Open Labs: the story...so far (2 months)

Tirana and community oriented initiatives

Several initiatives to create a community FOSS community

Not worked...

Probably due to social background

The need to have a hackerspace in Tirana

l Probably the only country/city without a hackerspace l

l Localizations for Albanian language are shitty l

l No space to play with technologyl

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l I want to present and show my project to other peoplel

l A place to collaborate

Open Labs: the story (heroic version)

l Thoughts started in June 2012l

l After fighting with titans ( aka Albanian bureaucracy)l

l All the papers ready by July 2012

Open Labs: the story (heroic version)

l 20.5 members (!)l

l Monthly meetup (present your project)l

l TED talks (in Albanian projections) every Tuesday)l

l 5 projects already running

events

3D printer

Plastic recycler

We Make It

Next steps

l We Make It (ongoing support for the kit)l

l Localization (collaboration with regional organizations)l

l Rasperry Pi based PC (work on process) l

l Wikipedia conference in Tirana (2013)

The power of the community

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