Playspace: 001

​What it is

​Playspace is a weekly gathering for deep and communal co-working & co-learning!

​We bring together a community of people that learn to draw from youtube videos, create websites for friends, prepare workshops, write blog posts, compose songs, research distributed systems —and everything in between.

​Format

​We gather every Sunday from 10AM - 1PM.

• ​Beginning ritual and introductions - 15m

• ​Silent work session - 1hr15m

• ​Break time - 15m

• ​Silent work session 2 - 45m

• ​Casual demos* - 30m

​*we want to celebrate shipping but also showcase progress! Some of our favourite demos and lectures include failures or problems they realized half-way through the session rather than “look at the impressive thing I made.”

​We ask you not to bring any school, job work, startup, or existing long-term project here. dw, you'll make friends by sharing your work with others during the break and demos :)

​Why Playspace

​Play allows us to create and share in ways that competitive environments disincentivize.

​Playspace is a community that values exploring, learning, and building based on curiosity and intrinsic motivation rather than deadlines, money, or a desire to fit in.

​We will have succeeded when you, as an attendee, regain your childlike curiosity and drive for learning, making things & sharing them with friends.

​Who we are

​​​We are inspired by our friends at Socratica, an organization founded at the University of Waterloo that has recently expanded to cities across North America.