Here are some links we feel may be of use to the local hacker community.
Do you know of a link we should add to this page? Let us know! (However, be prepared to explain why your link is actually relevant to users of this site in particular. Link spammers are subject to being laughed at.)
2600 links
- 2600 Magazine The Hacker Quarterly
- 2600 Meetings Locations and websites of all known 2600 meetings
- Freedom Downtime 2600's feature-length documentary about the"Free Kevin" movement and the hacker world.
- HOPE Hackers On Planet Earth, New York City's own biennial hacker conference
- Off the Hook Our beloved radio show, warping the airwaves since 1988.
Local culture
- Animated Manhattan Depictions of Manhattan in animation.
- Coney Island History Project Documenting Coney Island's legendary and colorful past and present.
- Forgotten NY Modern archaeology in the City
- Lost City A tribute to the disappearing vestiges of Old New York City
- Overheard in New York The permanent record your teachers warned you about.
- Payphone Project: New York Local payphone photos and info
- Scouting NY Observations and adventures of a local film location scout.
- WBAI Listener-supported radio
Local events
- Art Cards Local art scene happenings.
- Nerd Nite NYC An informal gathering at which nerds get together for nerdery of all sorts
- New York Academy of Sciences events Calendar of upcoming scientific happenings at NYAS
- New Yorkled Events calendar and tourism info
- Nonsense NYC Weekly mailing list for random weird shows, parties, and other eclectic events in town
- The Skint Listings of free and cheap things to buy, see, and do in New York
Local groups and gatherings
- Geeks OUT Celebrating the LGBT community's presence in NYC geekdom
- Island Labs Tech enthusiasts on Long Island
- LILUG Long Island Linux Users Group
- Monthly Music Hackathon NYC Musicians, programmers, artists, scientists, composers, hardware tinkerers, and others spend the last Saturday of each month hacking and performing.
- New York Amateur Astronomers Association Long-running astronomy club with lectures, classes, observing sessions, and more.
- NYC Python New York City Python User Group
- NYCBUG New York City *BSD User Group
- NYSEC The New York Security forum (NYSec) is an informal meetup of information security professionals in New York.
- OWASP The Open Web Application Security Project exists to make software security visible, so that individuals and organizations are able to make informed decisions.
- Wikimedia New York City A local Wikimedia chapter.
- Wikipedia Meetup NYC Occasional gatherings of New York's own Wikipedians
Local hackerspaces
- Alpha One Labs Once a Brooklyn hackerspace, it's now entirely virtual
- Collab Brooklyn fab lab and innovation studio
- Eyebeam Art + Technology center
- fat cat FAB LAB West Village hackerspace
- Genspace New York's community biolab
- Hack Manhattan Hackerspace near Union Square.
- NYC Resistor NYC's first hackerspace
Local resources
- Craigslist NY Some genuinely useful things buried in a mountain of noise.
- NYC Transit Trains and buses
- Ride the City Bicycle-safe routes and directions.
Of interest
- “New York City Hackers” Free, short documentary filmed in 2000 by Stig-Lennart Sørensen, featuring 2600 and NYC2600.
- Computer Stupidities Stories and anecdotes about clueless computer users.
- Defective By Design The campaign to eliminate DRM
- Electronic Frontier Foundation Defending freedom in the digital world
- Hacker Public Radio Community-produced podcasts on all aspects of hackerdom.