Software Freedom Day 2015 Hackerspace Brussels
Description
Background
Software Freedom Day?
Software Freedom Day is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Our goal in this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about the benefits of using high quality FOSS in education, in government, at home, and in businesses - in short: everywhere!
Hackers?
When you hear about hackers in the news, it's often about breaking into computers or networks. You won't find this here. A hackerspace is a place where people who love technology meet each other and get creative: discover new uses for existing technology, teach each other new things. As a ground rule, we all love to share what we know. We often organize workshops - most of them are open to everyone. In Brussels we have two hackerspaces (and some fablabs, a LUG and a makerspace), there are around ten in Belgium. See the site for more details.
Event
| Time | What | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | Intro | Intro to the hackerspace and the program of the day | Ugo |
| 14:10 | Talk/showcase | Open Source solutions for screencasts | Jurgen |
| 14:45 | Workshop/Talk | Vim-Qiuy: Text Editing With Chords | Jonny |
| 15:10 | Talk/showcase | Free Android with self-hosted services | Ugo |
| 15:35 | Break | - break before workshops - | - |
| 16:00 | Workshop | Matrix.org: Host your own federated Messaging Server | Friedger |
| 16:40 | Workshop | Build web apps with React | Ugo |
| 17:20 | Break | - | - |
| 17:55 | Workshop | Tikz, Declarative Fraphic Making Awesome | Jonny |
| 18:15 | Workshop | Illustrate with Inkscape - Creating Vector Graphics | Friedger |
| 18:50 | Dinner | - | - |
Location information
HSBXL
- Street
- Rue Osseghem - Osseghemstraat 53
- City
- 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean - Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
- County
- Brussels-Capital
- Country
- Belgium
Located in a historical office building, HSBXL is a collaborative community space of about 170 square meters. It's a place for creative and constructive hackers of all kinds – tech enthusiasts, tinkerers, artists, and anyone interested in pushing the boundaries of technology.
There's a workshop area, a decent electronics lab with over 9000 components, a couple of 3D printers, a library, and lots of tools in our “heavy corner”.
You're always welcome to come over and follow one of the workshops or attend the weekly Tuesday meetings, co-working days, hack nights, or other events.
Curious about what of kind tools, devices, and machines we have in our space? Read more on our tools page.