Creating a community of hackers in Las Vegas !
Jan 10, 2011
Las Vegas is a city like few others. Every year more than 35 million people visit and lose themselves in the casinos, bars, shows and shopping malls on Las Vegas Boulevard aka The Strip. The vast influx of visitors, coupled with the insatiable desire of those hotels and casinos to set themselves apart, means that many of the 1.8 million people that live in the city do so only briefly. Some stay for a year or two as a new hotel goes up or a show is in town. Many have briefer stays allied to a big conference or a busy holiday season. The net result is that it is a city where a lot of people live, but in which communities are hard to find. "It's not a social city," said Vegas resident Evan Pipho, a programmer who, with Jeff Rosowski, is trying to find a way to bring the city's hackers, makers and coders together. Thanks to the pair, Las Vegas has its own Dorkbot chapter and they are in the process of setting up a hackerspace in Mr Rosowski's garage. They ho...
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