[Swansea Hackspace] What do you want from a hackspace?

[Andrew Price]

Hi all,

On 24/01/13 10:41, Justin Mitchell wrote:
> My wishes for a hack space is a place where i can go that i will have
> the space to work on my little electronics projects, somewhere i can
> leave my collection of tools, power supplies, programming devices,
> components etc so that others can get use and benefit from them instead
> of them gathering dust in a cupboard. Somewhere that i might get
> occasional access to a 3D printer, something which i cant justify just
> for myself. Somewhere i can meet up with other interested people to
> socialise, discuss ideas, and help share my experience of things like
> PIC microcontrollers, chainmail jewellery making, EL wire, and so on.

Additional to some of the above...

> I would love to hear what other people would like to use such a space
> for, and what kind of activities they might also like to see.

I'd like the hackspace to be a hub for the Swansea area's geeks and 
somewhere we can escape to and share our creative passions; somewhere we 
can show off how we shaved a few milliseconds off an algorithm, designed 
a new crochet pattern or plugged two unrelated technologies together to 
make a Frankenstein's Gadget and expect enthusiasm instead of eye-rolls 
in return. Somewhere we can learn new things from others and get 
feedback on our own ideas and experiments, but also somewhere we can 
just chill out and natter casually and aimlessly with other geeks.

Or, less abstractly: a relaxed, secure, shared space with wifi and a 
workbench :)

Andy