[Sketching14] Sketching in Hardware 2014: Update #2

[Mike Kuniavsky]

I'll send this out when I update later today, but we had to change venues 
to the Willy Brandt Haus (yes, the headquarters of the Social Democratic 
Party of Germany):

Wilhelmstraße 141
10963 Berlin
Germany

It's also in Kreutzberg.

On Sat, 14 Jun 2014, Tom Igoe wrote:

> Mike, where will the conference sessions be held, for folks that aren’t planning to stay at the conference hotel?  Got an address?
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> t
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> On May 30, 2014, at 9:48 PM, Mike Kuniavsky <mikek at sketching-in-hardware.com> wrote:
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>> CONTENTS
>> - Hotel Deadline: June 25
>> - Hotel sharing
>> - Conference theme/Presentation topics
>> - Confirm participation soon
>> - Please bring new technology to show
>> - T-shirt size reminder
>> - If you haven't paid, please pay
>> - A Makey bonus!
>>
>> HOTEL DEADLINE: JUNE 25
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> In the last update I forgot to mention that our rate only applies through June 25, so if you’d like to get our rate, which is pretty low for Berlin, book by then.
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>> The conference hotel is:
>> Upstalsboom Hotel Friedrichshain
>> Gubener Straße 42
>> 10243 Berlin
>> upstalsboom.de/hotel-friedrichshain
>> info.berlin at upstalsboom.de
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>> The special rate is 75 Euro/night for a single or 80 Euro for a double.
>> To get the special Sketching in Hardware rate the discount code is "sketch".
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>> HOTEL SHARING
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>> Lars Erik’s email reminded me that you’re welcome to use this mailing list to arrange for shared accommodations. I also have a line on an apartment that will be available during this period that the owner (who will be away in late July) has said she’ll be happy to lend to a Sketching participant who can’t afford the hotel. Let me know if this is you and I’ll put you in touch with her.
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>> CONFERENCE THEME/PRESENTATION TOPIC
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>> If you haven't sent me your presentation topic already, please send it ASAP. If you're having trouble figuring out what to present, contact me and we'll work something out.
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>> Here's a recap of this years' theme, "Projections," but don't feel obligated to stick to it. However, do review the suggestions sent in Update #1:
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>> The theme of Sketching in Hardware 2014 is boundaries and crossings. Some lines drawn by people on the landscape are arbitrary, yet no less important and no less difficult for those who want to cross them than rivers or mountains. Likewise, in technology some boundaries are arbitrary, yet just as challenging to manage as those created by physical laws. At Sketching this year we will explore where the boundaries between technologies lie, which are physical and which are arbitrary, and how to cross them. As the cloud bridges some boundaries between devices, new ones appear, and as for every new device we add to a system, we get a new set of boundaries and need new ways to cross them. Are there situations where we need boundaries? Are there bridges we do not need?
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>> CONFIRM PARTICIPATION ASAP
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>> Hi. Some of you haven’t confirmed whether you will come to Sketching, or whether someone else from your organization will. Please let me know ASAP if you are planning to come, or if someone else will come instead/with you.
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>> T-SHIRTS
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> Again: please get us your shirt size. If you give us a size, we'll get you a shirt that size. If you don't, we'll have to guess at your size, and there's a good chance we'll be wrong, especially if we've never seen you in person. So please send us your shirt size ASAP.
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>> BRINGING NEW TECHNOLOGY?
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>> Are you bringing new things to show off? Please do, and please let me know! I'm making space in the schedule for a kind of "Science Fair" style presentation that will give everyone an opportunity to get in-depth experience with everyone else's cool new stuff.
>> If you're considering bringing something to show and aren't sure if it's ready, just bring it and show what you have. Having nearly complete projects is as exciting as having the finished thing. But do let me know.
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>> PLEASE PAY
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> If you haven't paid, please go here and pay ASAP:
>> http://sketching-in-hardware.com/2014/
>> If you have any questions about payment, feel free to ask.
>>
>> MAKEY BONUS
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> Also Sketcher Jay Silver’s JoyLabz is sending a batch of Makey Makeys to us to play with, so if you see him please thank him.
>>
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>> Mike Kuniavsky
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Mike Kuniavsky
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