[Swansea Hackspace] Sharing your projects and work-in-progress

[Brian J Hoskins]

I added some basic details of the current project I am working on to my member page. When I complete the project I will move it to the platform Gerrit has suggested, and then I can add the new "work in progress" project to my member page instead.

Cheers.On 16 May 2016 15:44, Brian J Hoskins <brian at hoskins.eu> wrote:
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> Thanks Gerrit, I checked out Wevolver and it looks like a nice platform.
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> We already have github and similar alternatives for software projects, so it's good to have an open-source platform which recognises the requirements of hardware (and mixed hardware/software) projects too.
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> I set myself up an account there and started to add my project, but during that process I gained the impression that the platform is intended for completed (or near-completed) projects which are ready to be cloned, built-upon or improved.  I checked out some other projects on there and it strengthened my impression.  
> I don't think my project is ready to be compared against the polished efforts of the other projects on Wevolver just yet, but it will be going into service at a public place eventually so at that point I'll definitely be able to add it.  I'll visit this again when it is closer to completion.
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> In general I think it's good for us as members to get better at sharing information about our projects, as this is surely one of the first things a newcomer would take an interest in when trying to find out more about our hackspace.  
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> Cheers!
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> On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 8:48 AM, Gerrit Niezen <gerrit at swansea.hackspace.org.uk> wrote:
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>> Hi all,
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>> Given the buzz around member projects recently, I’d like to mention that the hackspace is now listed on the Wevolver platform: https://www.wevolver.com
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>> Wevolver is a platform for publishing and collaborating on open-source hardware projects - I now the founders personally (based at FabLab London), so I can vouch for their good intentions ;)
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>> As examples, you can look at two of my projects here: 
>> - https://www.wevolver.com/gerrit.niezen/openpump-an-open-source-hardware-syringe-pump/main/description/
>> - https://www.wevolver.com/gerrit.niezen/biofactory/main/description/
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>> Of course, there’s also the member pages (http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/Users/Users) on our website if you’d rather share your projects there - Wevolver is meant as an alternative for when you require a bit more functionality. If you do decide to put your project on Wevolver, let me know so I can link it to our hackspace page to make it more visible: https://www.wevolver.com/group/swansea.hackspace/
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>> Hoping to see what everyone is up to! (E.g., Brian: I’d love to see what your high tide early warning project is all about..)
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>> Cheers,
>> Gerrit
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