1820 Pandora Street
Vancouver, BC
V5L 1M5
604-879-GEEK (4335)
OPEN - Tues. ~ Sat.
11:00am - 6:00pm
CLOSED - Sun. Mon.
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08 / 1
Start: 18:00
End: 21:00
"2600 Meetings exist as a forum for all interested in technology to meet and talk about events in technology-land, learn, and teach. Meetings are open to anyone of any age or level of expertise." First Friday of the month 6:00-9:00pm 1820 Pandora St (back door) [MAP]
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08 / 6
Start: 19:00
End: 21:30
The first Wednesday of every month is... WINDOWSLESS WEDNESDAY!! Join us for a DROP IN night of skill-sharing, problem-solving & education 7:00-9:30pm at Free Geek (back door)
No pre-registration required; first-come, first-serve.
Want to try free & open source software? Find out how to install GNU/Linux on your computer? Or have a more complex question...? These evenings are first come, first serve. Drop in & write your name/question on the whiteboard; someone will come find you and lend a hand. Linux Clinics are where we assist folks who have GNU/Linux issues, hardware problems, or who are just plain curious. If you want to see what free and open source is all about, or try the Ubuntu operating system, you're welcome to drop by!
If you are already running a distribution of GNU/Linux, you might consider bringing your box down, so we can work together to solve your difficulties. **CAN YOU HELP? We're always in need of extra helpers with skills and patience! Particular areas in demand: GNU/Linux & wireless, Ubuntu installs, hardware issues. Feel free to drop by and let us know you're here to help. Check back here for updates, or join our announcement mailing list to stay posted about upcoming events! Please note: Entry via back door. Indoor bike parking. Unfortunately our new location is not wheelchair accessible yet. We appreciate your patience while we work to change this; call us with concerns: 604-879-4335. | ||
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08 / 12
Start: 18:30
LOCATION: Free Geek Community Technology Centre 1820 Pandora St. (3 blocks NE of Commercial & Hastings); come to the back door please. All welcome! Please note: Our new space is not wheelchair accessible yet. We appreciate your patience. Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns at 604-879-4335. Join us as we make decisions and discuss issues relevant to a community non-profit dedicated to computer recycling, education, empowerment and free & open source software. Open to the curious, the beginner and the programmer. Folks with no computer experience welcome! Feel free to check out more info about our meeting procedures [HERE]
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08 / 21
Start: 18:30
End: 20:30
Ubuntu Linux Installfest
WHEN: Thurs. Aug. 21st, 6:30-8:30pm
WHERE: Free Geek, 1820 Pandora (back door)
Maybe you want to take the plunge and install Ubuntu on your computer, but don't want to do it on your own. Or maybe you've had past trouble installing Ubuntu, or updating to the latest release, and need some help.
The Ubuntu Installfest is a free workshop that will walk you through installation and troubleshooting.
This workshop is presented by Free Geek and Ubuntu Vancouver.
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08 / 24
Start: 00:35
Start: Aug 24 2008 - 00:35
End: Aug 30 2008 - 15:35
Free Geek will be a presenter and provocateur in good company in this year's Interactive Screen at the Banff Centre in Alberta. Ifny will bring hearty geek tidings to the mountain people. Interactive Screen 0.8 - Sustain is the thirteenth installment of the Banff New Media Institute's acclaimed new media summit, where media makers from Canada and the world gather to reflect on the current state of new media and the shape of things to come. At the end of each summer, producers, investors, and policymakers convene with artists, technologists, and cultural researchers of diverse horizons in the majestic mountain setting of Banff. They are joined by scholarship participants from Canada, who are invited to pitch and develop projects inspired by the event's theme. Sustain How do we manage, in the current context, to evolve fitter patterns for practice and participation? Sustain looks at strategies and ideas that allow those working with new media to better reflect and act upon the economic, social, cultural, natural and technological synergies and dichotomies of our changing world. Our guest participants have been chosen because their current practice or discourse raises critical, sometimes crucial, questions about the practice, theory, and meaning of new media. Confirmed artists include: Andy Bichlbaum of The Yes Men, Stephanie Rothenberg, Rick Prelinger of the Internet Archive, Ken Gregory, Ifny Lachance of Free Geek Vancouver, Christine Nadir of EcoArtTech, Michael Mandiberg of the Eyebeam Sustainability Research Group, Jack Dingo Ryan, Reisa Levine, Gary James Joynes, Jackson 2Bears, Kay Burns. Themes include: E-sustainability - The concept of sustainability is first and foremost taken as an ecological notion, related to the economic use of natural resources. How does a field predicated on the widespread use of technological devices place itself? And where does new media meet natural conservation and eco-art? Greening art - Does art change its nature when it becomes green? And can it really impact nature? Memories of new media - Memory carries over the wisdom and weight of the past into the future. What are the current challenges of media memory? How and why does it partake of our society's unconscious, and of its future idioms? Serious gaming - What does the emergence of "serious games" with deep ecological, health or social themes signify for our way of knowing the world and relating to it? And what's not serious about gaming to start with? Fieldwork - What do the connections between practices of collaboration, social networking, the public domain, open source practices and interaction design mean for individuals and companies interested in developing sustainable economies around their work? Design environments - The environment can be seen as an open interface. Do new media environments enhance or impede natural experience? And can new media truly contribute to the daily creation of a creative commons?
For more information, visit their website. | ||
08 / 25
(all day)
Start: Aug 24 2008 - 00:35
End: Aug 30 2008 - 15:35
Free Geek will be a presenter and provocateur in good company in this year's Interactive Screen at the Banff Centre in Alberta. Ifny will bring hearty geek tidings to the mountain people. Interactive Screen 0.8 - Sustain is the thirteenth installment of the Banff New Media Institute's acclaimed new media summit, where media makers from Canada and the world gather to reflect on the current state of new media and the shape of things to come. At the end of each summer, producers, investors, and policymakers convene with artists, technologists, and cultural researchers of diverse horizons in the majestic mountain setting of Banff. They are joined by scholarship participants from Canada, who are invited to pitch and develop projects inspired by the event's theme. Sustain How do we manage, in the current context, to evolve fitter patterns for practice and participation? Sustain looks at strategies and ideas that allow those working with new media to better reflect and act upon the economic, social, cultural, natural and technological synergies and dichotomies of our changing world. Our guest participants have been chosen because their current practice or discourse raises critical, sometimes crucial, questions about the practice, theory, and meaning of new media. Confirmed artists include: Andy Bichlbaum of The Yes Men, Stephanie Rothenberg, Rick Prelinger of the Internet Archive, Ken Gregory, Ifny Lachance of Free Geek Vancouver, Christine Nadir of EcoArtTech, Michael Mandiberg of the Eyebeam Sustainability Research Group, Jack Dingo Ryan, Reisa Levine, Gary James Joynes, Jackson 2Bears, Kay Burns. Themes include: E-sustainability - The concept of sustainability is first and foremost taken as an ecological notion, related to the economic use of natural resources. How does a field predicated on the widespread use of technological devices place itself? And where does new media meet natural conservation and eco-art? Greening art - Does art change its nature when it becomes green? And can it really impact nature? Memories of new media - Memory carries over the wisdom and weight of the past into the future. What are the current challenges of media memory? How and why does it partake of our society's unconscious, and of its future idioms? Serious gaming - What does the emergence of "serious games" with deep ecological, health or social themes signify for our way of knowing the world and relating to it? And what's not serious about gaming to start with? Fieldwork - What do the connections between practices of collaboration, social networking, the public domain, open source practices and interaction design mean for individuals and companies interested in developing sustainable economies around their work? Design environments - The environment can be seen as an open interface. Do new media environments enhance or impede natural experience? And can new media truly contribute to the daily creation of a creative commons?
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08 / 26
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Start: Aug 24 2008 - 00:35
End: Aug 30 2008 - 15:35
Free Geek will be a presenter and provocateur in good company in this year's Interactive Screen at the Banff Centre in Alberta. Ifny will bring hearty geek tidings to the mountain people. Interactive Screen 0.8 - Sustain is the thirteenth installment of the Banff New Media Institute's acclaimed new media summit, where media makers from Canada and the world gather to reflect on the current state of new media and the shape of things to come. At the end of each summer, producers, investors, and policymakers convene with artists, technologists, and cultural researchers of diverse horizons in the majestic mountain setting of Banff. They are joined by scholarship participants from Canada, who are invited to pitch and develop projects inspired by the event's theme. Sustain How do we manage, in the current context, to evolve fitter patterns for practice and participation? Sustain looks at strategies and ideas that allow those working with new media to better reflect and act upon the economic, social, cultural, natural and technological synergies and dichotomies of our changing world. Our guest participants have been chosen because their current practice or discourse raises critical, sometimes crucial, questions about the practice, theory, and meaning of new media. Confirmed artists include: Andy Bichlbaum of The Yes Men, Stephanie Rothenberg, Rick Prelinger of the Internet Archive, Ken Gregory, Ifny Lachance of Free Geek Vancouver, Christine Nadir of EcoArtTech, Michael Mandiberg of the Eyebeam Sustainability Research Group, Jack Dingo Ryan, Reisa Levine, Gary James Joynes, Jackson 2Bears, Kay Burns. Themes include: E-sustainability - The concept of sustainability is first and foremost taken as an ecological notion, related to the economic use of natural resources. How does a field predicated on the widespread use of technological devices place itself? And where does new media meet natural conservation and eco-art? Greening art - Does art change its nature when it becomes green? And can it really impact nature? Memories of new media - Memory carries over the wisdom and weight of the past into the future. What are the current challenges of media memory? How and why does it partake of our society's unconscious, and of its future idioms? Serious gaming - What does the emergence of "serious games" with deep ecological, health or social themes signify for our way of knowing the world and relating to it? And what's not serious about gaming to start with? Fieldwork - What do the connections between practices of collaboration, social networking, the public domain, open source practices and interaction design mean for individuals and companies interested in developing sustainable economies around their work? Design environments - The environment can be seen as an open interface. Do new media environments enhance or impede natural experience? And can new media truly contribute to the daily creation of a creative commons?
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08 / 27
(all day)
Start: Aug 24 2008 - 00:35
End: Aug 30 2008 - 15:35
Free Geek will be a presenter and provocateur in good company in this year's Interactive Screen at the Banff Centre in Alberta. Ifny will bring hearty geek tidings to the mountain people. Interactive Screen 0.8 - Sustain is the thirteenth installment of the Banff New Media Institute's acclaimed new media summit, where media makers from Canada and the world gather to reflect on the current state of new media and the shape of things to come. At the end of each summer, producers, investors, and policymakers convene with artists, technologists, and cultural researchers of diverse horizons in the majestic mountain setting of Banff. They are joined by scholarship participants from Canada, who are invited to pitch and develop projects inspired by the event's theme. Sustain How do we manage, in the current context, to evolve fitter patterns for practice and participation? Sustain looks at strategies and ideas that allow those working with new media to better reflect and act upon the economic, social, cultural, natural and technological synergies and dichotomies of our changing world. Our guest participants have been chosen because their current practice or discourse raises critical, sometimes crucial, questions about the practice, theory, and meaning of new media. Confirmed artists include: Andy Bichlbaum of The Yes Men, Stephanie Rothenberg, Rick Prelinger of the Internet Archive, Ken Gregory, Ifny Lachance of Free Geek Vancouver, Christine Nadir of EcoArtTech, Michael Mandiberg of the Eyebeam Sustainability Research Group, Jack Dingo Ryan, Reisa Levine, Gary James Joynes, Jackson 2Bears, Kay Burns. Themes include: E-sustainability - The concept of sustainability is first and foremost taken as an ecological notion, related to the economic use of natural resources. How does a field predicated on the widespread use of technological devices place itself? And where does new media meet natural conservation and eco-art? Greening art - Does art change its nature when it becomes green? And can it really impact nature? Memories of new media - Memory carries over the wisdom and weight of the past into the future. What are the current challenges of media memory? How and why does it partake of our society's unconscious, and of its future idioms? Serious gaming - What does the emergence of "serious games" with deep ecological, health or social themes signify for our way of knowing the world and relating to it? And what's not serious about gaming to start with? Fieldwork - What do the connections between practices of collaboration, social networking, the public domain, open source practices and interaction design mean for individuals and companies interested in developing sustainable economies around their work? Design environments - The environment can be seen as an open interface. Do new media environments enhance or impede natural experience? And can new media truly contribute to the daily creation of a creative commons?
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08 / 28
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Start: Aug 24 2008 - 00:35
End: Aug 30 2008 - 15:35
Free Geek will be a presenter and provocateur in good company in this year's Interactive Screen at the Banff Centre in Alberta. Ifny will bring hearty geek tidings to the mountain people. Interactive Screen 0.8 - Sustain is the thirteenth installment of the Banff New Media Institute's acclaimed new media summit, where media makers from Canada and the world gather to reflect on the current state of new media and the shape of things to come. At the end of each summer, producers, investors, and policymakers convene with artists, technologists, and cultural researchers of diverse horizons in the majestic mountain setting of Banff. They are joined by scholarship participants from Canada, who are invited to pitch and develop projects inspired by the event's theme. Sustain How do we manage, in the current context, to evolve fitter patterns for practice and participation? Sustain looks at strategies and ideas that allow those working with new media to better reflect and act upon the economic, social, cultural, natural and technological synergies and dichotomies of our changing world. Our guest participants have been chosen because their current practice or discourse raises critical, sometimes crucial, questions about the practice, theory, and meaning of new media. Confirmed artists include: Andy Bichlbaum of The Yes Men, Stephanie Rothenberg, Rick Prelinger of the Internet Archive, Ken Gregory, Ifny Lachance of Free Geek Vancouver, Christine Nadir of EcoArtTech, Michael Mandiberg of the Eyebeam Sustainability Research Group, Jack Dingo Ryan, Reisa Levine, Gary James Joynes, Jackson 2Bears, Kay Burns. Themes include: E-sustainability - The concept of sustainability is first and foremost taken as an ecological notion, related to the economic use of natural resources. How does a field predicated on the widespread use of technological devices place itself? And where does new media meet natural conservation and eco-art? Greening art - Does art change its nature when it becomes green? And can it really impact nature? Memories of new media - Memory carries over the wisdom and weight of the past into the future. What are the current challenges of media memory? How and why does it partake of our society's unconscious, and of its future idioms? Serious gaming - What does the emergence of "serious games" with deep ecological, health or social themes signify for our way of knowing the world and relating to it? And what's not serious about gaming to start with? Fieldwork - What do the connections between practices of collaboration, social networking, the public domain, open source practices and interaction design mean for individuals and companies interested in developing sustainable economies around their work? Design environments - The environment can be seen as an open interface. Do new media environments enhance or impede natural experience? And can new media truly contribute to the daily creation of a creative commons?
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08 / 29
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Start: Aug 24 2008 - 00:35
End: Aug 30 2008 - 15:35
Free Geek will be a presenter and provocateur in good company in this year's Interactive Screen at the Banff Centre in Alberta. Ifny will bring hearty geek tidings to the mountain people. Interactive Screen 0.8 - Sustain is the thirteenth installment of the Banff New Media Institute's acclaimed new media summit, where media makers from Canada and the world gather to reflect on the current state of new media and the shape of things to come. At the end of each summer, producers, investors, and policymakers convene with artists, technologists, and cultural researchers of diverse horizons in the majestic mountain setting of Banff. They are joined by scholarship participants from Canada, who are invited to pitch and develop projects inspired by the event's theme. Sustain How do we manage, in the current context, to evolve fitter patterns for practice and participation? Sustain looks at strategies and ideas that allow those working with new media to better reflect and act upon the economic, social, cultural, natural and technological synergies and dichotomies of our changing world. Our guest participants have been chosen because their current practice or discourse raises critical, sometimes crucial, questions about the practice, theory, and meaning of new media. Confirmed artists include: Andy Bichlbaum of The Yes Men, Stephanie Rothenberg, Rick Prelinger of the Internet Archive, Ken Gregory, Ifny Lachance of Free Geek Vancouver, Christine Nadir of EcoArtTech, Michael Mandiberg of the Eyebeam Sustainability Research Group, Jack Dingo Ryan, Reisa Levine, Gary James Joynes, Jackson 2Bears, Kay Burns. Themes include: E-sustainability - The concept of sustainability is first and foremost taken as an ecological notion, related to the economic use of natural resources. How does a field predicated on the widespread use of technological devices place itself? And where does new media meet natural conservation and eco-art? Greening art - Does art change its nature when it becomes green? And can it really impact nature? Memories of new media - Memory carries over the wisdom and weight of the past into the future. What are the current challenges of media memory? How and why does it partake of our society's unconscious, and of its future idioms? Serious gaming - What does the emergence of "serious games" with deep ecological, health or social themes signify for our way of knowing the world and relating to it? And what's not serious about gaming to start with? Fieldwork - What do the connections between practices of collaboration, social networking, the public domain, open source practices and interaction design mean for individuals and companies interested in developing sustainable economies around their work? Design environments - The environment can be seen as an open interface. Do new media environments enhance or impede natural experience? And can new media truly contribute to the daily creation of a creative commons?
For more information, visit their website. | ||
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End: 15:35
Start: Aug 24 2008 - 00:35
End: Aug 30 2008 - 15:35
Free Geek will be a presenter and provocateur in good company in this year's Interactive Screen at the Banff Centre in Alberta. Ifny will bring hearty geek tidings to the mountain people. Interactive Screen 0.8 - Sustain is the thirteenth installment of the Banff New Media Institute's acclaimed new media summit, where media makers from Canada and the world gather to reflect on the current state of new media and the shape of things to come. At the end of each summer, producers, investors, and policymakers convene with artists, technologists, and cultural researchers of diverse horizons in the majestic mountain setting of Banff. They are joined by scholarship participants from Canada, who are invited to pitch and develop projects inspired by the event's theme. Sustain How do we manage, in the current context, to evolve fitter patterns for practice and participation? Sustain looks at strategies and ideas that allow those working with new media to better reflect and act upon the economic, social, cultural, natural and technological synergies and dichotomies of our changing world. Our guest participants have been chosen because their current practice or discourse raises critical, sometimes crucial, questions about the practice, theory, and meaning of new media. Confirmed artists include: Andy Bichlbaum of The Yes Men, Stephanie Rothenberg, Rick Prelinger of the Internet Archive, Ken Gregory, Ifny Lachance of Free Geek Vancouver, Christine Nadir of EcoArtTech, Michael Mandiberg of the Eyebeam Sustainability Research Group, Jack Dingo Ryan, Reisa Levine, Gary James Joynes, Jackson 2Bears, Kay Burns. Themes include: E-sustainability - The concept of sustainability is first and foremost taken as an ecological notion, related to the economic use of natural resources. How does a field predicated on the widespread use of technological devices place itself? And where does new media meet natural conservation and eco-art? Greening art - Does art change its nature when it becomes green? And can it really impact nature? Memories of new media - Memory carries over the wisdom and weight of the past into the future. What are the current challenges of media memory? How and why does it partake of our society's unconscious, and of its future idioms? Serious gaming - What does the emergence of "serious games" with deep ecological, health or social themes signify for our way of knowing the world and relating to it? And what's not serious about gaming to start with? Fieldwork - What do the connections between practices of collaboration, social networking, the public domain, open source practices and interaction design mean for individuals and companies interested in developing sustainable economies around their work? Design environments - The environment can be seen as an open interface. Do new media environments enhance or impede natural experience? And can new media truly contribute to the daily creation of a creative commons?
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