Electron Workshop Women’s Grant: The Electron Workshop Women’s Grant application deadline is now closed! Thank you to all those who applied. We will advise our decision via email by the end of April. Good luck!

RHoK (Random Hacks of Kindness) Showcase Evening This week RHoK scheduled a showcase evening to show people what they have been working on over the past months, an evening that featured Sean Herron from NASA, a passionate member of the RHoK.  For more info on this RHoK check out http://www.rhok.org/

Free Co-working Fridays: Coworking at the Electron Workshop on Fridays continues to be free & open to those who have not yet had the opportunity to work in the space. Email jeanette [-at-] electron workshop dot com dot au if you’re interested in visiting for the day. Fridays at Electron Workshop are a great opportunity to come and meet new people. This month we had a coworking pop-up by Melbourne Jelly!

New Workshop Hosts & Members: We are excited to announce our new Workshop hosts – developers Hamish and Frank of Melbourne Made!  Hamish and Frank are the latest to join the Electron Workshop community.  “Fresh from the delivery of Australia’s first biodiversity social network, Bowerbird.org.au, Melbourne Made specialise in the rapid development of socially networked websites and companion Apps.”

In addition to welcoming Hamish and Frank, we are also pleased to introduce Luke Woodhill of Digital Empire to the Electron Workshop – “Digital Empire focuses on developing digital business. Digital Empire has a portfolio of digital businesses under management and also works with other organisations to develop their business further via the digital channel.”  Welcome Luke!

Join Us! Looking for a fresh and inspiring work environment? We currently have casual and permanent desks available – for more info on how to become a member of our growing community, check out http://www.electronworkshop.com.au/join/

Afterwork Drinks on open coworking Friday, May 3rd.  Join us for afterwork drinks on from 5:30pm, before cofounder Nick Jaffe, sets off on his three-month sailing voyage across the Pacific Ocean.

Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram for the latest pictures and updates on events@electronworkshop

Always keep up to date with our dedicated events calendar.

More from me soon!

-Jeanette

Artbox is the world’s first dedicated video art player, incubated out of the Electron Workshop. Artbox is an initiative by local artists and developers, and will be culminate into a free software project for the Raspberry Pi microcomputer.

Today is a big day for Artbox, because the project is launching its Pozible crowd funding campaign, and to celebrate, they’re running a video art show tonight at Fed Square called One hundred and twenty seconds. The show will be on the big screen from 6pm tonight, featuring 50 local and international artists – over 300 people are set to join the celebration – it’s going to be huge!

Electron Workshop has partnered with Artbox, and is incubating the project along with other partners such as Federation Square and the Victorian College of the Arts, who are also working closely with the team to help develop this innovative project.

Follow the crowd funding campaign on Pozible at www.pozible.com/artbox – more information is also available from www.artbox.net.au

Come along to Fed Square tonight from 6pm onwards, for a drink and to celebrate art & technology!

Electron Workshop’s Women’s Grant: To celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th, we launched our Women’s Workshop Grant! We’re passionate about supporting women in technology, so we’ve introduced a grant dedicated to helping with the sometimes difficult step of starting your own business or going freelance. Application deadline – April 15. Spread the word! http://www.electronworkshop.com.au/grants/

Free Co-working Fridays: Coworking at the Electron Workshop on Fridays continues to be free & open to those who have not yet had the opportunity to work in the space. Email jeanette [-at-] electron workshop dot com dot au if you’re interested in visiting for the day. Fridays at Electron Workshop is a great place to come and meet new people: This month we had a coworking pop-up run by The Fetch team!

Free desk? Become a Workshop host: In exchange for free 24×7 access to Electron Workshop, we’re looking for our first space host – more details on the jobs page.

Join Us! Looking for a fresh and inspiring work environment? We currently have casual and permanent desks available – for more info on how to become a member of our growing community, check out http://www.electronworkshop.com.au/join/

Upcoming events

Cryptoparty + EFA + Electron Workshop Collaboration – THIS THURSDAY 21st of MARCH: Our first Cryptoparty / EFA collaboration is happening this month, featuring special guests Jon Lawrence and Andrew Pam to give an introduction on EFA and speak on issues concerning encryption and their campaign against data retention.

OpenTechSchool: Websites with Python Flask: We are excited to welcome back the Melbourne branch of OpenTechSchool for its second workshop. Have you ever wanted to learn how to develop websites in Python? Now is the time to start with the OTS Websites with Python Flask workshop. More info.

Kate Kendall of The Fetch: Kate Kendall, founder and CEO of TheFetch.com, is hosting her sought after two-hour workshop on community strategy and building at the Electron Workshop this week – not surprisingly, this event is unfortunately sold out!Electron Workshop is now on Instagram! Follow us for the latest pictures and updates on events @electronworkshop

You can find out more information on the Meetup.com listing & reserve your place (currently six spots are left) here.

You can read more about the global Jelly meetups on the official Jelly website.

Who would have thought… Cream truck repair workshop, to cutting edge digital workspace!

There are around 10-11 of us working out of the space, some of which are viewable on our Members page.

We’re also opening up our space for events, details can be found here on the Events page.

Hit us up on Facebook, Twitter, or Flickr!

If you’re a small digital business, digital freelancer, or desk hopper, come talk to us about renting a desk at Melbourne’s newest co-working space, located in sunny North Melbourne. Please get in contact, or email hello at electronworkshop.com.au to arrange viewing during weekday business hours.

Below is a small selection of photos – More photos are available on our Flickr page.