simple idea: to provide a community center for hackers, thinkers and technologists to meet, discuss, learn and create--non-profit, volunteer-run, member-supported--24/7, work, side-projects, meetups, classes, hangout--community center, clubhouse

achieved pretty immediate success and press coverage. mercury newsled to fox news...

video link: http://video.foxnews.com/v/3957572/hacker-dojo/?playlist_id=86861focus on startups and entrepreneurs is just an easy story. the real story is the community, ideas and passion of that community

Coworking

coworking: space to work. diff than other coworking. events: free for members. meetups, hackathons, conferences, etccommunity: biggest value. energy, intelligence, resources of great peoplecommunity events: bbqs, movie nights, lan parties, birthdayscommunity run: cleaning up, etc. serve the community: hacker fair

Coworking

Events

coworking: space to work. diff than other coworking. events: free for members. meetups, hackathons, conferences, etccommunity: biggest value. energy, intelligence, resources of great peoplecommunity events: bbqs, movie nights, lan parties, birthdayscommunity run: cleaning up, etc. serve the community: hacker fair

Coworking

Events

Community

coworking: space to work. diff than other coworking. events: free for members. meetups, hackathons, conferences, etccommunity: biggest value. energy, intelligence, resources of great peoplecommunity events: bbqs, movie nights, lan parties, birthdayscommunity run: cleaning up, etc. serve the community: hacker fair

video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riVEFsI2vGo

SHDHBarCamp

Hackerspaces

CoworkingDorms

Incubators

hacker dojo is sort of a mix of several existing institutions.shdh, hackerspaces, coworking, dorms, “pre-seed” incubators (before plug’n’play)heavily influenced by superhappydevhouse

superhappydevhouse: party for hackers and thinkers.longest running hackathon in the bay area. “legendary”inspired yahoo hackday, facebook hackathons, other company events. barcamp, coworking“influenced” -- really an extension of the values

all devhouse attendees

5 founding directors especially

the first 2 of the five, david and I, started superhappydevhouse. so it’s not just influenced, it came directly from devhouse, which means it inherited many values, people, etc

video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0dFjsTxE5ovideo made by steve wilson, a vp at sun

SHDH 30Jan 2009 @ Sun

steve eventually convinced sun to convince us to do a devhouse there for 25. later, 30th... biggest one. that was where dojo was publicly pitched. “devhouse all the time”

Education

Hacker Culture

A hacker is expert in their field, whether hobby or

professional, that pushes the envelope of what’s

possible through hands-on exploration, driven by

relentless curiosity and a desire to challenge the

status quo.

peer learning

learn by doing

inspiration

mentorship

teaching toolsfree classes

“The place of the way of the hacker”