Pumping Station: One

Presenting our first ever PechaKucha Night^TM at Pumping Station: One!
Come join us on Friday, December 4th at 7:30pm sharp. Seven
presenters. Twenty slides. Twenty seconds per slide. It’s fast, it’s fun…
and you might actually learn something!

Scheduled presentations:

• “History of Metal Music,” Devon Scott-Tunkin
• “Interactive Design Principles,” Laurie Eastman
• “PeopleHacking (Or: Cognitive Neuroscience for Fun and Profit),” Sacha De’Angeli
• “Setting Up FDCC Testing Environments on Non-Windows Systems (Or: How Nicolle Lost Four Hours of Her Life for Want of a Nine-Kilobyte Text File,” Nicolle Neulist
• “Graphic Design and Fascism in the 1940′s,” Jim Burke
• “History of Passive Design Strategies in Architectural Form,” Sarah Sutherlin
• “Rocks Rock: MineraLOLogy for Science Geeks,” Anne Petersen

For more information visit: http://www.pecha-kucha.org

A new format for Pumping Station: One–lightning talks. One subject, five minutes. Go!

This month we are going the extra mile to fulfill your hackathon
cravings.  We will be hosting two consecutive weekends of mischief and
machinations starting with Saturday night @ 8:00 PM.

Hackathon: Come On, Feel The Noise
is now our louder, messier counterpart that’s equal parts sawdust,
sparks & dance music.  Some of our own members will be on hand
DJing the event as well as the ‘Cacophony Club’ getting together to
demo their homebrew instruments.

We are also especially pleased to announce that hackerspaces from across the US and Europe will be joining us throughout the weekend in holding their own all-night events, making this a Synchronous Hackathon.  We and many other spaces will be hosting live feeds on Ustream that will be publicly available to view.

Next weekend will be the classic unplugged version of Hackathon: Quiet Riot.
As the name suggests, distractions will be at a minimum and the
emphasis is on coding of various types.  Pick your poison or join us
for both if you’re so inclined.  Our live stream is up and running
around the clock for the most part (below).

See you this weekend along with CCCKC, Alpha One Labs, Makers Local 256, FAMiLab, Freeside Atlanta, Syn2cat, Hackerspace Barcelona, Hive13, InitLab, Kwartzlab, TOG & Tetalab!

Photo Courtesy Anne Petersen

Are you charging your lazors? No? Would you like to? Then stop by Illinois Institute of Art this Thursday, November the 19th at 7 o’clock in room 213 for a crash course in internet memes, taught by PS:One members Jim Burke and Eli Skipp. The hour long class will go over what memes are, the history of memes, the origin of the term, and everything else you could ever possibly want to know. Free pizza, free knowledge.

Note: as internet memes are constantly being invented, rising, and falling again into obscurity, this will be the first installment in a series of classes.

Address, times, etc. are listed on the calendar to the right!
(Image via encyclopediadramatica.com)

I will be leading a speed reading class on Saturday November 21 from 4 to 6 pm. Members pay $25, nonmembers pay $30 – all proceeds go towards Pumping Station: One.

I used to teach a professional speed reading course, and will be sharing this knowledge with the PS:One community – comparable classes cost over $200.

More details on the calendar.

Purchase your tickets here.

Bring a pencil and a non-fiction book or magazine to practice with.