DerbyHack - A venture up the A52?

Last night's excellent Drawdio & Soldering 101 workshop by our very own pedal-power Matt Little was a huge success. There was something for all levels of experience. I'm chuffed with my Drawdio, a good little soldering project with just the right level of tinkering required to practice a little debugging and use the multi-meter in anger (but not with violence). Mostly I enjoyed the feeling that Hackers got a little bit of gratification from their efforts, smiley faces when your pencil starts to sing.

Nottinghack and the proposed "Hackspace East Midlands in Nottingham" has a number of interest hackers in Derby. As a trial to see if it will work Nottinghack propose to run the Drawdio Hack & Soldering 101 workshop at a Derby venue in the next few weeks. This will give Derby based hackers the opportunity to experience a hack without the extra commitment of getting to Nottingham. If the event proves successful we'll try one in either Leicester or Loughborough.

Ideally some hackers from Nottingham will join us to help make the workshop a success, maybe we can arrange a lift share? Eventing across the catchment area will be an important part of making hacking accessible & perhaps encouraging potential hackers, put off by the distance to get involved in forming local groups.

Alternatively it maybe a total calamity! If you'd like to be part of Nottinghack you can register for updates at www.meetup.com/nottinghack

Don't want to join meetup but want to hack anyway? Then email me (nottinghack@gmail.com) with your interest for any advertised meetup and I'll ensure a space is saved for you.

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