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on tuesday, 700 ppl from all over the world came to waterloo for its biggest demo day
featuring researchers, artists, founders, engineers ++
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one of the reasons to make things is to experience the world in more detail. paint once, and you pick up on how shadows lay. CAD something, you'll notice the filleting on your devices. life gets richer, and even more so if you get to share it with friends.
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we're open-sourcing our event matchmaking graph! upload a csv of attendees from
@LumaHQ
and see which ppl are most similar.
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hacker culture is so back
yesterday, 450 ppl registered to see 25+ incredible demos, ranging from alternative proteins to self balancing robots to songwriting
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friends of socratica, hard at work and play
in waterloo, vancouver, sf, palo alto, montreal, boston, kingston, london, la, kuala lumpur
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friends of socratica in la, sf, vancouver, waterloo, and accra (!!!) this weekend
people making robots, writing poems, gpu hacking, composing og songs, prepping research essays, and crafting stardew valley mods
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announcing our biggest demo day of the year - showcasing projects, hacks, companies, exhibits, and everything in between!
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at todays session in waterloo, people worked on making:
- “apple vision pro at home”
- hair clippers that auto fade
- watercolor paintings of waterloo
- socratica minecraft server!
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essence: captured
new nodes in tokyo, london (uk), and hague! all on the map
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we just hosted the coziest design-a-thon!
yesterday, 100+ people competed in tracks ranging from ugliest ui to lettuce eating contests
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the socratica coworking sessions starting up again for the year 2024 in vancouver and waterloo!
we are so back.
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are you kidding me!!! our inbox is so full today and the team is overjoyed
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- running mystery events by joss
- anomaly detection for power grids by anson
- knowledge graphs for research by brooke, elijah
- stories of extraordinary homes by wilbur
- computers made from NANDs by yash
- immersive slideshows using VR by justin
and so much more...
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during our sessions this week, all around the world, thousands of hours of creative work were completed
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thinking about how the team improved our og matchmaking poster by giving ppl color coded name tags to help find friends with similar interests
and generated all 450 custom nametags with.... figma plugins???
we ran a 200 person event and used embeddings to matchmake people based on their interests
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from our last session of the term in waterloo! see you in the summer – wherever you are!
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t-1!
featuring our montreal friends - working on modernizing paper publishing, silly websites, and rock weathering research
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to the hundreds of people who have been involved with this, we wish we could tag you all.
you leave us constantly in awe and remind us that socratica is truly nothing without its people.
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every weekend at socratica, 1200-ish hours of productive work get completed worldwide!
a thread of our lovely nodes
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something happened yesterday… we will indulge you in all the little details shortly
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the symposium will be live for all our friends tuning in from all over the world! come join us from wherever :)
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friendly beans - hosted every sunday in boston!
imo sunday is the best day of the week,
just pure vibes, unique projects & cool ppl!
-
coworking w friends ftw🥇
@clairebookworm1
@WoahIsThatSteve
@ariellelok
& many more!! 🧵
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for our emotionally invested – here's a glimpse of what we've been up to at socratica!
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TLDR for the past 2 years, we’ve been running co-working sessions for ppl all across the world.
we’ve been facilitating projects from auto hair clippers to Minecraft clones to filmmaking.
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we're in the business of helping good people do great things. we're all about rebuilding social fabric and creating more than we consume.
originating in waterloo, we're on 4 continents around the world with a presence in more than 30 cities.
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turns out you can just gather ppl and make things no matter where you are. crazy.
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for our friends in Canada – the Soto spotlight is the Symposium equivalent in Toronto and you probably don't want to miss out!
sign up! spots are limited:
Join us on May 26th!
The first Soto Spotlight will be happening on the University of Toronto campus, an evening dedicated to showcasing and celebrating the projects emerging from one of Toronto's most active and diverse builder-creator communities.
⁂
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we're not saying anything about the future of education but when information is abundant, the hard part becomes:
1. picking what to learn
2. finding the right people to learn alongside
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i love how our design process ritual starts with taking a selfie in figma
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we did a symposium PRE-RELEASE and 400+ ppl signed up in the first 16 hours??
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with new nodes popping up in singapore, mexico, minnesota, and mumbai this week. starting a node is easier done than said.
so join us! help us bring a socratica to your corner of the world by dm'ing us :)
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@MaoMulei
@CosineNetworks
@daviderady
@linathelam
@SohamBasu13
@hud_zah
@BruceWa26329099
@anthea_irl
@userisgrotesque
@b_ptrsn
@BrookeaJoseph
@pavitarsaini
@JakeSRudolph
@jennifertsai_
@EeshaU
@omgandhi_
we're in the business of helping good people do great things. we're all about rebuilding social fabric and creating more than we consume.
originating in waterloo, we're in 14+ nodes around the world - dm if you want to be the next :)
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our approach to gathering ppl is that "we're not married to the format, we're married to what works"
we spent the last month compiling the everything we've learned through our experiments (and put them all in one place)
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this week, demos included:
- eeg to image reconstruction
- sticker businesses
- new search engines
- chord progressions
- cinematography reels
but....
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a glimpse of our stage demos included
- hair clippers that auto fade by krish, chinemerem
- short films for rock climbing by max
- minecraft clone from scratch by victor
- visual arts journey by giang
- future of ev charging by alex, aryan
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@UWVelocity
@conraduwaterloo
@join_ef
@madebydaybreak
@contrary
@aadillpickle
@jtvhk
@jossmurphyy
@thehacksmith
ok 2nd lastly, a massive shout out to all our wonderful media team without whom these photos wouldn't exist!
freeman, sawm, phoebe, brayden, rishi, julian,tiffany, yousuf, anthea, henry and pandashi
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and lastly, thank you to all our sponsors and supporters who made this event a possibility!
@UWVelocity
@conraduwaterloo
@join_ef
@madebydaybreak
@contrary
@aadillpickle
@jtvhk
@jossmurphyy
and a special thank you to
@thehacksmith
for the cyber truck!!
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missed the symposium? want to relive it? you can now!!!
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inducing a shenanigan surplus one head of lettuce at a time
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meet the magicians behind the symposium. their calibre and dedication to the craft made the symposium feel out of this world!
@designtrbl
@xinsamericano
@yousufziaaa
@b_ptrsn
and giang
had the major honor of being one of the designers for the
@socraticainfo
w'24 symposium
from making wristbands, booth cards, lanyards, to 3D-ifying the mascots, seeing it all come together with the other designers' work that night was amazing
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@MaoMulei
@CosineNetworks
@daviderady
@linathelam
@SohamBasu13
this team is full of absolute bar raisers. it's an honor to see every part rendered with precision and care
we're looking at you
@hud_zah
@BruceWa26329099
@anthea_irl
@userisgrotesque
@b_ptrsn
@BrookeaJoseph
@pavitarsaini
@JakeSRudolph
@jennifertsai_
@EeshaU
@omgandhi_
++
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we even had booth demos!
from photography rooms, a night market, cool robot arms, volleyball robots and more...
find them all at:
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❤️🥹
@socraticainfo
is the physical manifestation of what I believe in. Seeing it blossom into what it is today makes me so, so stupidly proud. 280 characters will never describe my infinite gratitude.
So thank you, Socratica. Know that thousands of voices are rooting for you :)
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@jenndryden
@ansonyuu
@ariellelok
@freemanjiangg
@hud_zah
@rishiosaur
@scottific
@_jzhao
@benxneo
@WoahIsThatSteve
waterloo: this one!
vancouver:
@atelier_ubc
sf: by
@_jzhao
@hulloitskai
@scottific
@aadiillpickle
palo alto: by
@kdrag0n
@lnofx
montreal: by @/simonwang @/rickyliu
boston: by
@ariellelok
@WoahIsThatSteve
@rishiosaur
kingston: by
@pound_jesse
@arenjo_
london: by
@maya_l39
la:
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ok that socratica hand sign is so fire
TORONTO
@socraticainfo
was buzzing today
short film premieres, trigonometry streetwear, poker bots, advent of code, and so much more 🤍
come work on your side projects with us every sunday!
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TLDR for the past year we’ve been organizing co-working sessions for ppl’s high effort passion projects
we’ve facilitated thousands of hours of focused work, with mini demos throughout
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over the last few months, we've been curating our favourite projects from weekly socratica sessions in waterloo!
here's a glimpse of them:
- grid security systems
- auto hair clippers
- waterloo watercolour art
- robotic arms
- cultivated seafood
and 30+ more demos!
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made by the incredible
@freemanjiangg
and
@_rajanagarwal
who hustled this out right before the symposium
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we featured incredible demos like:
memory augmentation devices
@_rajanagarwal
@PourjafarNima
@IKorovinsky
neural interfaces
@crsamra
@avery_chiu
vertical farms
@hud_zah
poetry!
@itsajoyahoy
dance startups
@laganbansal21
building biotech institutions
@jennifertsai_
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alternative proteins
@rikardsaqe
self balancing robots ++
@sincethestudy
@clayhaight
@BigCrete
oil paintings, sketchbooks, and drawings
@adriyuhh
, julia
dune paintings @/bruce
ai assisting watches
@mayankja1n
short films @/nmeso
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if you're near waterloo or flying in, sign up and experience the magic with us.
spots tend to run out quickly!
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duckweed protein
@MaoMulei
network management
@CosineNetworks
electrical muscles
@daviderady
face painting
@linathelam
AND a chess kings court (a must)
@SohamBasu13
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adulting lessons
@EeshaU
prosthetic arms
@ElijahKurien
NERFs and Gaussian splatting
@Shahanneda
impeccable branding by
@userisgrotesque
@b_ptrsn
songwriting @/chantelle
skincare app
@aviralgod
trans health studies @/tessa @/lucas
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sundays in la!
hosted by jade, jake, josh, chris, ethan, bj ++
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might just be us
do u find learning something u are passionate about a lonely journey?
like there’s no learning community irl for the twenties and thirties
and I feel like I have to always choose being alone at a coffee shop on a Saturday night or go out with friends
i might wanna host 👇🏼
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this is an especially fun artifact because we got to involve hosts from all generations and nodes!!
if you're looking to start one where you are, shoot a dm
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we gathered the avengers of running demo days to contribute towards this issue
featuring writers from
@mvdemos_
@atelier_ubc
@soto_place
@newdemos_
and socratica london
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here’s a quick glimpse of some of the winners! they included:
- rizz slot machine
- get to know aileen
- freeman’s photos
- and dear ion
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for all our delhi friends, pull up!!
hosting a one-off
@socraticainfo
in Delhi this Sunday, May 5th at 12 PM.
cool ppl come and co-work on anything not school/work related for 3 hours in pomodoros.
DM me for the deets! only trying to keep this small so first come first serve.
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the wabi-sabi-thon was conjured to bring the fun and silly back to design while taking a whimsical twist on the traditional hackathon
we gave away $1000+ in prizes and tracks included:
- art
- videography
- photography
- most rizz
- and lastly, ugliest ui
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a lot can happen in 475 days, starting a node is truly easier done than said, u and ur friends are probably one text message away.
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and a massive shout-out to all the people who contributed to this:
@donaldjewkes
@lychkel
@clo_wang
@ansonyuu
@internetvin
@JakeSRudolph
@senecaforster
@Shahanneda
@itsjoyahoy
@BrookeaJoseph
and Ananya Kannan
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our organizing team is constantly raising the bar and changing the narrative on the traditional hackathon.
of course, none of this would have been possible without
@userisgrotesque
@laganbansal21
@mathurahravi
@anthea_irl
@linathelam
@CaPtAainCookiE
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we've compiled all our experiences and wrote about everything from:
- starting demo days
- finding demoers
- planning logistics
- crafting the sparkle
- how to demo
- and much more!
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a lot of this advice is very tactical and direct, as opposed to previous issues we’ve released that are broader / “here are a couple of things you can do”.
we don’t promise that any of these steps are perfect or mandatory to run a demo day, but some things we’ve done that worked
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friendly beans in boston!
hosted by rishi, steve and arielle
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and lastly, a giant shout out to our sponsors (
@AccoaLabs
@sfcompute
@jtvhk
@UWaterloo
@uwaterlooWiE
@uwaterloowics
@/Waterloo Women’s Impact Network)
emotional investors and chief documenters (
@freemanjiangg
@yousufziaaa
)
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hundreds of likeminded people all over the world come together to work on stuff weekly.
whether you’re working on startups, hardware, art, writing or anything else in between, consider joining us!
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