructor: Mitch Register for the workshop: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/arduino-for-total-newbies-workshop-tickets-160… Bring your laptop if you want to go home with the free Arduino software installed on it. Arduino software runs on Windows, MacOS and Linux. Description: Arduino is an amazingly powerful tool that is very simple to learn to use. It was designed so that artists and non-geeks can start from nothing, and make something cool happen in less than 90 minutes. Yet, it is powerful enough so that uber-geeks can use it for their projects as well. This workshop is easy enough for total newbies to learn all you need to know to get going on an Arduino. Taught by Mitch Altman. Participants will make their own Arduino clone, and set it up on solderless breadboards to make their own TV-B-Gone remote control to turn off TVs in public places -- a fun way to learn Arduino (and electronics) basics. Bring your laptop, if you can. Big thanks to Ken Shirriff, who came up with the original TV-B-Gone for Arduino. Itinerary: Intro to ArduinoVery short lesson to learn everything you need to know about electronics! Then we will learn to solder. Don't let this scare you! I've taught well over 50,000 people to solder, most of whom have never made anything before in their lives. It is actually a very easy skill to learn. It is also very useful. Then we will each make our own Arduino clone from a kit made by Evil Mad Scientist: DiavolinoNow that we each have our own Arduino, we will set up the free and open-source software on our laptops (if you bring one) -- Windows, MacOS, or Linux are all fine! And then its time to make something and learn how easy it is to use Arduino! I'll (very easily!) show you how to read schematic diagrams, and you'll put together your own TV-B-Gone remote control using your BoArduino. We will use a solderless breadboard. These are really useful, and provide a fast, and very easy way to put circuits together without needing to solder. Target practice is available after the workshop. You are now ready to download and hack zillions of Arduino projects that are available for free online! Best, Mitch.

11 years, 7 months

Trainers needed: digital rights in libraries unconference

by April Glaser

Good morning y'all, I am jazzed to announce that on June 29-30 the Library Freedom Project is hosting a two-day unconfernce, right on on the heels of the ALA annual conference in San Francisco. The best part: it's at Noisebridge! https://libraryfreedomproject.org/ We have all kinds of amazing folks confirmed to speak - groups like the ACLU, Hack the Hood, the Internet Archive, EFF, journalists, and of course, some incredible librarians from across the country working towards projects of social justice and political change. We need tech trainers to help work with participants to learn digital privacy tools, the way surveillance works, as well as other technology issues relevant to libraries. If you're interested in sharing your skills, please email me off-list with the following information: 1. Are you available for an hour slot in the early afternoon (say, 12-3:30) or late afternoon (3:30-7) on Monday, 6/29 or Tuesday, 6/30? We're getting started each day around 1, done by 7. 2. What technology skills or themes are you most familiar with and would like to share with librarians to use locally? Please list anything you'd be able to help with, for example: email encryption, mobile security, getting a more trusted email address, VPNs, migrating from proprietary software, xmpp and OTR, How does tracking work?, Tor, anything else fun? 3. Have you conducted a tech training or skill share in the past that you think would be useful for a librarian community? Thanks a million. All my best, April -- 0x54FC570B

11 years, 7 months

La Commune Stuff

by niki

Hey all! La Commune is trying to clear away stuff that's been stored back by the West wall so that we can really push forward on plans for the cafe. If you have anything stored back there, please note that it should be removed asap or it risks being thrown away. There's a compressor back there with a note on it saying not to throw it away - does anyone know where this compressor belongs? I will move it out of La Commune today and if it's not claimed by the weekend, I will make plans to get rid of it. Also - when we bought all of that metro shelving from John, La Commune paid for 4 units, I believe ($200). The other 4 were for FNB if I'm not mistaken. There's only one in La Commune right now so I'll be looking to reclaim the other three within the next couple of weeks. Just a heads up - if you've been using one of the metro shelves you may want to relocate anything being stored on it. Lastly - Door shifts! Just want to ask anyone working a door shift (and ask the folks who are coordinating these to communicate to others not on this list) to please respect the space behind the La Commune counter. Also, during the day there are usually not people here to introduce new people to the space and whoever is at the La Commune counter ends up performing this work. Most of the time it's alright but I'm wondering if maybe it makes sense to have another table or desk in the front that is the front door shift desk in order to differentiate between La Commune and the rest of the Omni? Just a thought to throw out for your consideration! Love! Niki

11 years, 7 months

Darkroom

by Adam Munich

I intend to order some enlarging paper tomorrow for making large format and fine art x-ray photos. I've heard noise about a darkroom at the omni. Is this true? If not, I have a red phillips phlatlight LED that could illuminate an empty room for us to make one. Also... http://i.imgur.com/eBv7ryo.png Glossy or matte? My struggle is real. --- Aperture Systems: Redefining Radiography - http://aperture.systems/ http://adammunich.com/ - Cell: +1-650-452-0554 Be • knowledgeable • social • patient • fearless • compassionate • fun • humble • forgiving. Be a leader

11 years, 7 months

Spare Laptop?

by niki

This might be the wrong place to ask this but my laptop crashed yesterday and is not coming back to life. :( Wondering if anyone's got a spare I can borrow until I (hopefully) get mine repaired. xo N

11 years, 7 months

HAXLR8R incubator program

by Mitch Altman

Amongst other cool things, I volunteer as a mentor for HAXLR8R, a 3-month incubator progam. Groups that are accepted into the program for their cool hardware project idea: * receive some tens of thousands of dollars in return for a small percentage of their company * live in Shenzhen China for 3 months * get workspace and access to the way cool tools at the HAXLR8R facilities * get training from a wide variety of volunteer mentors (who are professionals with diverse experience) * get help with funding and starting a business * get connected to all of the resources necessary to make their project into a real product in the market. Everything you need. It's pretty awesome. At the end of the 3 months, everyone goes to San Francisco for the big Demo Day, with lots of media attention. Many successful (and very different) products have come from HAXLR8R, including Spark, and Nomiku. If you have a project that you would like to turn into a product, and make a living doing what you love, maybe HAXLR8R could be helpful for you. The next 15 project groups (HAX 7) moves to Shenzhen (for 3 months) starting in *July*! The application deadline: *May 23*. Funding: up to *$100,000*. If you apply early, your chances of getting accepted are higher (less competition). Your project doesn't need to be perfect (or anywhere close) to apply. APPLY FOR HAXLR8R here: http://www.haxlr8r.com/ Please feel free to ask me any questions off-list. Best, Mitch.

11 years, 7 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] sudo make foseschool

by Robert Benson

I apologize if I came off as unappreciative of the info provided about existing open/free edu resources. Peer to peer education is the future. On Saturday, February 28, 2015, Brandon Curtis <brandon.curtis(a)gmail.com> wrote: > < https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/1alpoBxkU9orIXEBF7wmElpDCzKTpqQJtBz…> < https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/ME8yT88gEkqnMxa0rAavDfKpCMABKpQc9W-…> Brandon Curtis (brandon.curtis(a)gmail.com) added themselves to your Guest List | Remove them | Block them >

11 years, 7 months

Yard Sale at my house (Bellevue and Palm near Lake Merritt) Sat - Sun (8am-6pm?)

by Matthew Senate

https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/gms/4920824246.html Happy to see you there if you can make it. I have lots of other stuff that I will probably give you if you need it that I won't be pulling out for the sale. Swing by and ask if you think I've got something you could use. Love and solidarity, Matt p.s. This is step 1 of moving out of my current house by May 1 :( oh well! ;)

11 years, 7 months

paypal donations

by yar

Somebody asked info(a)sudoroom.org if they could donate through PayPal. Is this something we want to do? If so, has somebody already done it? If not, who wants to do it?

11 years, 7 months

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