UPDATE: Your last day to register for this class is Monday, Oct. 19th!
Want to learn basic video editing so that you can get your upcoming Zombie film finished in time for Halloween? Taught by HackPittsburgh member Lori Hepner, this class will teach you the basics of video editing using iMovie ‘09 so that you can [...]
This past Sunday, September 26th, HackPittsburgh held our September General Members Meeting. We started out with a recap of the classes and events from September, including Maker Faire, Rhode Island and the results of our first Pitch Night. From there, we talked about many important things for the shop, including:
Moving to twice-a-month membership meetings (don’t [...]
As you may have heard, the Two Hands Project is traveling the United States, visiting Makers and hackerspaces to create a documentary about the DIY movement that’s sweeping across the USA!
The big news for HackPittsburgh: the Two Hands Project will be visiting us next Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 28-29! They are looking to meet with [...]
The HackPittsburgh General Members Meeting for September will be this Sunday, September 27th, at 1pm at HackPittsburgh.
This meeting is going to be particularly important, as we’ll be discussing issues of HackPittsburgh non-profit status, budget issues for the rest of 2009 and projects for 2010, and possible changes in membership structure, dues, and volunteering!
So come on [...]
As you may have noticed, www.hackpittsburgh.org was down for several hours, beginning yesterday evening. The problem stemmed from a MySQL server versioning issue, and has been resolved for now. We’re now looking into some solutions for backups and failover databases to make sure that if the issue happens again, it will not hit us as [...]
After 2 days of shopcation, we have a full set of new shelves thanks to Hipster Josh. Jon has been working on a nixie clock all day while Andy created business cards. Marty has been drawing up plans for a member admin system. A bunch of others were there as well and Milanos was [...]
Hello All,
As you know, HackPittsburgh is a young and growing organization, and we’re still trying to find out what works and what doesn’t. HackPittsburgh wouldn’t exist without the efforts of our members, with their donations of time, money, materials, and hard work. That said, we have been having many issues with the current “Dues plus [...]
Have you been working on your pitch?
This Friday, September 11th, starting at 6pm, come to HackPittsburgh and pitch your idea for a project that you’d love to do, but feel that it is too big to do alone. Come prepared with a 5 minute presentation about your idea and what kind of folks you need [...]
A limited quantity of HackPittsburgh stickers are now available for purchase!
We recently shipped a batch of HackPittsburgh stickers to Noisebridge in San Francisco to support the Two Hands Project. We have a few extras, so we’re passing the savings on to you!
The stickers are 2″ x 4″, so they’re great for your car window, [...]
