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=== Tell the story of the beginning of the hackerspace. How did you come up with the idea? How did you choose the name of your hackerspace? What was your original vision? === | === Tell the story of the beginning of the hackerspace. How did you come up with the idea? How did you choose the name of your hackerspace? What was your original vision? === | ||
We had seen inspirational examples of hackerspaces at CCC and c-base in Germany, and missed a place | We had seen inspirational examples of hackerspaces and geek culture at CCC and c-base in Germany. Vienna didn't really have much to show in that regard, and we missed a place to meet and collaborate on projects. What we really wanted was a public living room or laboratory where people could meet and work with friends without having to go to a cafe, pub or workplace. Our vision wasn't exactly the same as the german hackerspaces - while their spaces and focus had grown historically over decades, Vienna had nothing comparable at that point. So we just tried to gather all the cool people we could find, with as diverse skills and interests as possible, and told them we wanted to build a space together. | ||
Our name developed from the fact that we wanted to have a "laboratory". | Our name developed from the fact that we wanted to have a "laboratory", but one for all kinds of things and projects. We aimed to establish an open climate conductive to a plurality of interests, professions and genders, thus '''Meta'''lab. | ||
Our logo depicts a phone booth – old school, public-access technology that has certain mythical qualities in fiction (examples include Dr. Who's booth that serves as a gateway into other worlds, and Clark Kent turning into Superman in one). | |||
=== What are some obstacles that you had to overcome at the beginning of your hackerspace when you were just getting started? === | === What are some obstacles that you had to overcome at the beginning of your hackerspace when you were just getting started? === | ||