I headlined a group of talks at Google on May 21, 2010 about Hacker Dojo.

1. simple idea: to provide a community center for hackers, thinkers and technologists to meet,
discuss, learn and create
--non-profit, volunteer-run, member-supported
--24/7, work, side-projects, meetups, classes, hangout
--community center, clubhouse

2. achieved pretty immediate success and press coverage.
mercury news
led to fox news...

3. video link: http://video.foxnews.com/v/3957572/hacker-dojo/?playlist_id=86861
focus on startups and entrepreneurs is just an easy story.
the real story is the community, ideas and passion of that community

4. Coworking
coworking: space to work. diff than other coworking.
events: free for members. meetups, hackathons, conferences, etc
community: biggest value. energy, intelligence, resources of great people
community events: bbqs, movie nights, lan parties, birthdays
community run: cleaning up, etc.
serve the community: hacker fair

5. Coworking
Events
coworking: space to work. diff than other coworking.
events: free for members. meetups, hackathons, conferences, etc
community: biggest value. energy, intelligence, resources of great people
community events: bbqs, movie nights, lan parties, birthdays
community run: cleaning up, etc.
serve the community: hacker fair

6. Coworking
Events
Community
coworking: space to work. diff than other coworking.
events: free for members. meetups, hackathons, conferences, etc
community: biggest value. energy, intelligence, resources of great people
community events: bbqs, movie nights, lan parties, birthdays
community run: cleaning up, etc.
serve the community: hacker fair

7. video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riVEFsI2vGo

8. BarCamp
SHDH Hackerspaces
Coworking
Dorms
Incubators
hacker dojo is sort of a mix of several existing institutions.
shdh, hackerspaces, coworking, dorms, “pre-seed” incubators (before plug’n’play)
heavily influenced by superhappydevhouse

9. superhappydevhouse: party for hackers and thinkers.
longest running hackathon in the bay area. “legendary”
inspired yahoo hackday, facebook hackathons, other company events. barcamp, coworking
“influenced” -- really an extension of the values

10. all devhouse attendees

11. 5 founding directors especially

12. the first 2 of the five, david and I, started superhappydevhouse.
so it’s not just influenced, it came directly from devhouse, which means it inherited many values,
people, etc

14. video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0dFjsTxE5o
video made by steve wilson, a vp at sun

15. SHDH 30
Jan 2009 @ Sun
steve eventually convinced sun to convince us to do a devhouse there for 25. later, 30th... biggest
one. that was where dojo was publicly pitched. “devhouse all the time”

17. Hacker Culture
A hacker is expert in their field, whether hobby or
professional, that pushes the envelope of what’s
possible through hands-on exploration, driven by
relentless curiosity and a desire to challenge the
status quo.
Education
peer learning inspiration
learn by doing mentorship
free classes teaching tools

18. “The place of the way of the hacker”