Events - Freeside Atlanta

• Freeside Buildout

  Freeside Atlanta

  Freeside is having a build-out! Freeside members get to flex their right to hack on the space infrastructure and hack Freeside itself into a collective vision. Non-members are welcome and encouraged to come and help us hack the space! We could always use extra hands for buildouts and are happy to show you around the space.

  Make sure to wear closed-toe shoes and fitted clothing, and be ready to get your hands dirty! Freeside has safety goggles and ear protection, but feel free to bring your own.

  We will pretty much be there all day, come when you can.

  Some of the projects we're focusing on include:
  • Workshop and table resurfacing.
  • Finishing the bio lab.
  • Workshop cleanup and organization.
  • Ponder the meaning behind existence.
  • Finish the Podcasting station.
  • Organize the Ham Shack.
  • Prove P is equal to NP.
  • Send electrical pulses from our brains to our muscles.
  • Move our kiln to its final home.
  • Square the circle.
  • . . . And more to be announced!

  Come out and hack on the space with us!

  Atlanta, GA 30310 - USA

  Saturday, June 23 at 12:00 PM

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  https://www.meetup.com/Freeside-Atlanta/events/251218501/

• Hackerspace Open House

  Freeside Atlanta

  Freeside Atlanta is a Nonprofit organization dedicated to providing a space for engineers, programmers, inventors, artists, and lunatics to collaborate. We host this meeting a couple of times a month on Tuesday so that people can check out the space, chat with members of the organization, and get together to plan projects, events, and classes.

  We'll do a quick meeting to introduce everyone, we'll update folks on the progress of projects and equipment in the space, announce classes and events, and occationally feature a 10-20 minute talk by a guest lecturer on an interesting subject. Afterwards, we'll break out into a more informal open house so people can chat, get tours of the space, and check out the cool stuff around the space.

  You can get the gate code using this form: http://goo.gl/we3eWP...
  

  You can also get a preview of our space by checking out our photo tour page on Meetup.

  Directions -

  The Space is in the Metropolitan Warehouse complex on Metropolitan Pkwy near Ralph David Abernathy Blvd, and you can do one of two things to get to it after entering the gates of the complex -

  1 - Take a right after entering the gate, then your first left, which is the back side of the complex

  2 - To get to the front door, take the first right shown on the map. To get to the auto bay doors, take the second right shown and drive around to the back side of the complex.

  Overview of the warehouse complex directions found on our wiki.

  Street View of the front entrance.

  If you need any help or have a question, just email us at hello@freesideatlanta.org.

  Atlanta, GA 30310 - USA

  Tuesday, June 26 at 7:30 PM

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  https://www.meetup.com/Freeside-Atlanta/events/251771443/

• Introduction to Arduino (We say "Ardui-YES!")

  Freeside Atlanta

  Arduinos are small, easy-to-use, inexpensive devices used to make gizmos, art, and your custom devices interact with the world. They are widely used by artists, scientists, and hobbyists, like you! This workshop will:

  - introduce you to Arduino,

  - walk you through initial or early use of an Arduino,

  - explain to you basic use of the Arduino board and related software,

  - discuss ways in which people like you are using Arduinos, and

  - provide information about next steps and sources of support.

  Interested in making electronic gizmos? This workshop will show you how to use an Arduino to do just that! You will learn the solid basics of using sensors to notice changes in the environment, design program logic to make decisions, and send signals to act on the environment.

  - You will get an Interactive Development Environment (IDE) running on your laptop, to use in programming your Arduino!

  - You will make LED's blink as you wish!

  - You will make a buzzer buzz, under your control!

  - You will use a switch as a sensor!

  - You will edit, debug, and run programs for your Arduino, including using control logic!

  The workshop takes about 3 hours.

  The class fee is $45. During the class, we will use parts from a starter kit that is an excellent value, containing: an Arduino UNO board, a solderless breadboard, and a great variety of components, including LEDs, buzzers, displays, and related components.

  You can purchase the kit at our cost, and take your gizmo home, and continue your adventures!

  IMPORTANT AND REQUIRED ::
  - Laptop computer with WiFi
  If you install your IDE on your laptop before the workshop, you will win a Snicker bar, or perhaps some Circus Peanuts. You can do this even before you have an Arduino board.

  Previous Students Have Said This About the class and Instructor Jud Taylor:

  "Fantastic introductory class! It definitely helped me get a good understanding of the Arduino." -- Charlie Skinner

  "This was a good class! Moved along at an easy pace and gave solid background info, too!" -- KnowWhere LLC

  "Very helpful introduction to the world of arduino! Great choice of kit to go with the class. Thank you, Jud!" -- Matthew Read

  "Great way to dip your toes into the Arduino world and practice the basics of its many application potentials." -- Streetcat

  About the Instructor:

  Jud Taylor is a long-time programmer. He has programmed using
  - TRS-80 BASIC (dark, teenager years)
  - Pascal, LISP, 68000 assembly, C (dark Harvard years)
  - SQL (the shiny Marine Corps years)
  - SQL, Visual Basic, SAP R/3, Notes (effervescent Coca-Cola years)
  - Perl, PHP, Ruby, Javascript, HTML, CSS, XML, Flash (excitingandstressful entrepreneur years)
  - Common Lisp, Haskell, Python (current reality)

  Work:
  - "Attack the Death Star" game
  - Medium-volume automated emailer
  - Hazardous Materials management system
  - Reports integration tools for Coca-Cola Japan
  - Templating systems for a platform-agnostic, language-agnostic content management system
  - Translator for between EBCDIC and Unicode
  - Month-end reporting system for a vendor to a very large (like, REALLY large) fast food company
  - Lots of puzzles with the Freeside Programming Team and the Atlanta Functional Programming Meetup.

  He first used an Arduino when helping Safecast (see TED for videos) build radiation-detection shields to monitor after-effects of the Fukushima earthquake and radiation release.

  Jud also has done a lot of teaching:
  - MIT and Harvard Students (the shiny ROTC years)
  - Marines and Corpsmen (the "p" is silent, except for total dorks)
  - Executives and entrepreneurs (the shiny Tokyo years)
  - Friends like --> you <--

  He teaches a well-received Intro to Arduino class, a specialized workshop on making blinky clouds, an introduction to Lambda Calculus, and other things.

  On most days, you can find him at Freeside Atlanta, madly scheming, or making something, like fluorescent gummy bears, or a knife from a 10" circular saw blade.

  Atlanta, GA 30310 - USA

  Wednesday, June 27 at 7:00 PM

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  Price: 45.00 USD

  https://www.meetup.com/Freeside-Atlanta/events/251939799/