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Posts Tagged ‘hackathon’. Monday, November 28th, 2011. I had the awesome opportunity this month to be a speaker and judge at Start Norfolk – Hampton Roads’ successful attempt at a Startup Weekend-type event. I met the organizer, Zack Miller. At LessConf in Atlanta back in February, and things moved forward from there. Photo Credit: Paul Chin, Jr. So what does this mean for Norfolk? For one, I was incredibly moved by their startup community. And I know this is only the beginning. Drinks Downtown. And I...
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Posts Tagged ‘entrepreneurs’. Laquo; Older Entries. Monday, November 28th, 2011. I had the awesome opportunity this month to be a speaker and judge at Start Norfolk – Hampton Roads’ successful attempt at a Startup Weekend-type event. I met the organizer, Zack Miller. At LessConf in Atlanta back in February, and things moved forward from there. Photo Credit: Paul Chin, Jr. So what does this mean for Norfolk? For one, I was incredibly moved by their startup community. And I’ve heard buzz about a seco...
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Global day of Coderetreat - SwitchSpan
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Hindsight is an exact science. Global Day of Coderetreat. Yesterday I participated in my first coderetreat. At 757 Creative Space. In Norfolk, VA. This happened to be the Global day of Coderetreat. Which was organized by coderetreat.org) and now I am wondering why I didn’t go to a coderetreat sooner. The coderetreat was facilitated by Ryan Castillo. From the 757Ruby users group. And sponsored by some great companies: Bootstrap Hero. And there were quite a few other great sponsors as well. Now, I knew a l...
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Schedule a Meeting or Tour. Silly Robots and Electronics… Leading up to battling robots in July! June 25, 2016. Happy Saturday Maker Friends! We are moving into electronics this month leading up to one of our favorite events on July 30th for International Nodebots Day 2016. 10am: Makerspace Cadets (7 , $10 per/Free for members) Silly robots and electronics. Today we take on robots! From mBots to brushbots and more, it’s all imagination and team work to create something AWESOME! The Makerspace would not e...
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The Maker Movement | 757 Makerspace | Innovation, Make, Create, Hack, & Learn
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Schedule a Meeting or Tour. What Makes a Maker? Makers believe that if you can imagine it, you can make it. We see ourselves as more than consumers we are productive; we are creative. Everyone is a Maker, and our world is what we make it. Makers seek out opportunities to learn to do new things, especially through hands-on, DIY (do it yourself) interactions. Makers are generally not in it for the money. This isn’t about filing patents or making a profit. Why Making Matters for Learning. Makers are intrins...
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Host An Event With Us | 757 Makerspace | Innovation, Make, Create, Hack, & Learn
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Schedule a Meeting or Tour. Host An Event With Us. A sampling of unique experiences we have provided:. Unique team building location with high tech tools. School Field Trips (tour and hands on activities). Birthday Parties (from kids to unique adult opportunities; skateboard ramp build to minecraft playing and building, angry birds party). Unique Conference Space for speaking, showing and making opportunities (Thanks DEFx). Boy Scout and Cub Scout Camps and Tech Badge Opportunities (Thanks Pack 24!
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Matt Smith» Blog Archive » Start Norfolk
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Laquo; Voice and Integrated Computing: What Now? Windows 8: Trying to be Everything to Everyone? I had the awesome opportunity this month to be a speaker and judge at Start Norfolk – Hampton Roads’ successful attempt at a Startup Weekend-type event. I met the organizer, Zack Miller. At LessConf in Atlanta back in February, and things moved forward from there. Photo Credit: Paul Chin, Jr. So what does this mean for Norfolk? For one, I was incredibly moved by their startup community. And I’ve heard b...
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