Sadly, HackerDojo has lost its hackerspace feel, and it's much more of a normal startup incubator. I attended both regularly in 2011-2012, and while my group o

Sadly, HackerDojo has lost its hackerspace feel, and it's much more of a normal startup incubator. I attended both regularly in 2011-2012, and while my group of awesome friends formed from a kernel of folks from Hackerdojo, I much preferred Noisebridge's ambiance. It had more of San Francisco's zany vibe (including, to be fair, the occasional hobo), whereas Hackerdojo took itself somewhat more seriously as a sort-of-incubator in the heart of the Silicon Valley. The fact that HD's original digs was litterally a block away from Y-combinator contributed a lot to that. One of the last times I was in Hackerdojo was when our group of friends painted the dinosaur mural in their new space (I'm still annoyed that the person who painted to book spines messed some up. No Bugsby, that messed-up K&R cover sucks :p). Nowadays, it's basically just a coworking space for stressed 20-somethings working on their startup idea. The guy who had put the arduino-etc vending machine recently took it back out. Note, also, that Noisebridge has also reconfigured and relaunched their space: https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Reboot https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Reboot