nickmolnar2

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Google, what have you done to my phone?(senses.thirdi.com)
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Context & Concept Albums - TEDx Vancouver(senses.thirdi.com)
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by nickmolnar2 17y ago
I did something similar once...just with a less happy ending. This girl had a dream to be a guest on Oprah, and had an idea for a mobile app that just might get her there. I was in love with her and thought that it would be a very thoughtfu
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by nickmolnar2 17y ago
iam _at_ nicholasmolnar (dot) com Thanks a bunch. I signed up, but have not received one. Google doesn't love me.
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by nickmolnar2 17y ago
Thanks for the clarification. That seems far more practical than what I was imagining. Encouraging open source and group projects is definitely going to be a priority at whatever we end up building. I'd love to chat more with you about oth
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by nickmolnar2 17y ago
That's a great thought. They are very similar (high capital costs, skilled machinery, loud).
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by nickmolnar2 17y ago
Sounds great. I can't get there until about 9, but sounds like a good time to meet-and-greet-and-clean.
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by nickmolnar2 17y ago
I would love to know how other Hackerspaces have succeeded making their equipment available to different groups with distinct needs.
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by nickmolnar2 17y ago
There definitely needs to be a very powerful reservation system. Some high-paying members might be able to rent out certain pieces of equipment for days at a time, while others would only be able to access it when vacant. You would not want
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by nickmolnar2 17y ago
I really have to meet those guys anyways. Everywhere I go in Vancouver, I seem to be hearing about them these days. Always good things. It seems like they are successfully kickstarting the startup scene here. Their events are usually more p
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by nickmolnar2 17y ago
Thanks. They're on my 'to contact' list. Hell, maybe they'd even want to move to an area with less junkies. They seem to have a great community, but they have a terrible address. I really like their 'principles' page. I think that's importa
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by nickmolnar2 17y ago
Techshop does a killer job with their classes. I think that's an essential part of making this thing self-sustaining.
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by nickmolnar2 17y ago
Thanks for responding. It's great to hear from someone who has some first hand experience with this process. It looks like you are running a cool organization over there. Hackerspaces.org has been a helpful resource for me as I was research
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by nickmolnar2 17y ago
I would imagine that some companies would start in the open hacker space with a project and a locker and then grow into a closed office space/work-space. Some others might already need their own space, but would just like to go down to the
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by nickmolnar2 17y ago
These are fair concerns. I think they can be engineered around, however. There would be lockers available, as well as secured office space. Also, the office workers wouldn't have to leave by 5pm, it would just become more crowded. There wou
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by nickmolnar2 17y ago
iam (at) nicholasmolnar dot com Love to hear from you. I am hearing good things about The Network Hub all over the place. I'm going to pay a visit next week. I also did hear about Workspace. I'd love to dig deeper and see if there are some
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by nickmolnar2 17y ago
Well, if you have a desk you can have a software company. It might be possible to offer memberships that have limited access to the lab but still have access to conference rooms, desks, printers, reception, etc.
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by nickmolnar2 17y ago
My hope would be that the educational side of things would draw people in and build a local market. The space would be able to hold seminars and workshops, which would hopefully inspire people to come back and work on their own. The tenants
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by nickmolnar2 17y ago
Their mistake was going too high-end. Expensive glass buildings, deluxe residences, high-end malls. I want something lean, dirty, and productive as hell.
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by nickmolnar2 17y ago
Foulab was actually the impetus for this conversation. I used to live in Montreal, although I only heard about it after I left (from an old friend). It's a great, lean, model and I definitely intend to visit next time I am in Montreal. Satu
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by nickmolnar2 17y ago
There are a few other ways to make it self-sustaining. While you could provide free/open access some of the time, you could charge for 24/7 access and locker space. You could also rent out the space for occasional seminars/workshops/corpora
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by nickmolnar2 17y ago
In my ideal vision of the hackerspace, the decisionmaking would be highly decentralized. This would require a few hundred members, which would undoubtedly take time. As an example, I would like to see a Donor's Choose style approach to ongo
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My Dad Asks HN: Should I Build A Hackerspace?
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by nickmolnar2 17y ago
I have constant problems with Firefox, but they are all related to add-ons. When I turn all of them off, the thing runs smoothly. Of course, the add-ons are why I use Firefox in the first place.
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by nickmolnar2 17y ago
A/B Testing works fantastically for small, iterative, changes. It is not the correct tool for assessing sweeping design changes, however. Some sort of a focus group or large survey probably makes more sense for tracking something this big (
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by nickmolnar2 17y ago
What I really would love to see is a commercial version of this concept attached to the warehouse of one of the big parts companies. Imagine a hacker space with 5 minute delivery from Newark?
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by nickmolnar2 17y ago
I put in my $0.02 with "Freestanding Business"
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by nickmolnar2 17y ago
The chart doesn't specify what their data sources are. There are a number of conflicting agendas that go into the reporting of illegal markets. The police want to make the criminals appear wealthier, to justify more police enforcement, so t