Cambodian Comics & Web Comic
Mon, Mar 8 7:30 pm Mon, Mar 8 8:30 pm

John Weeks, comic researcher and an entrepreneur living in Cambodia is visiting us at hackerspace.sg this Monday. He will be talking about Cambodian comics. John is also keen on discussing the future comics. John is a member of ‘think tank’ Sang Salapak, co-founder of House 32 Web Design, and advisor to nonprofit publisher Our Books as well as numerous other organisations. He enjoys sharing his interests via blogging, drawing and varied writings. John’s opinions on art, culture, and technology have been cited in publications ranging from Time and USA Today to Punk Planet. Web: http://www.jweeks.net

ABAF Cocktails
Tue, Mar 9 7:00 pm Wed, Mar 10 1:00 am

We are hosting the Asian Business Angel Forum Cocktails and After Party for them. ABAF brings together for the first time early-stage venture players and participants: angel networks, investors, startup companies, policy makers, fund managers, and investment professionals from across Asia, Europe and the US.

Book Club Meetup
Wed, Mar 10 7:30 pm Wed, Mar 10 10:30 pm

We’ll be reading and discussing The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde – we’re a small but open group – all who’ve read the book or are interested literature are welcome.

Source: HackerspaceSG: Events of Week 10 (Mar 8 – Mar 14)

Hackerspace Hack Time
Mon, Mar 1 6:00 pm Mon, Mar 1 11:59 pm

We currently have the following projects being worked on – Sucktionator, Water Rocket, Stop Motion Animation, and many other miscellaneous projects currently worked on by our members. So come join in and hack on any of your projects!

Singapore Ruby Brigade Meetup
Wed, Mar 3 7:00 pm Wed, Mar 3 10:00 pm

This month, the topic for our regular Ruby meetup will be on Rails 3. That’s right! Rails 3 Beta was released last month, and we’re meeting up to discuss about what’s new with Rails 3, and possibly how it impacts your current Rails code. I always love a good Ruby discussion.

Introduction to Programming for Beginners Workshop (1/2)
Thu, Mar 4 7:30 pm Thr, Mar 4 10:00 pm

Please note this event is by registration only.

If you have always wondered how computer programs are written and whether you can write a program yourself here is your chance to find out! Over a 2-session workshop you will learn some of the fundamentals of programming and start writing your first programs almost at once! The workshop is designed to be hands-on and fun for complete beginners. We will be using the Python programming language. If you have always wondered how computer programs are written andwhether you can write a program yourself here is your chance to findout! Over a 2-session workshop you will learn some of the fundamentals of programming and start writing your first programs almost at once! The workshop is designed to be hands-on and fun for complete beginners. We will be using the Python programming language.

Online and Tech culture in Cambodia
Fri, Mar 5 7.30 pm Fri, Mar 5 8.30 pm

We will have two popular Cambodian bloggers visiting us on Friday, 5th March. Nearirath is a lawyer and one of the  Barcamp Phnom Penh organizers. Kounila is a writer and is currently planning her first documentary film. They will be talking about the adoption of technology and online culture in Cambodia and tech events in Cambodia.

GenJuice Meetup
Sat, Mar 6 6:00 pm Sat, Mar 6 9:00 pm

It’s basically a meet-up for young people to “get together to discuss their goals and how they market themselves to reach those goals.” (from the site). A personal branding meetup for young people, if you will. RSVP here.

Source: HackerspaceSG: Events of Week 9 (Mar 1 – Mar 7)

Singapore Silverlight User Group
Wed, Feb 10 7:00 pm Tue, Feb 10 10:00 pm

This is the FIRST meeting of the FIRST Silverlight User Group in Singapore, and it is also the FIRST time we have a Microsoft-oriented event at HackerspaceSG. Yes. That’s right. There will be a very short lap around Silverlight 4.0, followed by a discussion based meeting. Come and join the fun if you’re writing Silverlight applications, or if you’re interested to find out more.

Hackerspace Hack Time
Mon, Feb 1 6:00 pm Tue, Feb 2 12:00 am

We’ve finally set up our security access system and will be activated soon. We also have the following projects being worked on – Sucktionator, Water Rocket, Stop Motion Animation, and many other miscellaneous projects currently worked on by our members. So come join in and hack on any of your projects!

JFDI Presentation
Tue, Feb 2 7:00 pm Tue, Feb 2 8:30 pm

Ever wondered what is JFDI? Still wondering what is happening with it? Come on down for a status update on the progress and future of JFDI.

Singapore Ruby Brigade
Wed, Feb 3 7:00 pm Wed, Feb 3 10:00 pm

Today, we have a face-off between Chef and Puppet. If you speak Ruby and have that dying question which configuration management automation tool to use, then you’ll have an engaging time listening to our 2 resident Arun and Ohad fight it out! You want a match, you’ve got one! Be prepared to draw blood.

LinuxNUS HackFest
Sun, Feb 7 1:30 pm Sun, Feb 7 5:30 pm

LinuxNUS has decided to do a mini CrisisCamp in the good name of helping people. I’m not too familiar with this topic, but feel free to browse this on how to organize a CrisisCamp. It is for a good cause, so come and help out.

Hackerspace Hack Time
Mon, Jan 25 6:00 pm Tue, Jan 26 12:00 am

Our regular scheduled reserved time for our members to get anything done is back to Mondays. We currently have the following projects being worked on – Security Access System, Sucktionator, Water Rocket, Stop Motion Animation, and many other miscellaneous projects currently worked on by our members. So come join in and hack on any of your projects!

Take a look at what we experimented 2 weeks ago. We’ll continue experimenting until we get it right.

Show and Tell: 3 Young Indie Film-makers
Fri, Jan 29 6:30 pm Fri, Jan 29 9:30 pm

Today, we welcome 3 young Indie film-makers to showcase what they have been working on for the past 1 year. Lincoln, Teck Siang and Michael will be screening 3 films from their portfolios, all festival awarding winning pieces, followed by Q&A session. It’s open to all hackerspace regulars, vagabonds and passerbys. Just anyone interested to know a little bit more about the local independent film scene… from the perspective of these 3 younglings. Be creative, be critical, and support our independents!

The Weekend
Sat, Jan 30 6:30 pm Sat, Jan 30 9:30 pm

This idea started on NYE 2009 when the guys and gals were sitting in HackerspaceSG, high on beer and bouncing ideas off the wall. The problem we are facing now is that bloggers doesn’t know what the PR folks wants and the PR folks doesn’t know what the bloggers want. So to solve this problem, we decided to have this networking session where people from social media meet together and discuss on how they can work together better. Since we can’t think of a better name, we decided to call it “The Weekend”.

Singapore Linux Meetup Group
Mon, Jan 18 6:30 pm Mon, Jan 18 9:30 pm

First up of the week is the Singapore Linux Meetup Group. They having their regular meetings at HackerspaceSG from now on every 3rd wednesday of the month. For this month, they have a presentation on Blender, a free open source 3D content creation suite, by Mr Victor Yap from the Blender User Group. The Blender User Group of Singapore would give a general overview of 3D technology with relation to how Blender is use to create 3D images. Works of local artists will be showcased and discussion about open movies that the Blender foundation has been engaging in the past and
present. RSVP here if you wish, but not required.

Hackerspace Hack Time
Tue, Jan 19 6:00 pm Wed, Jan 19 12:00 am

Our regular scheduled reserved time for our members to get anything done is yet again moved to Tuesday to make way for the Singapore Linux Meetup Group. We currently have the following projects being worked on – Security Access System, Sucktionator, Water Rocket, Stop Motion Animation, and many other miscellaneous projects currently worked on by our members. So come join in and hack on any of your projects!

Singapore Singers & Songwriters Meetup
Fri, Jan 22 7:00 pm Fri, Jan 22 10:00 pm

We have the Singapore Singers & Songwriters Meetup group here at HackerspaceSG! How cool is that? It is a gathering of musicians to share their music and network with like-minded passionate people. Those who are singers and songwriters out there, come and join us! You can RSVP here or just turn up.

Singapore Humanism Meetup (RSVP required)
Sat, Jan 23 2:00 pm Sat, Jan 23 5:00 pm

All HackerspaceSG Members needs to RSVP to sg.humanism.meetup@gmail.com. Mainstream values, mainstream culture, mainstream population. In the past few years, the word “mainstream” has been bandied about in our mass media, on a wide range of issues such as “family values”, “global warming” and “death penalty”. But what are they referring to, exactly? Do they refer to the values or opinions held by the majority of our population? Or those few who are most vocal and persuasive? How do we know if these values are right or rational? Whose mainstream is it, anyway? Although consensus may be hard to reach, come to this month’s SHM and have a fun-filled afternoon discussing in small groups a range of issues from varying perspectives.

Meetup etiquette : Participants come from different backgrounds and with different age and experience. Still, every individual deserves dignity and respect and therefore I urge participants to observe strictly our meeting etiquette.

Hackerspace Hack Time
Mon, Dec 28 6:00 pm Tue, Dec 28 12:00 am

Our regular scheduled reserved time for our members to get anything done is back on Monday again. We currently have the following projects being worked on – Security Access System, Sucktionator, Water Rocket, Stop Motion Animation, and many other miscellaneous projects currently worked on by our members. So come join in and hack on any of your projects!

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Since there isn’t anything much to report, I’ll like to take this chance to write about how the events process is like.

As of this writing, this is the process of getting an event or a meetup into hackerspacesg. It will evolve over time as the place grows.

1. Check the calendar at http://www.hackerspace.sg/calendar to see if the date and time of your event is available.
2. Send an email to events AT hackerspace DOT sg with the date and time and details of your event. Any additional details will be much appreciated.
3. Indicate whether if your event is open to public, or private. Indicate whether your event is free, or there’s an entrance fee.
4. If any answers are the latter (private or paid), then there will be a need to discuss rental fees before approving. If both answers are the former (public and free), then it will go ahead to the approval process.
5. The events coordinator for hackerspacesg will evaluate the event and gather more information if required in order to build a supporting case to host the event.
6. The event will then be posted on both calendar and the google groups for our members to object. Silence means consent. Monitor this thread in case there are any objections.
7. After a few days (a week maximum), if there are no objections, the event is approved. If there are, the event will be rejected based on the reasons discussed and you will be informed.

Here are some guidelines to help convince people at hackerspacesg not to object to your event. These guidelines do not indicate that the event will be approved even though it fulfils all these points, but it will help greatly.

• The event is community focused (e.g. user groups).
• The event is about learning, sharing, thinking out of the box, creativity, etc.
• The event is in-line with what hackerspacesg is all about.

It might seem like a tedious process, but do not worry because the events coordinator will be doing most of the work.

Source: HackerspaceSG: Events of Week 53 (Dec 28 – Jan 3)

Just a quick reminder to everyone. If you want to host any community meetup which is open to public at HackerspaceSG, send an email to events A-T hackerspace D-T sg. We’re happy to have you at our humble house. So without further ado, here are the events for the week.

Hackerspace Hack Time
Mon, Dec 21 6:00 pm Tue, Dec 22 12:00 am

Our regular scheduled reserved time for our members to get anything done is back on Monday again. We currently have the following projects being worked on – Security Access System, Sucktionator, Water Rocket, Stop Motion Animation, and many other miscellaneous projects currently worked on by our members. So come join in and hack on any of your projects!

CodeAndroid Christmas Party / Hackfest
Sat, Dec 26 1:00 pm Sat, Dec 26 5:00 pm

Another Christmas Party?!? Yes, that’s right. But this time we’re not the host. CodeAndroid is having a chill out session at HackerspaceSG with no agenda except to talk, discuss, and have some fun. RSVP here if you’re interested.

Source: HackerspaceSG: Events of Week 52 (Dec 21 – Dec 27)

For those who are unfamiliar with the rant: it is a tradition of performance art which was developed in Europe in the 19th century and successfully ported to the Internet in the early-to-mid 1990s. It is now being introduced to Asia by aesthetic pioneers like Johannes Grenzfurthner.

In recognition of Singapore’s leading position as the financial and cultural capital of Asia, and of Hackerspace.SG as the leading hackerspace in Singapore, he has chosenHackerspace.SG as the venue for his first Singapore performance of this artwork.

We invite all members of Hackerspace.SG and the related community to attend this rant.

There is no fee, though we wish to thank in advance all the wonderful people who consume beer, wine, or soft drinks, for their cash donations into the little glass that says “your donations are welcome.”

For the purposes of licensing under Chapter 257 Section 319, this is an exempt entertainment as defined by the Public Entertainments and Meetings (Specified Arts Entertainment) (Exemption) Order 2005.

Details follow.

monochrom and the East: Some stories about Context Hacking and Asia
A tour-de-farce by Johannes Grenzfurthner of monochrom

monochrom is a worldwide operating collective dealing with technology, art and philosophy and was founded in 1993. So to sum up, monochrom is an unpeculiar mixture of proto-aesthetic fringe work, pop attitude, subcultural science, political activism and technological disaster.

Johannes wants to tell us stories about monochrom’s “context hacking” projects that specifically deal with our focus on contemporary Asian topics.

The term context hacking—like its mimetic sibling “communication guerrilla”—refers to unconventional forms of communication and/or intervention in more conventional processes of communication. Context hacking is a specific style of political action that observes and makes visible the paradoxes and absurdities of power. Context hacking uses absurdities as the starting point for interventions by playing with representations and identities, with alienation and over-identification.

Source: HackerspaceSG: Thu, 17th Dec – Some Stories about Context Hacking and Asia