[dorkbotdc-blabber] Meeting wrap up

[Gareth Branwyn]

Yeah, thanks to everyone for a phenomenal evening. It was loads of  
fun. The turn-out was such a pleasant surprise.

If folks have pictures of the event, please load them on Flickr (etc)  
ASAP and send me the link so I can do a follow-up piece on the Make:  
Blog and Street Tech.


Cheers,

Gareth



On Jan 17, 2008, at 9:44 AM, Alberto Gaitán wrote:

> Good morning folks,
>
> Thanks for a great turnout last night. The first joint DorkbotDC +  
> Make:DC work meeting attracted 63 participants (twice what we  
> expected!) and, although 2 hours was barely enough to get folks  
> started on their LED Cube, it was great to see so much enthusiasm.  
> Thanks to the Marian Koshland Science Museum for their hospitality  
> and congeniality.
>
> I want to encourage you to use this list to ask questions and to  
> provide others with resources and hints so that you can finish the  
> project at home.
>
> We'll be working on a step-by-step instructable to put on the  
> DorkbotDC and Make:DC websites and we'll let you know when it's up.
>
> A big shout-out goes to Tim Slagle for the time he spent getting  
> the best LEDs at the best price, prepping/packaging the kit parts,  
> writing up instructions and building that lovely cube prototype and  
> the flashy software he provided (His test app was sent to the list  
> on 1/16/08 as an attachment called LEDcube.pde. If anyone needs it,  
> drop a line here. We'll also put it on the website with the  
> instructable.).
>
> Kudos also to Mark Adams for his contributions to the kit and  
> logistics including hosting the prebuild, and for building v1 of  
> the cube and software prototypes. They both went through *a lot* of  
> effort on our behalf!
>
> Of course, we also need to thank the Maker Store for giving us a  
> deep discount of the Arduinos.
>
> More soon, meanwhile, here are some useful links:
>
> The Arduino homepage (includes the development environment, FAQs,  
> tutorials and other resources): http://arduino.cc/
>
> The Maker Store: http://store.makezine.com/
>
> Make Blog project page for their version of the LED cube:
> http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/09/ 
> make_a_pocket_led_cube_we_1.html
>
> Stay tuned for info on the next Dorkbot DC meeting: February 26,  
> 7-9pm at GWU.
>
> Alberto & Gareth
> Co-Overlords, Dorkbot DC
>
> http:dorkbot.org/dorkbotdc/
>
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