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I briefly stopped by the headquarters of HacDC to take part in their “Grand Opening” celebration this evening. They’ve been up and running for quite a while, but were having an official kick-off week this week.

It’s an interesting idea, and though I am not much of a hardware hacker type (when I was, it was years ago), I’m very excited about the idea of the community and/or focused effort that could come out of it. On the surface, it’s the “hacker clubhouse” idea — a bunch of people have contributed an amazing amount of stuff into a workspace where people can hang out and work on projects, without having to clutter up their own spaces at home. But talking to some of the folks around, there is a hope to make it into an organization with a larger impact than just a bunch of geeks playing with toys. I’ll be very interested to see how it evolves, and definitely look forward to talking to some of the folks I met there again, and seeing what they cook up.

Stop by their website, and give it a look. And, if it interests you, stop by the space. There’s a good chance that when we adjourn CapSec DC this week (reminder, it is THIS Wednesday), we’ll head up to the HacDC space afterwards so that people can get a look at what’s going on.