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Local Robotics Workshop April 12-13

We’ve [Make Magazine] teamed up with David Calkins, the founder of RoboGames and president of the Robotics Society of America, to offer an intensive weekend workshop exclusively for MAKE subscribers. The course will take you through the process of building your own android step-by-step. At the end of the weekend, you’ll leave with a 1-foot-tall [...]

Next Meeting April 6th

I had hoped to get a meeting together for March 16th in San Francisco, but for a number of reasons was not able to pull it off.
The next meeting will be at TechShop April 6th… (Contact me at the email address above if you’d like to present!) followed by a San Francisco meeting on April [...]

The Make:SF Wiki is up!

Go ahead… click the Wiki button above.
OK, for those with feeds here’s a link to the Make:SF Wiki

March 2nd Meeting

Hello Makers!
The next meeting at TechShop is coming up quickly! Last month we had a great turn out of 35+ people. As with the last meeting we will be featuring projects by local makers, and that means YOU!

See images of the prior meetings  (Sorry, still figuring out how to let WordPress post images from the server…)
Do you [...]

February SF Social

We’ll be meeting at:
Mars Bar
Thursday February 12st
7pm – ?
7th & Brannan
No formal presentations at this event*. Just an opportunity for the Makers in the city (who can’t make it to the TechShop meetings) to meet up.
 See you there! 
*Though there will be a special robotic guest wandering around who will also attend the March 2nd event at TechShop naked. (Your [...]

February Meeting Signup

The next meeting is coming up this Sunday.
 If you would like to grab a slot (15min to present and 5min Q&A) leave a comment below and I’ll contact you, or send an email to meetings@makesf.org.
 I’ll list the agenda in this post. (First 30 min will be introductions and announcements)
 Please include a description and links if [...]

Getting Social…

Make:SF is now represented as groups on the following social networking sites:
Meetup.com
Facebook as a Group
LinkedIn Group Direct link to the group invitation(updated)
More of an experiment than anything else, but it should help network people together and find the meetings.

First and Second Meetings on the Calendar!

Hi Makers,
The first and second meetings are now on the calendar. The first meeting will be more informal… get to know you kind of thing. The goal is to brainstorm for the second meeting on January 6th 2pm also at TechShop. Make will be providing some hardware goodies… more details to follow, stay tuned!
Thanks again [...]

Howdy Bay Makers!

Just now setting up shop…
Planning on a meeting this weekend. Stay tuned for details.
If you would like to lend a hand in planning, blogging, or if you are a WordPress wizard (the blog software used to make this site) please email the address in the header… I will get mail at that address.
My goal is [...]