Guildford Makerspace

We held our first successful Maker Day on Sat urday 23 February from 10am-3pm.   Over 100 people attended including family groups and individuals of all ages who had come to try something new or find out more about something they were interested in.   Some people dropped in for 30 minutes or so while others stayed for several hours to experience all the different gadgets.   The activities on offer were 3D printing, robotics, electronics, using a paper cutting lathe, watching maker videos and browsing maker books to gather information.   We received lots of positive comments about the session:  ‘A great day, my daughter is interested in Electronics and Robotics as a career.   This really gave her some inspiration, she and I built the Ohbot!   Great fun’.   ‘I loved talking to the technical librarian about code green initiatives for my young sons who are fascinated by technology. They loved playing with the electronics’. ‘Variety of new technolo...

  We are planning a week to celebrate all forms of geekery.  Events include:       Dungeons and Dragons A Raspberry Jam Digital Music Making A Tablet Tea and Teach Mobile Planetarium Robotics Programmable Lego    Find out more and book your place online. Applying gamification to reach your personal and professional goals   Surrey Libraries are pleased to be able to host this Digital Surrey event during Geek Week.  To find out more about Digital Surrey and book your place, visit  http://www.digitalsurrey.co.uk/ Innovate Guildford Geek Week also coincides with Guildford Borough Council's Science and Arts Festival, Innovate Guildford, see their programme at http://www.guildford.gov.uk/innovateguildford #digifriday

At Guildford Library on Friday 26 February from 10am to 12.30pm.   Are you are a creative writer who would like to try something new?  This session will focus on creating interactive fiction online using Inklewriter software .  Interactive fiction is a genre of writing that allows the writer and reader to branch off in different directions with the story, and can provide endless possibilities as to where that story ends up. This workshop session will include a brief introduction to interactive fiction, but the main focus will be a hands-on introduction to Inklewriter, with the aim of creating your own short piece of interactive fiction by the end of it.  Laptops will be provided for the session.   To book click here . This session is part of Surrey Libraries' Digital Friday programme, with new events held on the last Friday of every month at Guildford Library. #digifriday

Would you like to create your own website - perhaps for your own business, to promote a special interest group or start your own blog? This will be the ideal workshop for you. You will learn how to create your own simple website using WordPress, the most popular site building system on the web.  By the end of the session you will have your own Home, About Us and Contact pages, including menu, pictures and links. To book a place contact the Surrey Adult Learning Customer Service Team  on 0300 200 1044 or enrol online at Surrey Adult Learning Venue: Guildford Library Date: Friday 19 February Time: 10am to 1pm Fee: £20 #digifriday