dorkbot-austin

Michael did it again. Some great photos from the last dorkbot.

Electric Gongs, Theremin Guitars, Robot Percussion, Thummers, and More!

dorkbot-austin @ Austin Childrens Museum

April 10, 630-9PM (Presentations @ 7:00)

201 Colorado Street

after-dork party @ Jo’s - 242 W. 2nd

FREE event for kids of all ages

Featuring Strange Presentations by:

• Phil MacNutt - Modular Synthesizer
• Blake Sandberg - Theremin Guitar
• John-Mike Reed (http://www.bleeplabs.com) - Bit Blob toys and new Thingamagoop kit
• Seven Sexton - The Planck Stringed Instrument
• Eric Archer / David Nunez (http://delamaquina.com) - Electric Gongs and DIY Multitouch screen podium
• Craig Newswanger - Home Built MIDI controlled Instruments
• Jim Plamondon (http://thumtronics.com) - Thummer

Indy Mogul gives dorkbot13 a nod in their SXSW coverage

Dorkbot13 got a mention on G4’s Attack of the Show

This year’s SxSW Dorkbot was a roaring success, I hope you were all able to make it - most of you must have because according to the SXSW folks at the door, we had somewhere in the ballpark of 1,300 people pass through our gate.

I want to extend a huge thank you to our sponsors:

• Amaze entertainment http://www.amazeent.com/
• IGDA http://www.igda.org/
• SXSW Interactive http://2008.sxsw.com/interactive/
• and most of all Make Magazine http://www.makezine.com/

THANK YOU! Without our sponsors, the event on Saturday wouldn’t have been in any way possible.

A little bit of press is starting to trickle in

http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/03/sxsw-playing-wi.html

http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/technology/2008/03/jeffbezosatdorkbotat_sxsw.html

It sounds like everyone had a good time! If you have come across any news articles please forward them on to us at dorkbotaustin@dorkbot.org or post them to the blabber list and we’ll put them up on our recap page when we finish it

If you have pictures (or video - we haven’t been able to dig any up yet) please, post them to the blabber list, we’d love to see them!

If you have any feedback or suggestions about what we could have done better, please let us know! Some of the presenters have already mentioned a few things and we appreciate the feedback.

Lastly, we still have some shirts available.

http://www.dorkbotaustin.org/shirts

Rather than hold onto them, we’re going to try to pass them on to some of other Dorkbot groups in the US, so they might not last. If you’re interested in one, let us know and we can save one for you, shirts are $17 ($15 if you can pick them at an austin dorkbot event)

Thanks everyone!

Oh, I almost forgot - Dorkbot 14 is scheduled for April 10th, mark your calenders!

dorkbot-sxsw is almost here!

Check out the meeting page for more information.

NPR program “The Bryant Park Project” aired a story on Dorkbot NYC. Hear the story here.

The Bryant Park Project, February 7, 2008 · Where do you go when, let’s face it, you’re smarter than everyone else? Easy. You go to Dorkbot. It’s a monthly gathering of scientists, artists and designers doing, in their words, “strange things with electricity.” Started by Douglas Repetto in New York City in 2000, Dorkbot meetings are now held all over the world.

Repetto, an artist and director of research at Columbia University, dreamed up Dorkbot when he moved to New York City and needed a way to make friends. Dorkbot filled another need, too: it created a real-world forum for people to discuss and encounter the things they were talking about online. “I do think that one thing that Dorbot has been really good at is heightening the idea that to be in a physical space with other people is a different thing than sharing something online.”

Clearly, gadget-love and the DIY aesthetic have moved out of the province of nerds and into the mainstream in recent years, often reflecting technologies and ideas already expressed at Dorkbot. As regular attendee Joel Schlosberg says, “I’m not sure who said this, but ‘the future is here already, it’s just not evenly distributed yet.’”

There is no regular dorkbot meeting in February, after all.

Instead

Dorkbot-austin is proud to be co-hosting the February Geek Austin Happy Hour

This is also the launch party for the upcoming update of the dorkbotaustin.org website!

Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

J Black’s Feel Good Lounge 710 W 6th St Ste B

ambient, interactive art and lots of like-minded geeks and dorks RSVP and more info @ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/418904

Be sure to visit our friends at geekaustin.org as a central source for all things nerdy in Austin

Dorkbot13 on Feburary 7 - NEW LOCATION.

More details soon…

Dorkbot alumnus Edwin Wise contributed a lovely, deadly pneumatic piston to the Alamo Drafthouse’s opening of “No Country for Old Men.” Don’t miss this video.