Noisebridge
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| We are Noisebridge Noisebridge is an infrastructure provider for technical-creative projects, collaboratively run by its members. We are incorporated as a non-profit educational corporation for public benefit. We operate primarily in a 5,600 square-foot space located in the heart of San Francisco. We teach, we learn, we share. Read more about Noisebridge or watch a short video... |
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| We're located at: OpenStreetMap - Google Maps 2 blocks South of 16th & Mission BART
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| Create With Us! Our 5,200 square-foot space (483m2) contains an electronics lab, machine shop, sewing/crafting supplies, two classrooms, conference area, library, darkroom, and kitchen. Everyone is welcome to use our many resources. Find others to create with. Find help with your projects. Help others with their projects. Learn, teach, share. Come to Noisebridge and create! Noisebridge's hours are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. New visitors are welcome any time (all ages, all skill levels), but it's best to visit in the evenings or during an event to make sure we have a volunteer to show you around and make introductions. |
Events and Classes
Full Event Listing | Unofficial Google Calendar
Represent Yourself! An Unconference for Horizontalist Organizers
Happening at Noisebridge March 15-18.
You don't need to be a member to take or give a class or workshop at Noisebridge. All are welcome! Please see our events hosting page for more details.
Upcoming Events edit
- 18:00-20:00:2012-02-14: ZiP MegaZine hosts My Noisy Valentine Zine Release Microparty in the Noisebridge Cafe! (Area between kitchen & library.) Come check out ZiP01 in print, and forget that you're alone - as always - on Valentine's Day!
- 17:30-19:00, 2012-02-16: Policy Wonks meeting in Turing.
- 12:00-14:00: ""2012-02-18"": Divine Invasions: PKD Class two
- 12:00-14:00: ""2012-02-25"": Divine Invasions: PKD Class three
- 12:00-14:00: ""2012-03-03"": Divine Invasions: PKD Class four
- 12:00-14:00: ""2012-03-10"": Divine Invasions: Last class
- 12:00-14:00: ""2012-03-24"": Doctor When Game--Puzzle Pick Up A staff member of the Doctor When puzzle hunt game will be hanging out, and around ten teams will trickle in over the period to pick up a puzzle.
- 12:00-14:00: ""2012-03-31"": Doctor When Game--Puzzle Pick Up A staff member of the Doctor When puzzle hunt game will be hanging out, and around ten teams will trickle in over the period to pick up a puzzle.
Recurring Events edit
- Monday
- Trash Night - Take out the trash and compost for Tuesday morning!
- 18:00 Gamebridge Unityversity Unity3D Game Development user group and beginner mentoring. Beginners welcome to learn to make a game in 1 hour!
- 19:00 Circuit Hacking Mondays - Learn to solder! Mitch will bring kits to make cool, hackable things that you can bring home after you make them. Bring your own projects to hack! There's now an Audio Hacking Adjunct group that meets along with the Circuit Hackers.
- 19:00 Computer modeling for videogames Learn the basic of creating video game environments and characters. Come learn the techniques used in making 3d video games and gain a better understanding of the art pipe line used in current industry video games. Modeling, U.V. lay out and texturing. Software we will go over Maya, 3dstudio Max, blender, Google sketch up and Z-brush. Instructor David Lopez.
- 20:00-22:00 Frontend Web Development - Learn HTML/CSS/JS. We'll cover the basics (starting at 19:30) and then go in-depth on different topics every week.
- 20:00 Mushroom Mondays - The art and science of mushroom cultivation.
- Tuesday
- 15:00 Linux System Administration Study Group wiki page - Study Linux admining in the Turing classroom; from 15:00 to 18:00 we're focusing on bash skills that are helpful to people doing homework for a C++ class.
- 16:30 Intro to SQL Databases Database programming and design using MySQL. Every Tuesday in Turing classroom.
- 18:00 Tastebridge Last Tuesday of every month: Vegan Hacker: Vegan Cooking Class. More info www.veganhackerSF.com.
- 18:00 Vegan Hacker Monthly Food Hacking, last Tuesday of every month, 6pm. www.veganhackersf.com
- 19:30 Spacebridge - Noisebridge's space program
- 20:00 Noisebridge Weekly Meeting - Introducing new people and events to the space, general discussion, and decision making.
- Wednesday
- 17:00 Introduction to C Programming and assembly on Linux, Turing classroom (review of last Tuesday, preview of next Tuesday)
- 18:00 Replicator Wednesday! Learn about 3D printing and its implications. Currently in a Workgroup/Demonstrative state (You can still learn, but you may not be able to print hands-on for a few more weeks).
- 18:00 Linux Discussion - Linux meetup in the Turing classroom.
- 18:00 BioBridge Practical microbiology - we culture microbes for baking, brewing, fermentation and other yummy purposes. Come play and learn!
- 19:00 PyClass - Learn how to program using the Python programming language. New "series" starts December 5th!
- 19:00 SCoW - Sewing, Crafting, Or Whatever! Come make cool stuff with geeks.
- 20:00 BACE Timebank (2nd Wednesdays) - Help organize community mutual aid by trading in equal time credits. For more info email mira (at) sfbace.org or to join go to timebank.sfbace.org.
- Thursday
- Trash Night - Take out the trash for Friday morning!
- 18:30 Social Engineers 6.30pm onwards. Noisebridge's weekly attempt to hack its own social conundrums (including organizing, long-term planning, and consensus) using data, science, and heavy machinery. Email danny@spesh.com or join us on the list.
- 19:00 Machine Learning 7:00pm, come in and learn about statistical learning techniques.
- 19:00 Noisedroid/Nights - An Android-Themed Co-working Night.
- 19:00 German Corner Learn and practice speaking German.
- 21:00 ZinesFromOuterSpace - A weekly meetup for a developing network of zinesters, printmakers, screenprinters, letterpressers, aquatinters & others of that persuasion. We're just getting ZFOS set up as of early 2012, so email zipzine-at-riseup.net before coming for the meetup, or subscribe to the mailing list at the link provided
- Friday Friday We're In Love?
- Saturday
- 1st Saturdays: 13:00 - to late: 1st Replication Calibration SF bay area reprap meetup at Noisebridge, in the Main Hall. Bring and show off replicators of all types and stripes.
- 12:00-18:00 - Noisebridge Hackathon! Second Saturday Hackathon is a casual monthly event dedicated to building community and working on the space or relevant projects. This is a great time to get feedback or help on any projects you have been considering that center around the space, culture, and infrastructure of Noisebridge. You can also help with existing projects and find out ways to get involved. (2nd Saturday)
- Sunday
- 13:00 PerlStudy - Helping each other learn perl and all of it's goodness.
- 14:00 Bay Area Hacker's Association - security meeting (2nd Sundays)
- 15:00 Go - Playing of the Go boardgame. On nice days we often take the boards to Dolores Park and play there.
- 19:00 Hack Politics -- 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month. Hack the political systems.
You don't need to be a member to take or give a class or workshop at Noisebridge. All are welcome!
Want to host your event at Noisebridge? We like seeing classes and talks on interesting things pertaining to wide subject of hacking. Most of all we like seeing familiar faces, please participate in the space and our weekly Tuesday meetings to see if we're the right audience for what you want to share before announcing a new event. Additionally here are some Hosting an Event tips.
Info
Intro Poster: How we explain ourselves to new visitors.
Resources: Stuff in the space -- computer network & servers, project areas, tools, bulk orders from Digikey/McMaster/Mouser.
Safety in the Space: What to do in case of an emergency.
Press Coverage: mentions of Noisebridge in the media (both blog and dead tree).
Identity: A collection of resources revolving around our identity and logo.
Hackerspace Infos: Howtos, Background, and friendly Hackerspaces elsewhere.
Get in Touch
- Press: Please see our Press Kit - Includes press contacts, pictures, background info, etc.
- Contacts - General contact details for the space
- Mailinglist - Best way to keep informed of upcoming events
- People
- Facebook group
- Zine - ZiP (Zine in Progress), a new Noisebridge publication in development as of Dec. 2011. NEW as of January 2012: ZiPChain, a mailing list for ZiP readers & contributors. Subscribe here - https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/zine/
- IRC channel - irc://chat.freenode.net/#noisebridge
- Call the red payphone - This option is temporarily unavailable
- Legal Requests (information removal, etc)
- Here is our mailing address (different from our physical address):
Noisebridge
2261 Market Street #235-A
San Francisco, CA 94114
- Or just drop by the space. We're open almost all the time (24/7), and everyone is welcome -- all ages, all skill levels:
2169 Mission St, 3rd floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
- Here is a digital blueprint of the Noisebridge space as of the end of December, 2011.
Status
Noisebridge is up! We began building Noisebridge in February 2007. Since December 2007 we've had regular Tuesday meetings, and rented our first physical space as of October 1st 2008. We quickly outgrew our first space and have been at our much larger 5,200 square-foot second location since October 1st 2009. We are a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization as of July 2009, retroactive to October 2008.