[Lab] Open Hardware Summit & Maker Faire NYC

[Sam Roesch]

I was very happy with my AirBnB experience. I had a great weekend in NYC and
at makerfaire, despite getting sick on sunday, and driving through the night
to get back to school in time for class!

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com> wrote:

> I couchsurfed in the Bronx one night and the rest of the trip I used
> AirBnB. That system seems alright.
>
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> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Sam Roesch <samroesch at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have good ideas for a place (for 2) to stay that weekend? I've
>> looked into hostels, but even they seem quite expensive. AirBnB<http://www.airbnb.com/rooms/129754> could
>> be an option, has anyone ever given it a go?
>>
>> Sam
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Definitely not as large as the Faire, but all the big names in OSH will
>>> be there (Adafruit, Arduino, SparkFun, Seeed Studio, Solarbotics, etc.).
>>>
>>> Yes, it's being held again at the New York Hall of Science:
>>> http://www.openhardwaresummit.org/attend-2011/
>>>
>>> If you're thinking commercial, you're "everybody else". ;-)
>>>
>>> On 2011-08-08, at 8:42 AM, Darcy Whyte wrote:
>>>
>>> > Is it a large event like the faire?
>>> >
>>> > I noticed the New York Hall of Science is a sponsor. Is that the venue?
>>> >
>>> > On the ticket prices I wonder if I'm an artist or an "everybody else".
>>> :)
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org> wrote:
>>> > Yup, I went to last year's inaugural OHS.  Great fun, having the chance
>>> to put faces to all the names & handles we're so used to seeing online every
>>> day!
>>> >
>>> > The first batch of 100 Early Bird tickets were released on Thursday:
>>> http://www.openhardwaresummit.org/2011/08/04/attend-the-summit-2/
>>> >
>>> > On 2011-08-08, at 8:31 AM, Darcy Whyte wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > I'm going to drive to NY as usual.
>>> > >
>>> > > I never new about the Open Hardware Summit. And it's around time of
>>> the MakerFaire. I should probably look at that. Have you been to it yet?
>>> > >
>>> > > I'm going to bring one or two people but perhaps we can help watch
>>> each others booths this year.
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 11:26 PM, Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> > > Hey Everyone,
>>> > >
>>> > > Aside from myself and (probably) Darcy, who else is going to NYC for
>>> this year's Open Hardware Summit and/or Maker Faire?
>>> > >
>>> > > I'm flying Porter; ping me off-list if you want to try syncing up
>>> with my itinerary. The "book by August 10" 30% off promo code right now
>>> appears to be "LEAP" - http://www.flyporter.com/
>>> > >
>>> > > I'll be couch surfing (same as last time) and helping out with
>>> MakerBot stuff at both OHS and MF so I have more time to see other things
>>> this time.
>>> > >
>>> > > Andrew.
>>> > >
>>> > > --
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