From jason at noisybox.net Mon Aug 3 16:24:25 2009 From: jason at noisybox.net (Jason Plumb) Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:24:25 -0700 Subject: [dorkbotpdx-announce] Meeting tonight, 7pm at Backspace Message-ID: <4A774779.8010303@noisybox.net> This is your friendly neighborhood milkman reminding you to pack up some gear and get your dork on tonight at Backspace. Around 7pm we'll be doing strange things with electricity, hanging out, showing off projects, and asking questions. This is a casual event, no lectures or projectors...we're free, friendly, and open. We'll be gearing up for our lecture event this coming Sunday! Please join us and tell your friends! -jason From dorkbotpdx at dorkbot.org Sat Aug 8 15:31:04 2009 From: dorkbotpdx at dorkbot.org (Thomas Lockney) Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 12:31:04 -0700 Subject: [dorkbotpdx-announce] reminder: DorkbotPDX 0x04 - NYC invasion - Aug 9th Message-ID: <7a05808a0908081231r32f7b241ja8ca5472d9fe9173@mail.gmail.com> Just wanted to remind everyone that this really amazing thing is happening tomorrow. I think you should go. ;~) Also, we may need a few volunteers to help shuttle people up from the entrance if the building and elevators are locked again. If you're willing to help out with this, please email me and Jason directly. Also, a quick reminder that the 15th is the deadline for submitting anything you want to be in the show at ON Gallery. The show itself will be taking place in October. More info can be found here: http://dorkbotpdx.org/wiki/on_gallery_show_oct_09 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Dorkbot PDX brings you the next installation of its lecture series. * Where: AboutUs 107 SE Washington St, Suite 520. * When: Sunday, August 9th, 2009 -- 7pm As always, the event is free and open to the public. Feel free to bring snacks and beverages to share. Please spread the word! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are extremely honored to have two distinguished artists from New York visiting Portland and sharing their work with DorkbotPDX. Please help us welcome these amazing and inspiring dorks from across the way! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Mandiberg "FAIL, WIN!, FTW? Three Creative Commons Case Studies" Michael Mandiberg is known for selling all of his possessions online on Shop Mandiberg, making perfect copies of copies on AfterSherrieLevine.com, and creating Firefox plugins that highlight the real environmental costs of a global economy on TheRealCosts.com . His current projects include the co-authored groundbreaking Creative Commons licensed textbook Digital Foundations: an Intro to Media Design that teaches Bauhaus visual principles through design software, HowMuchItCosts.us, a car direction site that incorporates the financial and carbon cost of driving, and Bright Bike, a retro-reflective bicycle treehugger.com praised as ?obnoxiously bright.? He is a Senior Fellow at Eyebeam, and an Assistant Professor at the College of Staten Island/CUNY. He lives in, and rides his bicycle around, Brooklyn. His work lives at Mandiberg.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Dork Your project, your dime! OpenDork provides a flexible forum for people doing strange things with electricity to show off their work in a quick, formal, but relaxed setting. It's up to YOU! Do a quick demo, brag, ask for help, show off your stuff. OpenDork talks/demos are short (generally 5-10 minutes) and may have slides, or hardware, or both, or neither. Get interactive! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Marisa Olson "Performed Listening" Marisa Olson's work combines performance, video, net art, sound, drawing, and installation to address the cultural history of technology, the politics of participation within pop culture, and the aesthetics of failure. Her work has recently been presented by the Whitney Museum of American Art, Centre Pompidou-Paris, New Museum of Contemporary Art, 52nd International Biennale di Venezia, the British Film Institute, the Sundance Film Festival, and elsewhere. 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URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotpdx-announce/attachments/20090809/b601ca43/attachment.html From jason at noisybox.net Tue Aug 11 20:58:48 2009 From: jason at noisybox.net (Jason Plumb) Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:58:48 -0700 Subject: [dorkbotpdx-announce] OpenPd workshop this Sunday 8/16 1-5pm @ PNCA Message-ID: <4A8213C8.4020201@noisybox.net> ___ ____ _ / _ \ _ __ ___ _ __ | _ \ __| | | | | | | '_ \ / _ \ | '_ \ | |_) | / _` | | |_| | | |_) || __/ | | | | | __/ | (_| | \___/ | .__/ \___| |_| |_| |_| \__,_| |_| __ __ [/~] _ _ [bang( \ \ / / ___ _ __ | | __ ___ | |__ ___ _ __ \ \ /\ / / / _ \ | '__|| |/ / / __| | '_ \ / _ \ | '_ \ \ V V / | (_) | | | | < \__ \ | | | | | (_) | | |_) | \_/\_/ \___/ |_| |_|\_\ |___/ |_| |_| \___/ | .__/ |_| THIS SUNDAY - Aug 16th - 1-5pm @ PNCA rm 205 [pd( //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\\ | [you( /// \\\ | / /// Hi. DorkbotPDX would like to welcome \\\ [+ ] /// you to an OPEN Pd workshop. This is a \\\ | /// 4-hour open workshop in which you can \\\ [creative] /// bring any project you like to hack on \\\ | /// and share ideas and get help. All \\\ [outlet] /// projects are welcome, but we will be \\\ /// focusing on Pure Data (Pd). \\\ /// \\\ /// The workshop is intended to be a \\\ /// collaborative effort -- there is no \\\ /// curriculum, the cost is FREE, and you \\\ [+] /// may come and go as you like. \\\ /// \\\ /// For the best workshop experience, bring \\\ /// a laptop with Pd preinstalled and as \\\ /// much or as little gear as you can carry! \\\ /// \\\ [*~] /// http://dorkbotpdx.org/20090816_openpd \\\ /// http://tinyurl.com/pnca-pdx <- map \\\ /// \\\ \\-------------------------------------------// people doing strange things with pd and electricity [dac~] http://dorkbotpdx.org/20090816_openpd From thomas at lockney.net Mon Aug 17 01:53:16 2009 From: thomas at lockney.net (Thomas Lockney) Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:53:16 -0700 Subject: [dorkbotpdx-announce] DorkbotPDX meeting at Backspace, Monday, 8/16 @ 7PM Message-ID: <7a05808a0908162253k7a20fd85l839c9922c5a686bc@mail.gmail.com> It's time to geek out with us dorks again and drink a few beers (or non-alcoholic beverage of your choice) in the name of doing strange things with electricity. Bring your toys to show off or just come and ogle ours. More info, as always, available here . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotpdx-announce/attachments/20090816/c957365d/attachment.html From jason at noisybox.net Mon Aug 31 12:23:38 2009 From: jason at noisybox.net (Jason Plumb) Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:23:38 -0700 Subject: [dorkbotpdx-announce] MEETING tonight (Monday 8/31)- 7pm @ Backspace Message-ID: <4A9BF90A.2010306@noisybox.net> Meeting meeting = new DokbotCasualMeeting(); meeting.setDate(Date.today() /*Aug 31st*/); meeting.setTime(7pm); meeting.setLocation(backspace); /* backspace.bz */ for (Dork dork : allPortlandDorks){ if(dork.hasInterestingProject()){ dork.pack(project); } dork.go(meeting); } See you there! -jason