1. Tinker Ecology.
Tinkers around us.

2. Why?
● Tinkering is fun!
● We are not the only tinkerers/hackers.
● Things are better together

3. BCS.
BCS - Kent Branch.

4. BCS

5. BCS - What!
● "The BCS provides both members
and the public with an unrivalled
opportunity to keep abreast of
current developments in
numerous areas of interest."
● Meets monthly in school of
Computing plus other events.

6. Digibury - Where?

7. Digibury.
Digibury - Desson.

8. Digibury - What!
● A group of local people interested
in technology.
● Run by the Deeson (a local web
dev shop).
● Meets once a month on a
Wednesday.

9. Digibury - Where?

10. Create.
Create - Fruit Works.

11. Create - What!
● By a local start-up for startups.
● Softer geekery, targets businesses
people.
● Hosted in a co-working space in
Canterbury.

12. Create - Where?

13. OSHUG.
Open Source Hardware User Group.

14. OSHUG.

15. OSHUG - What!
A group of people with a shared
interest in Open Source Hardware,
we hold regular meetings in and
around London.

16. @9600 @psd

17. OSHUG - Where?

18. BarCamp.

19. BarCamp.

20. Barcamp - What!
BarCamp is an international network of user-
generated Free conferences (or
unconferences). They are open, participatory
workshop-events, the content of which is
provided by participants. The first BarCamps
focused on early-stage web applications, and
were related to open sourcetechnologies, social
protocols, and open data formats.

21. Barcamp - Where?

22. Hack Spaces.

23. Hack Spaces

24. Hack Spaces - What?
Hackerspaces can be viewed as open
community labs incorporating elements
of machine shops, workshops and/or
studios where hackers can come
together to share resources and
knowledge to build and make things.

25. Hack Spaces - Where?

26. MakerFaire.

27. MakerFaire.

28. Maker Faire - What?
Maker Faire is the premier event for grassroots
innovation. As the World's Largest DIY Festival,
this two-day family friendly Faire has something
for everyone - a showcase of invention,
creativity and resourcefulness and a
celebration of the Maker mindset.

29. Maker Faire - Where?

30. Links.
● http://www.barcampcanterbury.com/
● http://canterbury.hackspace.org.uk/
● https://london.hackspace.org.uk/
● http://www.icmp.org.uk/
● http://oshug.org/
● http://www.kent.bcs.org/index.html