The first #TEDxBKK is happening soon. I love watching TED videos, now it’s happening here in Bangkok :)

“TEDx” is not organized by original TED conference, this is independently organize event happening all over the world. Here is the description of “TEDx” quoted from TEDxBKK.com.

x=independently organize event

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self- organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x=independently organized TED event.

The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

And here is about TEDx which is on TED.com.

Here some interesting videos on TED.com. There are many interesting knowledges, ideas etc, but also the way many speakers make the session fun is very impressive.

I love Jonathan Harris does. Visualize data of human emotion with technologies.

and I love this one. There are no perfect pepsi.

and this is great fun.

What’s your favorite TED Videos?

Thanks to the organizers and speakers to make it happen. See you on next weekend.

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Quote from email from Google.

We plan to begin phasing out support of these older browsers on the Google Docs suite and the Google Sites editor on March 1, 2010.  After that point, certain functionality within these applications may have higher latency and may not work correctly in these older browsers. Later in 2010, we will start to phase out support for these browsers for Google Mail and Google Calendar.

Google Apps will continue to support Internet Explorer 7.0 and above, Firefox 3.0 and above, Google Chrome 4.0 and above, and Safari 3.0 and above.

Japanese version email came few days after I received English version announcement.

Google Apps を強化し、より洗練された機能と性能を提供するためには、
Javascript や HTML5 などの最新のウェブテクノロジーの活用が必要となります。

その結果、古いタイプのブラウザプラットフォームへのサポートを段階的に停止することになりました。対象となるブラウザは Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 および Mozilla Firefox 2.0 となります。

2010 年 3 月 1 日に、これらのブラウザへのGoogle ドキュメントおよび Google サイトエディターサポートを停止いたします。同日以降は、これらのブラウザを使った場合のアプリケーションのパフォーマンスが低下したり、正しく機能しない場合が予想されます。また、2010 年後半には、Google メール および Google カレンダーにおけるこれらブラウザへのサポートを停止する予定です。なお、Internet Explorer 7 以上、Firefox 3 以上、Safari 3 以上、および Google Chrome へのサポートは引き続き行います。

いつか誰かがやめるって言い出すんだろうな，ってことはずっと頭の片隅にはあったけれども，想像するのを後回しにしていたら，今月の頭に可愛いスタッフのひとりが辞めると言ってきた．

彼 はActionScriptメインで採用したデベロッパくん．ハードウェアがらみの知識も豊富で，JAVAとかC系とかもできる．MOZOは仕事内容が ウェブ系の他にアプリ系もあって，彼は，ウェブサイト上でなんかするASよりも，端末上で動くFlashやAIRのアプリを書く，という方で採用した人．

辞める理由は，もっとハードウェアに近いこと，ハードを制御するモノ作るとか，プロトコルいじるとか，そういうことをやらせてくれる会社からオファーがあったから．MOZOは好きだからすごく悩んだけれど，やりたい事やるからやめる，と．

好 きなことやりたい，という人を止めたくない．でも彼にはいて欲しい．可愛いスタッフが夢を追っかけているのは応援したい，やりたい事をやらせてあげられな くて申し訳ない．MOZO的にとっても損失，プロジェクトどうしよう，とか，いろいろ頭のなかでぐるぐるまわって，今月の頭はフラフラでした．

でも，彼はMOZOが嫌でやめるわけではない，というのが救い．次にやる仕事が，こんな感じでエキサイティングなんだ，楽しみなんだ，って，私にいってくれるのも救い．他のスタッフとも全然こじれてないのも救い．

辞めてもMOZOにはどんどん遊びに来るよ，と言ってくれるし，そうして欲しいと思う．新しく身につけた知識や技術をシェアしようね，あなたがいない間にMOZOも成長するから，お互いシェアしあおう，刺激しあって成長しよう，っていう話をした．

これが，建前じゃなくて，ほんとに今後も一緒に刺激しあっていけると，私は信じてる．こういうの甘いって言われるけどね，わたしはそのスタッフに関してはそうだと信じてるし，そうしたい．

会社やるってことは，人が動く，入ってきたりやめていったり，やめさせたり，そういうことに慣れていかなきゃいけない．中身が入れ替わってもMOZOはMOZOであり続けなきゃいけないし，人の流動でいいちいちショックを受けていたらキリがない．

今回はマイナスの方稿での退職じゃないから，最初は凄くショックだったけれど立ち直りもはやかった．がんばれ，って思える．

い うなれば鮭，と，もう一人の日本人スタッフがいっていた，確かに．MOZOはまだ体力がない．やりたい事ばっかやらせてあげられるわけじゃないし，案件も 偏ってる．今彼を別の会社に送り出して，MOZOではできない経験をして，そこでスキルアップをしてさらに仕事を持ってMOZOに帰ってこい，と．そのこ ろまでにはMOZOももう少し体力つけておくよ，って．

新勤務先からリファレンスの問い合わせはなかったけれど（先方からオファーしてきたらしいので，現勤務先にリファレンスなんて聞かなくてもわかってるのだろうけれど），仮に来ても，彼は優秀ですよ，と伝える，ほんとだから．

昨 夜，スタッフ全員で送別会ディナーをしてきました．辞める本人の婚約者も参加．他のスタッフのガールフレンドとかも．みんなで死ぬほどご飯をもりもり食べ て（食いしん坊ばっかり），笑って，送り出しました．MOZO1年とちょっと，今では10人位のチーム．いいチームができてきていると思う．

MOZOチームのメンバーであってくれてありがとう．がんばれよ．MOZOも頑張る．

その辞めていく彼は，来月から，プロトコルいじってからシンガポールにインストール作業に行く，というので，シンガポールのハッカースペースや，シンガポールの技術屋などを紹介しようと思います．

MOZOは，ハブとしての役目も持っていたい．私自身もそうでありたいように．

It tells how the online networking stuff is getting common and important for people. People want to be connected online even we are at night club and dancing with bunch of people you can touch, hug and kiss physically.

This is the one at the night club called Route 66 on RCA, I found it last night. They even have logo of mixi and cyworld.

I do tweet often, also I see many of my friends (especially geeks such as @thanr, @underexpose etc) tweeting, facebooking or checking-in when we are having party. Sometimes talking to each other on twitter even both of us are at the same table. I talk to my stuff on skype, even we are in a same room.

I don’t even know why I do it. When I tweet something like “at a pub having beer”, usually I don’t think of any specified person to tell, or it doesn’t mean I don’t like talking to people face to face. I love talking strangers at a pub. Do I want to keep log of myself? Or do I want somebody to join me? yes, sometimes I do tweet for inviting friends to join, but not always.

There must be reason, but I can’t figure out the reason why I do it.

For myself, I love talking to people face to face, but at the same time, love communicating people by exchanging words as text. Somehow I hate talkin on the phone, even with close friends, family or lovers. I always try to avoid making phone call, it is the last option. But it doesn’t mean I hate talking to people in person, I do love it, but it must be face to face or text base communication.

There are many way of communication. Social networking stuff is not things in person, it’s more public even if you protect your tweets. You are a one of bunch of people, some people receive your voice but sometimes it could be totally ignored by everybody – as an information, it’s the same sort of data.

There might be kind of feeling ‘if you get it, then get it, if not, leave it’. There are no commitment, no expectation or responsibility.

I ignore friends requests from strangers on online networking site, but I accept a bottle of beer from a stranger at a bar… :D

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だいたい思いついたことは、できる状態であればやっちゃう方なんですが,今回は思いついたもののの先立つもの（お金）をケチってしまったばっかりにむちゃくちゃ後悔してます.

いっときゃよかった#BarcampYangon!　いまやってる.

ミャンマーのような国で,オープンソース系ITハッカーさんとかブロガーさんが大集合.なんと3000人弱登録者がいて既に1200人くらい集まっているらしい.

#barcampの性質上,誰が何についてどれくらいはなすとか,そういうことは事前にまったく分かりません.だから政府にイベントの許可とる時のアジェンダとかどうするんだろうとか,検閲当たり前の国で会場からtwitterとかfacebookとかustreamでダダモレとかできるんだろうか.ていうかそんなbandwidthあんの,とか,もう,そこにいって知りたいことだらけ.

当初はいく気満々だったんですが、格安航空のエアアジアで調べたら往復で13000バーツ.すぐそこなのに,UAで日本いくのと同じ額かよ,と思って、お金のせいにして諦めたふり.

が,今週、開催直前になって,バンコクエアウェイズでいくとコミコミ6500THBというのが判明.急遽ミャンマーの知人に連絡をして、ビザ手配のインビテーションレターを依頼.オンラインで,23日朝初,24日午後戻り,というのを予約,よっしゃ!　いくぞー,とおもっていたら,21日になって、自分の作った予約が23日発23日戻り,というものだったというのが判明,あほ.諦めました….　ビザも間に合わないし.

みんなのtweetをみてると,なんと会場にはハイスピードインターネットがあって,しかもfirwallなしでもう何でもダダモレOKらしい.

ああ,これはもうミャンマーにとっても歴史的なイベントになるはず.自分がそこにいないのが許せません.

やっぱり,やろうと思ったことはやっといた方がいい.13000バーツ使って今月カツカツでも,それでも行ってよかったって思えただろうし.やって後悔したことってあんまりない.迷ってやらないとたいがい後悔する.

あーくやしい.くやしいので,ハッカースペースに遊びにいこうと思います…

Last few years, I’ve been feeling there are no ‘adult’, there are many grown kids who is good at acting ‘being adult’.

Or maybe there are a lot of ‘adults’, but myself is not. I used to imagine that 28 years old woman is an adult, however, when I see myself I am not, I haven’t changed any since I was a little girl, I see myself like a kid.

I am not good at acting ‘an adult’, the way I speak, the way I do are too childish, which my previous bosses or even my staff point out. This is not very good for my age and position. But it’s so difficult to act an adult, isn’t it?

When I see friends working, I feel ‘they are so good at acting ‘adults’, they are not like that when they are off from work!’.

As I see the hackers at !␣, I see many grown kids, not adults. They are not even acting like ‘adults’. They are, or I’d like to say, we are just like kids playing with toys, no differences.

Our hacker space is just started, there were nothing, we are making the space where we don’t have to act like ‘adults’, just do what we want to do. It’s so much fun.

There are not many things I have done in the past, and there are a lot of things I want to do, but most of the time my skill is not enough to make it. At the hackerspace, I feel like I can get ideas and also learn many things from playing with other grown kids.

I have no idea about hardware like micro controller. As one of MOZO member @visioncoding lovevs this kind of stuff, I have been interested in, but totally no idea how it works.

Today, I jumped in the microcontroller hacking event and got many ideas. Actually I think of many ideas, many things what I want, but I just don’t know how to make them.

I didn’t do anything, just looking at what other hackers do, but it inspired me a lot and now I can think of many things I want to make.

Next step is to find out what I need to make them….

Micro controller hacking is on every Wednesday at !_ #bangspace, it’s free and open for anybody. I’m gonna think what I can try first, and ask advices to other guys.

Thanks @bm_ for starting this.

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She is a woman and a human, but not a mother.

A lot of things I learned from her, Haruko, she is my biological mother. When I describe about her, I always say that she is one of the most interesting person I have met in my life.

18 years I spent with her in a little city, north of Japan, from her age of 38 to 56.

In 1989, when her husband who is my father passed away. I still remember the morning. She was holding a bottle of milk on her left hand, recline against to a wall and said “how will things be…”. Her eyes were not looking at anything, she looked so lost, I had never seen before it happened, and also never again till now.

When she lost her husband, she was only 46 years old, she was left with 2 kids, my brother and me. At the time, from a 9 years old girl’s point of view, 46 years old woman is old enough to retire her life as a woman.

Now, as a twenty eight years old woman, I feel forty-six years old woman still can attract people, as a woman and human, but I couldn’t see her like that when I was nine.

It’s been twenty years since she lost her husband, and ten yeas since she started living alone. Now she had a grand child, she looks very healthy and happy with her life.

She just turned to sixty-five years old. Sixty-five. She is now older than her husband. I can not imagine her as sixty-five years old woman.

In my memory, she is always forty-six, not even fifty-six. I was so socked and almost felt like crying when I saw her face with a lot of wrinkles, wearing low heeled shoes (she used to wear high heeled shoes), going out with comfortable loose dress (she used to wear tight dress or suits when she went out).

Last few years, when I feel the seasons, ages or else which reminds me the time is passing, I always think of her. How many times will she see her daughter in rest of her life? Twenty times? Ten times or less?

She has taught her daughter a lot of things, really a lot. She is not good at a mother, she, herself has told me that she was a super lucky woman and super lazy mother.

When she finished her university, she started working for a girl’s high school as an English teacher. She lived with her parents who feed her enough, so she didn’t have to work for money. She didn’t even have to think about money. She said that the job was so fun, hanging out with girls, students and teaching them how to curl hair lovely, how to dress, not only English.

The age of 25, she married to an obstetrics and gynecology specialist. It was an arranged marriage which was very popular at the time. When she married, she quit her job, but didn’t have to be a house wife, she didn’t have ability to be a house wife anyway.

I have no idea how the couple spent 10 years until they got first baby, my brother. My father opened his own clinic, he hired some maids to take care of the things in clinic and home. Things a house wife is expected to do, cooking, washing, cleaning, everything was done by the maids.

The menu of each meal were considered by nutritionists and scheduled one month in advance. Veges were delivered from veg shop, rice was from rice shop, fish was from fish shop, meat was from meat shop, eggs, tofu and milk were regularly delivered. And the payment was made the end of the month.

If she wanted to have something, food, clothes or anything, what she had to do was ask one of the maids to order it for her. She didn’t even know the prices.

When she bore the first baby, there were many nurses who are specialized to take care of babies, so what she has done is bear a boy and passed him to the nurses. Everyday nurses check the baby’s condition same as they usually do for any other babies.

3 years later, she bore another baby, me, and did the same thing, passed to the nurses.

When the children getting older, the youngest maid was assigned another job, play with children. So she had nothing to do as a house wife or mother, until her husband got seriously ill and die.

That’s what she has told to her daughter.

In the morning of 4th of October, 1981, she lost her husband. I lost my father. Many nurses and maids lost their employee, many lost their friend. It was the turning point of my life.

My father taught a lot of things to his daughter from his death.

When I saw her holding the bottle of milk in the small room at the hospital, I learned that she was a very lucky person. I imagined my life in the future, if I was her age and had 2 children still had to be fed, what would it be?

I had set my goal as 25 years old, The goal was to be someone who can can feed herself and 2 children without husband. It had been my goal for a long time, but when I reached 25, I could fed only myself and 2 cats. I didn’t have enough money and time to feed and grow 2 children.

Since then, I have been feeling that I lost huge goal to chase. I couldn’t just re-schedule the goal something like 30, I couldn’t achieve it, I must find something else to set as my goal.

Haruko, her philosophy is very simple, clear and straight. She is very positive and happy person, she is a kind of person who can entertain others and also herself without anybody else. For her, she is the center of the world.

Now I feel she is an unique and interesting person. However, during my life with her about nine years, from my age of nine years old to eighteen years old, I hated her so much. She is the only one I have hated in my life.

A middle aged woman and puberty aged girl is the worst combination of 2 human.

Every single thing she did irritated her daughter. I didn’t see “mother” in her, but she had to act like a “mother”, which made me refuse to accept that she was myguardian. However, regally she was the guardian untill I reach to 20, the fact made me mad.

To live in a town and society, an under aged girl needs guardian. I was not allowed to work untill age of 16 by low, so I had to be fed by someone. The someone was actually her, but I didn’t want to accept the fact.

I said “The money you spend to feed you and me is not yours. It’s my father’s money. You are not feeding me, he is still feeding us.” Without this excuse, I couldn’t stand with getting money from her. So I was so happy when I got 16 and regally allowed to work, even the school and theguardian didn’t allow it, low is the low.

Her answer for her daughter saying that she is not feeding her daughter was like this.

“Getting married with a man like your father requires a lot of abilities. I have ability to smell people also I grew myself to be chosen by that kind of man. This is what I get by myself. Can you do the same? ”

This is true, now I understand. If she was a boring person, she wasn’t chosen. If she didn’t have education, she wasn’t chosen. I do now understand what she was saying, however, for a young school girl, this did sound like trick. I was sick of her words.

I needed money to live. Since sixteen years old, I had worked as a waitress and feed myself. Her life made her daughter to go totallyopposit from her life.

For me, money or food were something we can get as compansation of work. I looked down on her because she didin’t work to feed herself. Also respect my father a lot more because he had worked hard and dead but still feeding the useless woman and me.

When she found out that I got a boyfriend, she sniff around and called me something like bitch. She said “Do you know you are making yourself dirty and you are loosing chance you could get in the future?”, “You wouldn’t be able to get someone like my husband.”, “What you have to do is not fancy boys, make yourself smart, being with stupid people makes you more stupid”.

In my 28 years of life, I have never introduced any boyfriend to her. She has found out some, but none of them could pass her check. All of the boys, friends were not good enough from her point of view, calling them something makes me bad, it was enough reason for me to hate her. She looked down on all of people I like.

By then, I hadn’t heard her talking bad about people. She doesn’t talk about people behind, actually it can be said she is not interested in other people that much. My friends were said so badly because they were related to me. It was hell.

The hell was suddenly over.

When I turned to 20, which is the age of an adult regally, she was changed. She told me about her life, about the financial situation of our family, about relatives or many things. Then said, “You live your own life, I live mine. You are not too bad, we are not beautiful, not smart like me but not too stupid, you have a lot of talent but just don’t know how to use them. You have an ability to survive which I don’t have. From now, I won’t help you financially at all. Goodlcuk.”

It was like the end of a opera behind of the cartain. She could take of her mask of “guardian” which she had to act for 10 years, and then back to her own life without any mask on.

Since then, I see her as a human, not “failed mother”. Now I see her enjoying her life, I see her loving herself so much. I see her loving me as well.

I remember many words she has told me, but I couldn’t accept the words when I was young. Now I understand most of her words, and what she said is the same things what she says now. Most of her words are very straight and simple, which doesn’t accept any excuses.

Here are some of her words.

Keep saying what you want, it’ll come true.

But don’t say anything bad even it comes up to your mind.

Wear short skirts to keep your legs nice, loose clothes makes your body loose.

Wear long sleeve to keep your skin white.

Why people spend their precious time for someone they hate? Polish your nails if you have time to gossip. Waste of time.

Laughing makes you healthy.

What does ’stress’ means?

Life is not long enough to read all books in a little library in a little town.

To live 3 times rich life, I don’t have time to watch TV.

A spud woman walking with straight back looks nicer than a beautiful woman walking with round back.

If you camplain about your boss to someone else not telling him, quit the job.

Don’t waste your life.

Don’t waste my time.

I stopped worried about you even if I see the news of air crush, worrying something makes me looks old.

Sleep wheneber you have time.

Don’t call me after 9 pm even if somebody is dead, I can’t do anything till next morning anyway, don’t break my good sleep.

Shoes, collers and cuffs.

What is “strange”? How can people judge others normal or strange?

There are things you don’t have to know.

I have good life.

I am a lucky person who could know such an interesting person.

I’m the one taking care of the drinks and snacks at our Bangspace. The bar is called “SpaceBar” which is @bact ’s idea, lovely name.

Today I got many kind of drinks and crisps. Set price as 20B for softdrink, 50B for beer and 20B for crisps.

I’ll get more and think about some kind of system to track drinks/money. Also build a bar on the rooftop.

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Can you believe that a country like Myammer is having #Barcamp? But it’s happening for real, on 23/24 of Jan, 2010 which is next weekend.

When I met the main guys from there and heard about it I was so excited but couldn’t think of HOW they can do it. Barcamp is an open un-conference, which means we don’t even know the topics or speakers in advance. I’m thinking to go there but actually I have no money to travel. I spent a lot of money for traveling around for barcamps… Spending for some projects and haven’t get it back yet, paid for insurance, paid for etc etc etc. Yangon is just over there, but the flights cost almost same as flying to somewhere like India or more far….

Shall I go there? Yes I should. I have money to buy the tickets? yes I have…. but I shouldn’t spend money on it….. then it’ll kill my social life…. garrr…. ok, will go to get visa, but I need invitation from Myammer because I’m a Japanese passport holder.

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Season’s greetings from MOZO team :) click on the image or this link.

Wishing you a wonderful year!

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- bangspace -

This is the name of our hackerspace in Bangkok. Today we had the first meeting with people who interested in hackerspaces, and most of the atendees became members of !_.

!_ is user-generated, community-based non-profit organization. !_ is not someone’s space, it’s my space and your space, our space. Everybody participate in this are responsible for this.

My turn – I’m gonna be a bar girl. The name of the bar is “SpaceBar”.

_

if you press it 4 times, it’s tub < as @bact said :D

There must be a lot of things has to be took care of many people, there are a lot of things we can do. I am excited and hope everybody else there were excited, too.

We’ll have regular member meeting on Tuesday night, !_ will be officially opend from 1 of Jan, 2010.

Join and follow !_ information here

Bangkok hackerspace google group
Bangkok Hackerspace Interest Group on Facebook
Wiki on hackerspaces.org

You don’t have to be a member to use !_ but only member has right to make dicision. Being a member is 500 THB per month.

We are just starting, there are not much rules yet. Sharing stuff in fair way, that’s what we need to follow.

Join the kickoff night

Hackerspace Kickoff Founding Event

We are having kickoff night on Tuesday 29th of December, 2009, at our hackerspace, which is part of proteus-technologies’ office building.

You can just come over and join the kickoff event to know more about hackerspaces and meet many hackers. There are no charge, of course. To join the kickoff event, please confirm on facebook event page :)

I say “WE” but this includes every single person involved in our hacker space. This is totally community-based, user-generated space, you are a part of it.

Be a member

Membership Pledges for the new Hackerspace

If you want to be a member of our hackerSpace, please confirm on facebook event page here.

The member fee is 500THB per month, we need 20 people which means 10,000THB to start, which covers our first initial cost such as electricity, internet etc. Members have full access to the equipments (we don’t have much yet), also get right to decide many things about the hackerspace, even the name of it (we still don’t have it yet).

Name our hackerspace and logo

Bangkok Hackerspace LOGO contest

We don’t have any name for our hacker space yet. Just show your ideas, please :) For the logo, I want to have something very geeky and techie, only techies/hackers/geeks can notice the meaning, for other people it doesn’t mean anything….

Keep yourself updated!

Bangkok hackerspace google group
Bangkok Hackerspace Interest Group on Facebook
Wiki on hackerspaces.org

Do anything what you want

I really love what @proteusguy said at the first meetup on last sunday. There are no “SHOULD”, just say “I WANT” or “I WILL”.

So… just do it :)

There have been an idea about setting up hackerspace in Bangkok. Many techies, geeks have been talking about it, but it hadn’t really happened yet.

I think one reason is that Bangkok is little too big to make the social space work, sometimes some kind of geeks once sit in front of computer, he/she wouldn’t move for 12 hours or more. I know some people including me, if the hackerspace is actually at my/their office, I don’t have to move, but everybody coming around, it’s great.

Anyway, since @proteusguy went to see the hackerspace in Singapore and inspired a lot, we bangkok geeks techies start talking about hackerspace again. It is happening now.

Here is the video of hackerspace in singapore

here is tokyo one.

We don’t have anything yet except space and passion, we are now starting to make the hackerspace.

What is the hackerspaces?

The definition of “hackerspace” is here on hackerspaces.org

Hackerspaces are community-operated physical places, where people can meet and work on their projects.

People show up whenever they want, share equipments, ideas and fun. This is totally community-operated, I’d like to say “user-generated” like barcamp. This is not kind of the thing someone provide something for you to use, if you want to do anything, just do it.

This is like a playground for grown kids called hacker/geek. You can do anything you want. Today @proteusguy did say very good thing which is the spirit of this kind of user-generated stuff.

We don’t say “Should”. We say only “I want” or “I will”.

We’ll have starting up party in few days, maybe 29 th of December, to share the idea of hackerspaces, to check out the space. join us if you are interested in it :)

As it is user-generated, do not wait untill the space properly open, we(you) start from nothing, and we(you) make it happen.

To follow what’s happening, join facebook group.

Thai version is here… via blognone

คุณ Jan Detlefsen ผู้ก่อตั้งกลุ่ม Bangkok Hackerspace วานมาถามไอเดียจากคนแถวๆ นี้ครับ Hackerspace คือการเช่าสถานที่สำหรับนั่งทำงานหรือนั่งประชุม โดยมีสิ่งอำนวยความสะดวกสำหรับคนไอทีให้ครบครัน เช่น Wi-Fi, โปรเจคเตอร์, ปลั๊กที่เยอะพอ ฯลฯ ซึ่งค่าสถานที่เหล่านี้มีราคาแพงถ้าไปเช่าตรงๆ แนวทางของ Hackerspace คือนำไปให้สมาชิกเช่าต่ออีกครั้ง (ถือเป็น time-sharing) ในราคาที่ถูกลง

สำหรับข้อมูลเพิ่มเติมอ่านได้จาก

• Bangkok Hackerspace
• Facebook: Bangkok Hackerspace Group
• รายชื่อ Hackerspace ของประเทศอื่นๆ

คำถามที่น่าถาม

• อยากให้มีอะไรใน Hackerspace บ้าง เช่น มีแอร์ตลอด 24 ชม., มีโต๊ะปิงปอง ฯลฯ
• ค่าสมาชิกที่ยินดีจะจ่าย ควรเป็นสักเท่าไร (ราคาที่คุณ Jan เสนอคือ 500 บาทต่อคนต่อเดือน)
• มีใครมีสถานที่แนะนำหรือเปล่า จำพวกเดินทางสะดวก ค่าเช่าถูก

ใครสนใจอาจลองตอบแบบสอบถาม Hackerspace Survey จะได้มีข้อมูลไปหาสถานที่ให้ตรงกับความต้องการครับ

So many funny, but it tells a lot about simplicity, user experience and interfaces.

It reminds me that I’ve heard Apple store in Ginza, tokyo has only one button in the elevator, is it true?