Noisebridge
Programming • Hardware • Science • Photography • Security |
| We are Noisebridge
Noisebridge is a hackerspace for technical-creative projects, doocratically run by our members. We are a non-profit educational institution intended for public benefit. We operate primarily in a 5,200 square-foot space located in the heart of San Francisco. We teach, we learn, we share. Read more about Noisebridge or watch a short video… Naomi gained a little bit of weight (about 15lbs) recently, and all of it went straight to her chest. What were once pleasant and respectful tenants have become terribly unruly, so I'm evicting them (started dieting and exercising), and I'm losing weight everywhere but my God forsaken chest. The main reason I want them to be smaller is because they're strangling me whenever I lie down for bed. They jam up to my chin and smother my neck in any position. Can anyone offer me any advice on a way to help reduce their size? Or at least suggest a more comfortable position in which to sleep in the meantime? We are committed to providing a safe space to work, learn, and play. Please read and understand our anti-harassment policy and community standards. This is how we expect people to behave when they are at Noisebridge, and you should also expect this standard of behavior from others in the space. Noisebridge relies on your monetary donations to continue operating. If you have found Noisebridge useful, please consider donating to help us keep operating. |
Upgrade / Reboot |
| Noisebridge is closed for the entire month of July.
Access to the space is restricted to make way for electrical and other critical cleanups and retrofits. >>> We urgently need to raise $25K for our parts and labor expenditures! Do help us out at our IndieGoGo fundraising campaign page. <<< Please check the Noisebridge Discuss list for access times.
Further details can be found in this announcement message.
Please do not hesitate to contact Naomi:
Note that while Noisebridge is officially closed for the rest of the month for critical cleanups and retrofits, our associated hackerspace in Oakland, Sudo Room, has already relocated to its new Omni Oakland Collective location and is now open. Please see Sudo Room's Discuss list and Announce list postings for further status on this local hackerspace alternative available during our July closure. |
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| We're located at: OpenStreetMap - Google Maps 2 blocks South of 16th & Mission BART
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Create With Us! Our 5,200 square-foot space (483m2) contains an electronics lab, machine shop, sewing/crafting supplies, two classrooms, conference area, library, darkroom, and kitchen. Everyone is welcome to use our many resources. Find others to create with. Find help with your projects. Help others with their projects. Learn, teach, share. Come to Noisebridge and create! Noisebridge's public hours are now 24/7. New visitors are welcome any time (all ages, all skill levels), but it's best to visit when members are present or during an event to make sure we have a volunteer to show you around and make introductions. |
Want to attend a class or event? Before you arrive or once you're at the space, just ask the teacher or event organizer if you can be their guest. Read more about our access policy. Please see our events hosting page for suggestions on how to use Noisebridge for your event/class/workshop.
Event Calendar
events are haphazardly cross-posted on Meetup, the Discord, and Google Calender here
Some noisebridger's have also started hosting Events from a calendar at https://noisebridge.today/, and new (additional) associated gCal.
Key:
W: Weekly |
1st 2nd 3rd 4th: Certain weeks |
-2nd: Except certain weeks |
S: Streaming |
event: caution maybe dead |
event: management of space
Upcoming Events
Mondays
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| W | 7:00pm | Meetups/Infra | Self-hosting, rough consensus, & running code. Find upcoming sessions on Meetup or in #meetup-infra on Discord. |
| W | 7:00pm | Circuit Hacking Monday | Learn electronics, Arduino, and/or how to solder! We have kits and Arduinos for donations, or bring your own project. Most Mondays at 7PM. More details on Meetup |
| W | you-o-clock | TRASH NIGHT | Please take out all three large trash bins!! They are on the patio. |
Tuesdays
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| W S | 5:00pm | Premeeting Social Story Time | Noisebridge's excellence, do-ocracy, and consensus are inspired by anarchism and a rich lore of lessons learned. Meet members, learn about membership, share ideas, ask anything and question everything! |
| W S | 7:00pm | Noisebridge Weekly Meeting | (In person & online via Jitsi) - Introduce new people and events, joining, announcements, discussions, and consensus. Come express what you think about what's going on with your space! |
| W | 7:00pm | San Francisco Writers Workshop | Free drop-in writers workshop, get feedback and critique! Located on the first floor hackitorium. |
Wednesdays
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| W S | 5:00pm - 7:00pm | Tablebridge | tabletop gaming & hobbying for playing and designing boardgames, RPGs, wargames and mini painting hobbying. |
| W | 6:00pm - 9:00pm | Woodhacking Wednesday | "Have a woodworking project in mind but you don't know where to get started? This is a good time to come ask questions, get some help, and ideas from other woodworkers. Everyone is welcome..." Confirm dates with Meetup |
| W S | 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Gamebridge | game development mentoring & coworking meetup for gamedev beginners and indies alike.
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Thursdays
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 7:00pm - 10:00pm | Indiebridge Showcase Throwdown Thursdays | Indie Game Showcases & Game Tournaments for casual-friendly competition in console & PC games like Smash Brothers, Halo, Quake, Marathon, etc. |
| 2nd | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Tablebridge | Tablebridge tabletop gaming & design (board/card/miniature/rpg/party/ARG/etc). |
| 2nd | 8:00pm - 9:30pm | DC415 | Defcon 415 Security on 2nd Thursdays: Informal meetup group about all things security related. |
| 3rd S | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Ten Minutes of Game a.k.a. 10MoG | Five 10min talks in an hour and discussions on any gaming/gamedev topic |
| 3rd S | 8:00pm - 9:00pm | Five Minutes of Fame a.k.a. 5MoF | Ten 5min talks in an hour, on any topic |
| 4th S | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Songbridge | Music making meetup & mentoring for electronic and experimental music, soundtracks, VJing, music videos |
| Mar 26 8:30pm - 11:30pm | School of Melee Workshop Tournament | Super Smash Melee Self Improvement Workshop & Tournament: Learn to master Super Smash Melee with expert mentors LanTurN & Megaman and test what you've learned in a tournament! | |
| 4th S | 8:00pm - 10:30pm | Resident Electronic Music | An electronic music open mic! |
| W | you-o-clock | TRASH NIGHT | Please take out all three large trash bins!! They are on the patio. |
Fridays
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| W | 9:00am - 5:00pm | Hack on Noisebridge! | a good open time for cleaning 'n re-organizing the physical space. Coffee and Donuts on a first-come first-served basis! See #facilities-aka... channel on the Discord |
Saturdays
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
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| 1st | 2:00pm - 5:00pm | Unitybridge Unity Meetup | Learn Unity and cowork with fellow indies using it |
| 2nd | 2:00pm - 5:00pm | Unrealbridge Unreal Meetup | Learn Unreal and cowork with fellow indies using it |
| W | 12pm-2pm | Robotics Meetup | Co-hack on robotics with us. Work on our group projects, or bring your own. No robotics experience required. |
| 3rd | 2:00pm - 6:00pm | Godot Meetup | Gamedev workshop & networking for users of the Godot game engine. |
| 4th | 2:00pm - 5:00pm | Graphicsbridge graphics & engine coding meetup | Custom graphics & engine development meetup & mentoring |
| 4th | 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Building Guitar Pedals Workshop | Come build guitar pedals or other electronic music equipment! Look for the #pedal-building channel under #events in the discord. Check the Meetup for more info and confirmed dates. |
| 4th | 4:00pm - 7:00pm | Decentralized Web | Presentations and networking for those interested in weaving a decentralized web. |
| W | 8pm | Noisebridge Cinema! |
Sundays
| Tags | Time | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| W | 12:00pm - 1:30pm | 3D Printing Class | Learn how to use a 3D printer |
| W | 2:00pm - 4:00pm | Laser Cutter safety training | Get certified to use the laser cutter (limited availability) |
| 2nd | 2:00pm - 3:00pm | Fabrication 101 2nd Wood Shop Sundays | class on safety and basic techniques |
| W | 4:00pm - 8:00pm | Spacebridge Weekly Meeting | Noisebridge's resident space program. Meetup page. (Sometimes we watch a politically-related movie around 7:30) |
Other Bay Area Consortium of Hackerspaces Events
- Queerious Labs is open during limited times, check it's status
- SudoRoom: Women & Non-Binary Coding Mondays 7-9pm
- SudoRoom: Hardware Hacking Tuesdays 7-10pm
You don't need to be a member to participate in a class or workshop at Noisebridge!
Want to host your event at Noisebridge? We like seeing classes and talks on interesting things pertaining to various subjects of hacking. Most of all, we like seeing familiar faces. Please participate in the space and our weekly Tuesday meetings to see if we're the right audience for what you want to share before announcing a new event. Additionally, here are some Hosting an Event tips.
Info
Intro Poster: How we explain ourselves to new visitors.
Resources: Stuff in the space -- computer network & servers, project areas, tools, bulk orders from Digikey/McMaster/Mouser.
Safety in the Space: What to do in case of an emergency.
Press Coverage: mentions of Noisebridge in the media (both blog and dead tree).
Identity: A collection of resources revolving around our identity and logo.
The Neighborhood: What's in the neighborhood around 2169 Mission
Hosting an Event at Noisebridge: Suggestions on how to use Noisebridge for your event/class/workshop.
Hackerspace Infos: Howtos, Background, and friendly Hackerspaces elsewhere.
Get in Touch
- Press: Please see our Press Kit - Includes press contacts, pictures, background info, etc.
- Contacts - General contact details for the space
- Mailinglist - Best way to keep informed of upcoming events
- People
- IRC channel - irc://chat.freenode.net/#noisebridge
- Call the red payphone - This option is temporarily unavailable
- Legal Requests (information removal, etc)
- Here is our mailing address (different from our physical address):
Noisebridge
2261 Market Street #235-A
San Francisco, CA 94114
- Or just drop by the space. We're open 24/7. New visitors should read up on getting in. all ages, all skill levels:
2169 Mission St, 3rd floor
San Francisco, CA 94110
Status
Noisebridge is at its lowest grassroots stage, runlevel 2.
The space is open only for repairs, updates, retrofits, etc.
We began building Noisebridge in February 2007. Since December 2007 we've had regular Tuesday meetings, and rented our first physical space as of October 1st 2008. We quickly outgrew our first space and have been at our much larger 5,200 square-foot second location since October 1st 2009. We are a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization as of July 2009, retroactive to October 2008.