Security News > 2011 > March > Techies Get to Work at Hacker Dojo

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703386704576186530946790912.html By GEOFFREY A. FOWLER The Wall Street Journal March 10, 2011 MOUNTAIN VIEW -- In Silicon Valley, sometimes even computer geeks want a little human contact. And one place they gather is Hacker Dojo in Mountain View, which fashions itself as a shared office space crossed with a modern version of the famed 1970s Homebrew Computer Club, an incubator for early personal-computer companies including Apple Inc. For $100 a month, Hacker Dojo members get 24-hour access to work in its building, a fast wireless Internet connection and the right to participate in sessions ranging from advanced data mining to old-fashioned lock picking. The center has a Friday happy hour, too. Hacker Dojo differs from most other co-working spaces in the region because it emphasizes community over just renting a desk. "The Dojo provides the Bay Area technical community with infrastructure. Our infrastructure happens to be both physical and social in nature," said David Weekly, one of the organization's founding directors. "We are a place you can go on a 24-hour programming binge fueled by Red Bull, and you won't feel like a freak. But you have to bring your own Red Bull," said the 32-year-old Mr. Weekly, who is also the founder of collaboration-software company PBworks. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/

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