What comes first... or, a hackerspace/maker group redux

Awhile back I wondered which should come first, a hackerspace or a maker group. I took a guess and figured a hackerspace could come first and I asked for a blog mention on the Make: Magazine blog.

That got a big response. The first meeting brought in a lot of people. The second meeting was smaller and got me to thinking... maybe a maker group is the way to start. The third meeting brought in a good number of people and I realized that there's room for both at the same time. The group is gelling to include a smaller set of people dedicated to getting the hackerspace running, and a larger group getting to know each other and starting to help each other with the projects they're already working on outside of the space.

There's a lot to be said for the social geek, and hopefully the forming maker group will meet their needs. Watch for more details:

http://makekw.org/

... where we'll start to consolidate the information about both of these efforts real soon now.