Hi Lisi,
Sorry, I meant to say "London, Reading and Brighton" (London being the largest, I believe) - the map image in the blog post (linked from the survey) clearly shows Reading, so this was just an accidental transcription error on my part.
As regards Surrey and Hampshire Hackspace - like Southackton they don't yet have an actual hackspace, they're a group of hackers/makers who meet frequently. Like them, we're trying to set up a permanent hackspace, but neither of us yet have one (at least, according to their wiki). I've not put Southackton in the list of closest hackerspaces to Southampton either, as we, also, are not yet a hackspace - the whole point of the survey!
We sourced our data from hackerspaces.org which is the go-to wiki for hackerspaces across the world.
http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/List_of_Hacker_Spaces
Cheers,
Benjie.
On 9 Sep 2012, at 12:13, hantslug@??? wrote:
> On Sunday 09 September 2012 10:22:16 Benjie Gillam wrote:
>> Apologies for the cross-post but I'm aware that there are a number of
>> people on this list who are into hacking/making/tinkering.
>>
>> We're trying to get a Southampton Hacker/Makerspace off the ground, so
>> we're about to start talks with Southampton University regarding potential
>> early support. If you like making, modding or tinkering (be that software,
>> hardware, textiles, Art, ...), could you take between 20 seconds and 3
>> minutes out to fill in our survey? Only the first 2 questions are required.
>>
>> http://southackton.org.uk/2012/09/07/southackton-survey-2012/
>>
>> If you know anyone else who would be interested, please forward the survey
>> on to them!
>>
>> The post above links to the survey, it also has a map showing the locations
>> of the nearest hackerspaces, confirming that a Southampton hackerspace
>> could be great for everyone in the surrounding area - not just people
>> living in Southampton! The post also contains Wikipedia's definition of a
>> hackerspace, in case you're not familiar with the term.
>>
>> Thanks, and sorry for the interruption,
>>
>> Benjie.
>
> This sounded an interesting project, so I looked at the survey. Unfortunately
> it starts with misinformation.
>
> It claims that the nearest hackspaces are in Bristol and London. This is
> simply not true. There is a flourishing hackspace in Reading and a very
> healthy, though as yet homeless, new hackspace specifically called "Surrey
> **and Hampshire** Hackspace" (my stars). This is currently meeting in Ash
> Vale, near Farnborough. And there may well be others of which I am unaware.
>
> Lisi
>
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