Geek Feminism: "The biggest enemy of hackerspaces"

[terriko]

New post to Geek Feminism, in which I try to get people talking based upon this link that radhardened pointed out:

"The biggest enemy of hackerspaces"

I think commenter Meg nailed the more interesting problem on the head by saying that the real question is how to adapt the hackerspace model so that it's useful to a wider range of people, including those who may have not as much time. It seems like dreamwidth has done a pretty interesting job of making the open source model more attractive to more folk, and I'd love to see this done for other geek pursuits...

I'm trying to imagine drop-in fees for hackerspaces. Perhaps do it like the yoga studio I used to attend, where rather than paying for x months, you pay for x classes (or x days at the hacklab). Or playgroups for adults with kids (although I suppose some of the things around hackerspaces are dangerous, it might be possible to make a play area and have parents take turns watching the kids). Or... Hm. I'm curious as to what people already do. Perhaps another post will have to follow later.

Comments

[robbat2.livejournal.com]

I just tested with a second browser (both konq and firefox) that was logged out, and it doesn't seem to be the case.

I would happen to like a code, but I'm mainly on LJ for the existing communities that aren't moving.

[terriko]

Hopefully that means they've fixed things -- they did promise that they would once the complaints started, I think.

Anyhow, here's a code, all linkified for your ease of use:

https://www.dreamwidth.org/create?from=terriko&code=73GN3EXCJE6RWAAAFTEU