Mitch Altman
Mitch Altman is a hacker and inventor, known for inventing TV-B-Gone, a keychain that turns off TVs in public places. He co-founded a successful SillyValley startup and did pioneering work in Virtual Reality. He is an author and teacher, and goes around the world giving talks and workshops. He also performs spacey noise music on his self-made synthesizers. Mitch promotes hackerspaces, open source hardware, and mentors others wherever he goes. He is a co-founder of Noisebridge hackerspace in San Francisco, and is founder of Cornfield Electronics.
Sessions
Mitch Altman is sometimes called the "Johnny Appleseed of Hackerspaces." He's devoted his life to starting them. Seth Frey has launched or led Co-ops throughout his life. As a professor at the University of California at Davis, he's made a science of self-governance, community, and other collective behaviors.
In this fireside chat, Mitch and Seth will draw from their lifelong personal experiences as a community organizers to show why community is so important to all of us and our future -- individually and collectively. They will share some of what they have learned, the very real challenges, and how we can all live better lives when we teach and learn and share within communities of our choosing.
Turning off TVs and monitors in public places is fun!
Learn to solder by making a kit that turns off these annoyances from 50 meters away.
For total beginners.
Enjoy life, and turn off a TV or two today!
Turning off TVs and monitors in public places is fun!
Learn to solder by making a kit that turns off these annoyances from 50 meters away.
For total beginners.
Enjoy life, and turn off a TV or two today!
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