Toronto creative tech workshop: Binary Solo ✨ Ones and Zeros

February 2^nd in Toronto: Binary Solo at InterAccess

A creative tech workshop

In this workshop we'll discover what the 01100101s of binary *actually mean*, and how computers use them to store and transmit messages for people!

We'll decode a famous "binary solo" from a song, edit some code for Arduino (an electronics platform for interactive projects!), print out our own binary messages with thermal receipt printers, and think critically about the social effects of the assumptions built into early computer systems.

If that sounds like a lot, don't worry! This workshop is geared toward beginners, so you don't need a coding or electronics background to be here :)

If you require financial assistance to attend, please get in touch. Financial assistance is available.

Being able to write my poetry into binary/hex and then print it out was incredible and really rewarding.
—Ky, July 2018 Kingston workshop

Safe & inclusive environment

We strive to create a safe and inclusive learning environment for everyone. Our policies are adopted from the Recurse Center:

You'll come away with:

A deeper and more critical understanding of digital technology and the biases embedded right into how we encode language.
Skills you can use to make things: power supplies, programming Arduinos, and serial communication.
A new community of creative people who love making things.

I felt accomplished at the end :)
—Jocelyn, July 2018 Kingston workshop

Details

This is a one-day workshop, from 1:00pm – 6:00pm on February 2^nd, 2018.
The workshop will take place at InterAccess, 950 Dupont St. in Toronto.
The cost to attend is $60 + $5 material fee.