Excellent piece on Hacker Spaces (and NYC Resistor) at Wired’s Gadget lab
This is piece is really great, and tells the story of the burgeoning Hacker Space movement that’s spreading across the US. I’m extremely proud to be part of NYC Resistor, and I’m amazed every day both at the community of amazing people that have gathered around it, and the output of those people. Every city should have at least one hacker space. Check out the whole piece at Wired, it’s a great read!
At the center of this community are hacker spaces like Noisebridge, where like-minded geeks gather to work on personal projects, learn from each other and hang out in a nerd-friendly atmosphere. Like artist collectives in the ’60s and ’70s, hacker spaces are springing up all over.
Located in rented studios, lofts or semi-commercial spaces, hacker spaces tend to be loosely organized, governed by consensus, and infused with an almost utopian spirit of cooperation and sharing.
“It’s almost a Fight Club for nerds,” says Nick Bilton of his hacker space, NYC Resistor in Brooklyn, New York. Bilton is an editor in The New York Times R&D lab and a board member of NYC Resistor.
“People just have this wide-eyed look of, ‘I want this in my city.’ It’s almost primal,” says Rose White, a sociology graduate student and NYC Resistor member.
Read more at blog.wired.com
