Intro to HTML: Coding Class for Women Thursday, April 7th: 6:30-8:30PM
Get the fundamentals down for this practical and simple coding language. This is a great introduction for anyone who wants to get started with code. Bring your laptop!
Computer Girls is coding classes for women by women. In partnership with Women’s Enterprise Skills Training (WEST) and funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation, these classes are taught by female professional computer programmers with the aim to get more women interested in coding. Register Here
Electronics Club: Ask An Electronics Nerd Sunday, April 10: 1-2PM
Wondering how to get started with electronics? How to get your project to actually work? Where to order parts? How to make your killer robot obey you?
Join the Electronics Club for a question and answer with experienced electronics hobbyists. This event is great for anyone who wants to get started with electronics, like artists, hobbyists, cosplayers. Facebook Event Here
DIY Audio Electronics Club: Making Noise! Wednesday, April 13: 7:00 – 9:00PM
Join us for an evening of DIY audio demos! First up will be Nik Steel presenting his homemade microphone, then we have Shawn Wilson and his equipment he uses to record live band performances. Facebook Event
Guild Kata Night Thursday, April 14: 7-9PM
Practice makes perfect. Find a partner and pair up to solve programming problems together. Learn new patterns, techniques and problem solving skills that you can apply every day. Bring along your laptop! Meetup Event here
Member Day: Work Benches & Pizza Saturday, April 16: 3:00 – 5:00PM
This month’s Member Day is tackling the work benches! We always want to make our space better for our membership and organized, clear workbenches are essential. We will be thanking anyone helping with this project with some delicious, delicious pizza.
Design Time: Neighbourhood Challenge Tuesday, April 19: 5:00 – 7:00PM
Stay tuned to hear more about this exciting new event!
Board Game Night: Thursday, April 21: 6-10PM
Join us for a night of board games and card games. This event is free and open to everyone.
If you’re new to board games, we can help get you started. Facebook Event!
Order of the Indie Game Developers Monday, April 25th: 7-9PM
Join likeminded designers and dreamers for an evening of demos and discussion on the world of game design. This group is for those interested in creating games both digital and tabletop. Facebook Event Here!
StartUp Windsor Tuesday, April 26th Grab a drink, meet some new people, and share your entrepreneurial experiences and ideas. Facebook Event
Software Guild Wednesday, April 27: 7-9PM
The group for professional developers meets monthly to discuss best practices and professional development. Keep up to date on MeetUp
Electronics Club Meeting Saturday, March 5: 2:00 – 4:00PM
The first official meeting of Hackforge’s Electronics Club! Open to the public, come down and share your love of electronics and discuss what you would like to see the club become. Facebook Event
Guild Kata Night:
Tuesday, March 8: 6:30 – 9:30PM
Practice makes perfect. Find a partner and pair up to solve programming problems together. Learn new patterns, techniques and problem solving skills that you can apply every day. Bring along your laptop! Meetup event here!
Introducing… DIY Audio Electronics Club Wednesday, March 9: 7:00 – 9:00PM
You’re invited to the first meeting of Hackforge’s DIY Audio Electronics Club! Open to members and the general public, the inaugural meetup will include:
First group project: headphone amplifier kit. Each participant will have the option to purchase and assemble the kit at a future meeting.
Intro to HTML: Free Coding class for Women Thursday, March 10: 6:30-8:30PM
Get the fundamentals down for this practical and simple coding language. This is a great introduction for anyone who wants to get started with code. Bring your laptop!
Computer Girls is coding classes for women by women. In partnership with Women’s Enterprise Skills Training (WEST), these classes are taught by female professional computer programmers with the aim to get more women interested in coding. Register here!
MEMBER DAY: Work Hard Play Hard Saturday, March 12: 2:00 – 5:00 PM
Every month, we invite our members to work together on a project. Our project for March is to help go through our 90s computer repair shop, otherwise known as the storage room. Together we’ll make the space a better place! Together we’ll eat some delicious pizza!
StartUp MeetUp Tuesday, March 15: 6-8PM
Grab a drink, meet some new people, and share your entrepreneurial experiences and ideas. Facebook Event
Board Game Night Wednesday, March 16: 6-9PM
Join us for a night of board games and card games. This event is free and open to everyone.
If you’re new to board games, we can help get you started. Facebook Event
Coding for Women: HTML & CSS Thursday, March 24: 6:30-8:30PM
A match made in heaven! Come learn how to bring together these two programming languages into a functional, stylish way. Perfect for beginners. Bring your laptop to this free workshop.
Computer Girls is coding classes for women by women. In partnership with Women’s Enterprise Skills Training (WEST), these classes are taught by female professional computer programmers with the aim to get more women interested in coding. Register here!
Software Guild Wednesday, March 30: 7-9PM
The group for professional developers meets monthly to discuss best practices and professional development. Keep up to date on MeetUp
Saturday, February 27th, join Hackforge (255 Ouellette Ave) from 2-5PM for a Hack the Afternoon. A free workshop forbeginners to pros, learn how to map Windsor’s Riverfront Sculpture Park walk. We’re creating a map full of photos (personal and archival) that explore Windsor’s Detroit River walk in a visual, interactive way.
Beginners: Learn how to customize Google Maps with photo mapping for your future vacations or other projects.
Developers: Dig deeper with how to manipulate map data in different formats and use it in your project. We’ll be working with QGIS and moving mapping data between various platforms.
What to Bring: Laptop, any photos you have (digital or physical) of the Sculpture Park, riverfront trail or shoreline to contribute to put in on the map.
Share your photos electronically with Hackforge (@Hackforge).
On Saturday, January 30th, Hackforge (255 Ouellette) invites the people of Windsor to write their first line of code. From 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM, people can drop into the space, sit with a programmer at a computer and type out a few instructions in a coding language. This event is free and family friendly event.
This event aims to expose those outside the tech industry to the vast world of computer science. The goal is to demystify coding, meet programmers, and give some insight into how programming helps builds the world around us. For those looking to learn more, the day will also offer an Intro to HTML class for women and Hands-on With Ruby on Rails class.
Schedule:
Drop In 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Throughout the day, come by Hackforge to write your first line of code! Sit with a professional computer programmer for 5 minutes and learn some basics before you write out your first command.
3D Printing Demonstration
9:30AM – 12:00PM
As you stop in, check out the demo of this exciting technology by our friends at Kelcom 3D Printing.
Software Guild’s Hands-on with Ruby on Rails Workshop 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Bring your laptop down and start learning Ruby on Rails right from the beginning. We’ll take you through the process of creating an app like Twitter with one of the easiest platforms around for learning and getting a web-app up and running quickly. Registration is required – Previous HTML knowledge preferred – Bring your own Laptop!
Free Face Painting 12:30PM – 3:
Bring the kids down so they can try out some kid-friendly coding exercises and get their face painted!
Computer Girls’ Free Intro to HTML Class for Women 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Ever wanted to learn to code? This free class will give you an intro to HTML, the basic language used to create web pages. Designed for working women and taught by professional female developers, this class will help you get started in the world of coding. This program is brought to you by the Ontario Trillium Foundation. Registration is required – No previous coding experience needed – Bring your own laptop!
Hackforge Board Game Night Thursday, January 14: 6-10PM
Join us for a night of board games and card games. This event is free and open to everyone.
If you’re new to board games, we can help get you started. Facebook Event Here
StartUp MeetUp Monday, January 18: 6-8PM
Get your idea off the ground in 2016!
Grab a drink, meet some new people, and share your entrepreneurial experiences and ideas. Check them out on Facebook
Maptime Windsor: Missing Maps Thursday, January 21: 6-8PM
Maptime Windsor is looking at the Missing Maps project. The goal of this project is to map the most vulnerable places in the developing world, in order that international and local NGOs, and individuals can use the maps and data to better respond to crises affecting the areas.
Missing Maps is a global initiative and everyone from beginners to experts can help map. Whether you are coming to contribute or just learn more, Maptime is for everyone!
Please bring along a laptop to participate.
Hackforge Electronics Club Presents: Intro to Arduino Workshop Saturday, January 23: 2-5PM
Learn about this open-source electronic prototyping platform in a hands-on workshop. Registration cost includes an Intro to Arduino kit which you can take home!
No electronics or coding experience required. Please bring along a laptop.
Registration required! Space is limited! Sign up here.
Software Guild: Ask a Rubyist Wednesday, January 27: 7-9PM
This month we’ll get to see two different approaches to creating web-apps with Ruby, followed by a question and answer session with some of our resident Rubyists, Andrew and Corey. Check out the event here
Write Your First Line of Code Saturday, January 30: All Day
Let’s demystify computer programming one line at a time. We’re inviting all beginners to code to join us at Hackforge for a day of discovery and ‘hello world’s!
