dorkbot-boston

I have a really awesome announcement to make this morning.

A few weeks ago, I made a plea for some help organizing dorkbot gatherings and am thrilled to let you know that Emily Daniels has stepped up to help w/ dorkbot-boston!

She is a multimedia artist, tool-maker, community organizer and educator based in the Boston area. After earning a BFA in painting and printmaking from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, she went on to become the School Director of Kaplan Aspect – Harvard Square and has since developed and established the school as a leader in ESL education. Her more recent projects involve creating interactive robots that express emotions or thoughts in order to generate empathy and make a more approachable and personable experience with computing machines.

What impresses me about Emily is her commitment to community building and figuring out ways to break down the artificial barriers between various art/tech/hacker/school/etc groups around Boston. She speaks passionately about her own work but is equally enthusiastic about other people and their projects. She has an attitude of collaboration and has already proven it through things like organizing a talk at Barcamp about hackergroups and spaces, collecting resources to share with dorkbot members, and evangelizing on behalf of what crazy things people are doing with electricity.

It’s great to have her on board! We’re already starting to work on the
next few dorkbot meetings, some dorkbot field trips, free workshops and lots of other strange activities to fill your summer.

With that being said: If you’re ever interested in helping organize dorkbot-boston or even just want to offer suggestions for speakers, venues, or activities, then the door is wide open for anyone willing to step up!