For their 10th anniversary, Seattle Greendrinks commissioned us to create another Bird Box with the “simple” requirement that it was portable. Their event moves around and they generally use a SmartCar from Car2Go. Andrew and I worked our magic and fit the entire device in an antique suitcase complete with Edison bulb sconces, mechanical bell, LCD screen, and vintage charm.
For the 2013 Seattle Maker Faire we repurposed the Smash Putt Bird Box, changed up the slides and created a custom mounting stand. We were not allowed to touch the walls at The Seattle Center so the entire installation needed to be freestanding.
Smash Putt brings with it much different requirements then the Bird Box we had at Office Nomads. It needed to be loud, flashy and drunk-proof. We went with the Raspberry Pi at the heart and added a screen and a camera. The camera was purely to get people’s attention and it worked!
The first Bird Box we created used an Arduino that simply polled Twitter for a given string and activated a light if it was found. When Twitter updated their API to require OAuth authentication the Arduino was no longer feasible but by that time the Raspberry Pi had been released.
Nadine is an open source system for facilitating a coworking community. There is a kiosk located at the front desk where members sign-in each day and new visitors are entered in the system. Members can connect via the web interface, explore other members and what is happening around the space. Staff members have rich data and statistics on how the business is running and dynamic, data-driven to-do lists to help new and exiting members.
The mission of the Seattle Collaborative Space Alliance (SCSA) is to unify, support and promote the coworking and collaborative space movement. We are a distributed community of space owners, managers, members, and community catalysts who share a passion for coworking and collaboration in and around the Seattle metro area.
