[Sketching14] Sketching in Hardware 2014: Update #2

[Mike Kuniavsky]

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
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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.

The conference hotel is:
Upstalsboom Hotel Friedrichshain
Gubener Straße 42
10243 Berlin
upstalsboom.de/hotel-friedrichshain
info.berlin at upstalsboom.de

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".

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.

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.

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:

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?

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.

T-SHIRTS
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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.

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.

PLEASE PAY
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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
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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.


-- 
Mike Kuniavsky
mikek at sketching-in-hardware.com