Codetown ::: a software developer's community
Time: May 25, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm
Location: Booklover's
Street: 505 NW 13th St
City/Town: Gainesville
Website or Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?f…
Phone: http://www.skillhouse.org/
Event Type: meeting
Organized By: Ian Taylor
Latest Activity: May 19, 2009
Hackerspaces are community-operated physical places, where people can meet and work on their projects.
We are creating a hacker space in Gainesville, Fl.
# Chat with us on IRC: #skillhouse on freenode.
http://groups.google.com/group/gainesville-hackerspace
Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
Created by Michael Levin Dec 18, 2008 at 6:56pm. Last updated by Michael Levin May 4, 2018.
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