TechShop

We have found that a lot of information about TechShop flies by on Facebook, Slack, and Reddit. Here we try to archive relevant information so that it is easy to find.

Archived Notes

• Dec 28, 2017 Dan Rasure: From Facebook: Report that contractors may be paid as part of the deal.
• Dec 16, 2017 Dan Rasure: From Facebook: TS2 might be on again
• Dec 13, 2017 Doug Busch: From Facebook: An update on the TS situation after news of the collapse of the Memo of Understanding came out.
• Dec 13, 2017 Dan Rasure: From Facebook: Dan's public post after news of the MoU collapse came out.
• Dec 5, 2017 Web Archive: "Stay tuned for the next iteration of TechShop" appears on TechShop website
• Dec 5, 2017 Adafruit Notice of Liquidation Event / Memo of Understanding
• Dec 5, 2017 AdaFruit interview with Dan Rasure
• Dec 5, 2017 Dan Rasure: Dan talks about machine use fees
• Dec 3, 2017 Dan Rasure: An email to TS members about Dan Rasure's plans for the new TS2.0
• Nov 19, 2017 Town Hall: Notes of a meeting of TS members held in Santa Clara, California to talk about what we should do next. The genesis point of Maker Nexus.
• Nov 15, 2017 Web Archive: PDF posted at TechShop Website "Brief Company History"
• Nov 15, 2017 MAKE Magazine website: TechShop bankruptcy announced by Dan Woods

Social Media

Facebook

• Facebook TechShop Thereafter - This is an open place for us to discuss what we are going to do with our lives after TechShop
• Facebook Maker Orphans - A place for Makers to discuss options, news and plans for the maker movement.
• Facebook TechShop San Jose 2.0 - The goal of this page is to coordinate a potential new entity (business, non-profit, not sure) to takeover, sustain, and improve the former Techshop San Jose location.
• Facebook Lifetime Members TechShop Orphans
• Facebook TechShop Survivors

Reddit

• Reddit TechShop

Slack

• Slack Hackers and Makers

News on Individual TechShops:

• Austin

12/8 (post from Dan Rasure on TechShop2.0 FB group) "targeting San Francisco, Detroit,and Austin as the first 3 shops to open. "

12/29 (Quote from St. Louis Post-Dispatch Article) “Detroit, San Francisco, Austin and Chandler, Ariz., are on our priority list” to reopen, Rasure said Thursday. “We are pushing hard to reopen some shops within the next few weeks.”

• San Francisco

12/8 (post from Dan Rasure on TechShop2.0 FB group) "targeting San Francisco, Detroit,and Austin as the first 3 shops to open. "

12/29 (Quote from St. Louis Post-Dispatch Article) “Detroit, San Francisco, Austin and Chandler, Ariz., are on our priority list” to reopen, Rasure said Thursday. “We are pushing hard to reopen some shops within the next few weeks.”

• Detroit

12/8 (post from Dan Rasure on TechShop2.0 FB group) "targeting San Francisco, Detroit,and Austin as the first 3 shops to open. "

12/29 (Quote from St. Louis Post-Dispatch Article) “Detroit, San Francisco, Austin and Chandler, Ariz., are on our priority list” to reopen, Rasure said Thursday. “We are pushing hard to reopen some shops within the next few weeks.”

• Chandler/ASU

12/5 From Adafruit Interview: "And the Chandler, Arizona facility and the Brooklyn facility were a partnership with either Arizona State or the city of New York. So we’re trying to get through that process as well. And given that a public entity is involved, it’s not just about calling up the landlord and saying, hey, we did this. Can we come in and get to work. It is a more extensive process."

12/27 (post from TechShop Thereafter FB group): "a post from one of our Chandler City Councilmen (Mark Stewart) that TS Chandler is being re-opened as a local effort between the city and ASU. "

12/29 (Quote from St. Louis Post-Dispatch Article) “Detroit, San Francisco, Austin and Chandler, Ariz., are on our priority list” to reopen, Rasure said Thursday. “We are pushing hard to reopen some shops within the next few weeks.”

• Brooklyn

12/5 From Adafruit Interview: "And the Chandler, Arizona facility and the Brooklyn facility were a partnership with either Arizona State or the city of New York. So we’re trying to get through that process as well. And given that a public entity is involved, it’s not just about calling up the landlord and saying, hey, we did this. Can we come in and get to work. It is a more extensive process."

• San Jose

12/5 From Adafruit Interview: "The San Jose location is a brand new or almost brand new facility, but it doesn’t have — the parking situation is a little bit questionable. It also doesn’t have a ton of space in that facility. So we’re evaluating our options there."

• St Louis

11/28 Article about TS reopening as Maker Studio

12/29 St. Louis Post-Dispatch Article: Jim McKelvey buys building on Delmar to replace shuttered TechShop

• Pittsburgh

8/31 TS Reforms as ProtoHaven

12/5 From Adafruit Interview: "Pittsburgh for sure has to move."

• DC

• MidPeninsula