[sudo-discuss] Fwd: [hackerspaces] Radio Shack Hackerspace Challenge seeks challenger

rusty lindgren rustylindgren at gmail.com
Wed Apr 17 14:18:58 PDT 2013


And, I'm just kidding about that... why would I do something like that in a
hacking competition?

On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 2:18 PM, rusty lindgren <rustylindgren at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm going to automate voting... Thanks for the tip David ;)
>
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 12:16 PM, David Rorex <drorex at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If you do get selected, the key to winning is not making the best
>> project, but getting the most people to vote for you. There's no objective
>> judging process, it's all based on how many people click your name on an
>> online website voting form. But don't worry, the loser still gets a
>> consolation prize of a couple hundred dollars radio shack gift card.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Naomi Most <pnaomi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Cool!  I wanna play too!
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Hol Gaskill <hol at gaskill.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> i'm always down for competitive creativity
>>>>
>>>> Apr 17, 2013 08:30:02 AM, rachelyra at gmail.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Ken Murphy kenmrph at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Hello Hackerspace folks-
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Last year was the first Radio Shack Hackerspace Challenge, a friendly
>>>> competition between Ace Monster Toys in Oakland, CA, and Artisan's Asylum
>>>> in Somerville, MA.  It's happening again this year, and we're looking for
>>>> challengers to take on the current champs (Artisan's Asylum).
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > The challenge is sponsored by Radio Shack, and will be featured in
>>>> print in Popular Mechanics magazine (and therefore seen by millions of
>>>> people).  It's part of Radio Shack's "Great Create" campaign, which
>>>> includes an effort to improve their offerings to the DIY community.
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > This is a great opportunity to work on a cool project, and get some
>>>> good publicity for your hackerspace and for the hackerspace movement
>>>> overall. I'd love to hear from spaces interested in forming a team and
>>>> throwing their hat in the ring.
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > More specifics on the challenge will be available a bit later, but it
>>>> will take place over the month of June, and each team will build a project
>>>> based on a theme (tba).  Both teams will get profiled in the magazine.
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Some info about last year's challenge, including links to the print
>>>> pieces:
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > http://www.popmechnow.com/radioshack/
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > If you're interested, and think you get a group together from your
>>>> space, drop me a line!
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Ken
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> >
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>>>> >
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>>>> >
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> >
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