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Physical Spaces
Vancouver Resources
Walking Distance
- Vancouver Public Library: Britannia Branch: Public library and community centre
- Kickstand: Volunteer-run bike repair shop
- Vancouver Community Laboratory: Makerspace for machining, workshops
- Our Social Fabric: Non-profit textile recycling, also does workshops
- FreeGeek: Non-profit computer recycling and 2nd hand electronics
Driving Distance
- Vancouver Tool Library: Tool rentals
- Maiwa: Weaving, dying, surface design workshops and supplies
- Vivo Media Arts Centre: Workshops in media art, equipment rentals, and events
Groups and Meetups
- Vancouver Side Project Builders Meetup: for anyone interested in building side projects. Developers, designers, marketers, executors
- Ionic Vancouver: For anyone using or interested in using Ionic to build mobile hybrid apps using modern web technologies
- Outside the Box: Woodworking and design in Vancouver
- Dctrl Van: Collaborative Community inspired by the ideas behind Bitcoin, Decentralization, and the Open Source movement
- Google Developers Group Cloud: for developers interested in resources and technology from Google Developers
Events
- Vancouver Mini Maker Faire: Maker Faire
- Italian Day on the Drive: Festival on commercial drive with street vendors and entertainment
- Commercial Drive Car Free Day: Roads are blcoked off to cars and locals take to the drive to hang out
- The Parade of Lost Souls: Halloween event with costumes and entertainment on Commercial Drive
- EastSide Culture Crawl: A festival of visual arts, design and crafts throughout East Vancouver
Online Resources
General Learning Websites
- Zenva Academy: Learn programming, web development and game design
- Code Academy: Learn Coding
- Make Code Arcade: Game design and coding for beginners
- Skillshare: Online video tutorials
- Coursera: Online accredited courses
- Khan academy: Free online courses in STEM
- Make Magazine: Long-running maker magazine
Youtube
- CNC Kitchen: 3D printing, CNC, CAD, Lasers, Arduino
- Make Anything: 3D printing and design
- NYC CNC: Fusion 360 and CNCing
- Clickspring: Gorgeous brass lathework
- This Old Tony: Educational / entertaining machining
Coding
- Free Code Camp: Learn HTML, Javascript, CSS, and more
- Datacamp: Learn R, Python and Data Science
- Learn Python The Hard Way: Learn Python
- W3schools.com: Tutorials and references for coding
Crafting
- Ravelry: Knit and Crocheting community
Electronics
- What's in that pile? A quick and dirty guide to cable types
Machining
Sewing
- Valentina Project:Open source pattern drafting CAD software
- Freesewing: Open source automatic pattern generating software
Other
Software tools
- Woodgears.ca: Online gear calculator
- Algodoo: Free 2D physics software (linkages, springs, motors, optics…)
Tips and Tricks
- Frets - Home Shop Tech: Hundreds of bite-sized tips and tricks for machining
- Fictiv Hardware Guide for collective knowledge around strategic prototyping
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