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Lionello Lunesu, Kent Zaitlik and Noah Solnick are three Techyizu volunteers and organisers of Hackyizu 2015. Each briefly tells their own story of their journey in technology, their experience as entrepreneurs in China, the enjoyment they get from helping others develop and improve in the world of technology through their work with Techyizu and the events it organises that encourage beginners and entrepreneurs to get involved in the Maker movement for pleasure or in order to solve business needs.
Shownotes EP 13
Lionello Lunesu is a staff member at XinCheJian and a TechYiZu Volunteer. XinCheJian is currently China’s biggest hacker space and is located in the JingAn district in the heart of Shanghai.
Lionello joined XinCheJian 4 years ago. He is originally from the Netherlands and has an Italian father, which complicates this questions.
Throughout his working life Lionello has been mostly involved with startups and has just recently started a new one. This project came out of an side project he and other members of XinCheJian developed. His background is in software but the current start up is developing a hardware solution.
His first start up came after he dropped out of Technical university at the age of twenty-one 18 years ago for his first start up which was to create a virtual reality computer training. At the time it was very difficult to generate interest and used headsets and other technology that is currently in vogue with Oculurs Rift. Five years spent on working on this technology which simulated escaping from burning oil rigs the company was sold to a CAD company that used the software to create a 3D simulation for building construction that enable project managers to visulise the problems to be real time. He stayed on with the company to continue development of the system for eight years. In the meantime he moved to Romania after five years. After a brief business trip to China he asked for a permanent transfer he witnessed the level of advancement there. Two years later he quit to work for Microsoft on components for Windows 8, at the time the world’s biggest software project, that would be integrated into the product in the USA. After two years he and two other managers left to create a new startup on which he worked for a year. He is now working on his own startup which has laid dormant for a number of years is a combination of software and hardware.
One of the ways the hacker space keeps running is to organise workshops. Lionello has been taking the Arduino workshop for a number of years every few months. With the TechYiZu Hackyizu he ran the beginners Arduino workshop. After the workshop he remained to help participants overcome and solve difficulties that they encountered.
In his view the words software and hardware create in the mind a contradiction that places like the
He works at overcoming the division that the words software and hardware create in peoples minds. He gets pleasure from seeing beginners and people with no programming and/or electronics experience being able to complete projects. He also enjoys the magic that is produced when software and hardware are combined to create solutions. He now prefers to create hardware solutions combined with software to real world problems and not apps as he believes that this will create better solutions.
The word “Hacker Space” should be replaced by the term “Maker Space”. At the XinCheJian Maker Space he helps to give the opportunity for example to office workers the chance to gain the ability to make and create in it’s workshops. Activities such as Making Apps, Painting and Urban farming, Electronics are able to release the creativity that people have inside them. The Spaghetti bridge, which is know internationally and has regularly workshops held at XinCheJian. People love to construct bridges using spaghetti and hot glue. Exposing people from a finance background the opportunity to forget about typing and think of spaghetti as steel wires and then to burn themselves as they construct bridges.
To become a member of the XincheJian Hacker Space is very simple. All you have to do is place the fee in an envelope and put it in the box. This will enable you to have access to all the physical resources and tools, and also meet and exchange ideas with people.
Kent Zeitlic is a Techyizu volunteer based in XinCheJian. He is originally from Florida, USA and has lived and worked in China for three years. Currently he is a manager for a sustainable engineering firm help grow the . Before that he worked for a private equity firm that invested in with early stage high technology startups as well as open innovation consultancy work for large multinationals in China. Previous to that he worked on getting sustainable engineering projects implemented in China and was involved ing getting one of the first being an commercial aquaponics project.
He was involved with the organisation of the TechYiZu HackYiZu and during the beginners Arduino course teaching, explaining the basics and helping participants to over come technical difficulties as they moved on to more advanced projects. He explains that TechYiZu organises another event Design Shanghai, which gets participants to offer ideas on redesigning cities to solve problems. He likes design and science and to bring art into science with a preference for hardware. He describes the details of the aquaponics project that he was involved with as a combination of hydroponics (growing vegetables in nutrient rich water) and aquaculture (raising fish). A feedback loop is created so that food is produced. The project led to innovations such as in the automation of the system and breakdown detection. This project was a large-scale commercial project with an approximate 1,000,000RMB investment. Small scale projects are interesting and can be conducted in the home or office.The final goal however is large scale food production.
Kent explains that TechYiZu’s desired outcomes for HackYiZu are:
To show that they can do it on their own,
To create something
To solve real problems
To supply the tools and frame of mind to do it.
To give people the power and the mindset.
To have fun
To encourage people to be entrepreneurs
To gain practical skills
To learn teamwork
How do you think about this problem
How do you approach this problem.
To learn persistence
All in a 48 hour period.
Kent can be contacted through LinkIn and his email.
Noah Solnick is a TechYiZu volunteer based in XinCheJian. He is originally from San Francisco, California. He first came to Dalian and moved to Shanghai one year ago. He came across by chance the Barcamp Tech Conference organised by TechYiZu, described as an “unconference”. Where he met 100’s of like minded technology geeks and the conference. He ask to join and was readily accepted by the voluntary organisation as a volunteer. Now he helps run events such as Barcamp, which is run twice a year and where anyone can speak with the agenda set on the day. Other events include Designing Shanghai, Startup competions and other small events including happy hours for the technology design community. Noah’s role like all members is fairly low key and flexible. For the TechYiZu HackYiZu he was a “Sheriff” responsible for getting the word out, organising snacks. The event generally runs itself and in the past the the two goals of introducing beginners to basic to make your own hardware as well as allowing teams to together advanced projects. This year the“Introduction to Laser Cutting” was added and was run by Noah. This was in partnership with XinFab the Fablab also located in XinCheJian. The first step was to download the free open source software “Inkscape” an alternative to Adobe. He expressed his gratitude and thanks to those that have worked on it all around the world.
Finally Noah pointed out that the maker spaces in San Francisco are generally out of the way in places like Silicon Valley. While XinCheJian is centrally located in the heart of Shanghai giving the maker community the opportunity to take part easily.
Noah can be contacted through his LinkedIn page.
TechYiZu can be contacted at:
techyizu.org and also on WeChat.
Show Notes:
Certainly! Here’s the combined version of Interview 1 and Interview 2, divided into three sections with start and finish time codes:
Section 1: Kent Zaidlich – Journey as an Entrepreneur in Asia (Start: 00:00 / Finish: 06:15)
– Kent Zaidlich, an entrepreneur from the United States, shares his journey of becoming an entrepreneur in Asia.
– He worked for a private equity firm in sustainable engineering, combining art and science to create large-scale sustainable commercial projects.
– Kent emphasizes the importance of believing in oneself and having the mindset that anything is possible for aspiring entrepreneurs.
– He discusses the practical and metaphysical skills that participants gain through events like hakazu, including teamwork, problem-solving, and persistence.
Section 2: Noah Solnik – Discovering Techizu and Organizing Events (Start: 06:15 / Finish: 12:35)
– Noah Solnik, originally from San Francisco, talks about his involvement with Techizu and the events he helps organize in Shanghai.
– He discovered Techizu through an event called bar camp, which led him to volunteer with the organization.
– Noah explains the concept of bar camps, which are free and open tech conferences where anyone can give a presentation.
– He highlights the accessibility and welcoming nature of the creative community in Shanghai compared to his experiences in San Francisco.
– Noah introduces laser cutting as a new addition to the hakazu event and discusses his role in teaching beginners the basics of laser cutting using software like Inkscape.
– He mentions the benefits of open-source software in making design tools more accessible to people who are just starting.
Section 3: Importance of Techizu Events and Community (Start: 12:35 / Finish: 17:20)
– Kent and Noah discuss the goals and significance of Techizu events, such as hakazu, bar camps, and startup competitions.
– They emphasize the opportunities these events provide for knowledge sharing, collaboration, and skill development among tech enthusiasts in Asia.
– The Techizu volunteers emphasize the inclusive and supportive nature of the creative community in Shanghai, which encourages individuals to explore their passions and turn ideas into action.
– Listeners are encouraged to visit Techizu’s website and explore the various events and opportunities available.
Conclusion and Call to Action (Start: 17:20 / Finish: 18:40)
– The combined interviews showcase the vibrant tech and entrepreneurial community in Asia, particularly in Shanghai.
– Techizu’s events provide platforms for knowledge sharing, collaboration, and skill development among tech enthusiasts.
– Listeners are encouraged to visit Techizu’s website and explore the various events and opportunities available.
– The episode concludes with a call to action, inviting listeners to subscribe to Asia Biz Stories and visit the website for more inspiring content on turning inspiration into action.
The post EIA 011 TechYiZu’s Inspiring Makers appeared first on AsiaBizStories.
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Lionello Lunesu, Kent Zaitlik and Noah Solnick are three Techyizu volunteers and organisers of Hackyizu 2015. Each briefly tells their own story of their journey in technology, their experience as entrepreneurs in China, the enjoyment they get from helping others develop and improve in the world of technology through their work with Techyizu and the events it organises that encourage beginners and entrepreneurs to get involved in the Maker movement for pleasure or in order to solve business needs.
Shownotes EP 13
Lionello Lunesu is a staff member at XinCheJian and a TechYiZu Volunteer. XinCheJian is currently China’s biggest hacker space and is located in the JingAn district in the heart of Shanghai.
Lionello joined XinCheJian 4 years ago. He is originally from the Netherlands and has an Italian father, which complicates this questions.
Throughout his working life Lionello has been mostly involved with startups and has just recently started a new one. This project came out of an side project he and other members of XinCheJian developed. His background is in software but the current start up is developing a hardware solution.
His first start up came after he dropped out of Technical university at the age of twenty-one 18 years ago for his first start up which was to create a virtual reality computer training. At the time it was very difficult to generate interest and used headsets and other technology that is currently in vogue with Oculurs Rift. Five years spent on working on this technology which simulated escaping from burning oil rigs the company was sold to a CAD company that used the software to create a 3D simulation for building construction that enable project managers to visulise the problems to be real time. He stayed on with the company to continue development of the system for eight years. In the meantime he moved to Romania after five years. After a brief business trip to China he asked for a permanent transfer he witnessed the level of advancement there. Two years later he quit to work for Microsoft on components for Windows 8, at the time the world’s biggest software project, that would be integrated into the product in the USA. After two years he and two other managers left to create a new startup on which he worked for a year. He is now working on his own startup which has laid dormant for a number of years is a combination of software and hardware.
One of the ways the hacker space keeps running is to organise workshops. Lionello has been taking the Arduino workshop for a number of years every few months. With the TechYiZu Hackyizu he ran the beginners Arduino workshop. After the workshop he remained to help participants overcome and solve difficulties that they encountered.
In his view the words software and hardware create in the mind a contradiction that places like the
He works at overcoming the division that the words software and hardware create in peoples minds. He gets pleasure from seeing beginners and people with no programming and/or electronics experience being able to complete projects. He also enjoys the magic that is produced when software and hardware are combined to create solutions. He now prefers to create hardware solutions combined with software to real world problems and not apps as he believes that this will create better solutions.
The word “Hacker Space” should be replaced by the term “Maker Space”. At the XinCheJian Maker Space he helps to give the opportunity for example to office workers the chance to gain the ability to make and create in it’s workshops. Activities such as Making Apps, Painting and Urban farming, Electronics are able to release the creativity that people have inside them. The Spaghetti bridge, which is know internationally and has regularly workshops held at XinCheJian. People love to construct bridges using spaghetti and hot glue. Exposing people from a finance background the opportunity to forget about typing and think of spaghetti as steel wires and then to burn themselves as they construct bridges.
To become a member of the XincheJian Hacker Space is very simple. All you have to do is place the fee in an envelope and put it in the box. This will enable you to have access to all the physical resources and tools, and also meet and exchange ideas with people.
Kent Zeitlic is a Techyizu volunteer based in XinCheJian. He is originally from Florida, USA and has lived and worked in China for three years. Currently he is a manager for a sustainable engineering firm help grow the . Before that he worked for a private equity firm that invested in with early stage high technology startups as well as open innovation consultancy work for large multinationals in China. Previous to that he worked on getting sustainable engineering projects implemented in China and was involved ing getting one of the first being an commercial aquaponics project.
He was involved with the organisation of the TechYiZu HackYiZu and during the beginners Arduino course teaching, explaining the basics and helping participants to over come technical difficulties as they moved on to more advanced projects. He explains that TechYiZu organises another event Design Shanghai, which gets participants to offer ideas on redesigning cities to solve problems. He likes design and science and to bring art into science with a preference for hardware. He describes the details of the aquaponics project that he was involved with as a combination of hydroponics (growing vegetables in nutrient rich water) and aquaculture (raising fish). A feedback loop is created so that food is produced. The project led to innovations such as in the automation of the system and breakdown detection. This project was a large-scale commercial project with an approximate 1,000,000RMB investment. Small scale projects are interesting and can be conducted in the home or office.The final goal however is large scale food production.
Kent explains that TechYiZu’s desired outcomes for HackYiZu are:
To show that they can do it on their own,
To create something
To solve real problems
To supply the tools and frame of mind to do it.
To give people the power and the mindset.
To have fun
To encourage people to be entrepreneurs
To gain practical skills
To learn teamwork
How do you think about this problem
How do you approach this problem.
To learn persistence
All in a 48 hour period.
Kent can be contacted through LinkIn and his email.
Noah Solnick is a TechYiZu volunteer based in XinCheJian. He is originally from San Francisco, California. He first came to Dalian and moved to Shanghai one year ago. He came across by chance the Barcamp Tech Conference organised by TechYiZu, described as an “unconference”. Where he met 100’s of like minded technology geeks and the conference. He ask to join and was readily accepted by the voluntary organisation as a volunteer. Now he helps run events such as Barcamp, which is run twice a year and where anyone can speak with the agenda set on the day. Other events include Designing Shanghai, Startup competions and other small events including happy hours for the technology design community. Noah’s role like all members is fairly low key and flexible. For the TechYiZu HackYiZu he was a “Sheriff” responsible for getting the word out, organising snacks. The event generally runs itself and in the past the the two goals of introducing beginners to basic to make your own hardware as well as allowing teams to together advanced projects. This year the“Introduction to Laser Cutting” was added and was run by Noah. This was in partnership with XinFab the Fablab also located in XinCheJian. The first step was to download the free open source software “Inkscape” an alternative to Adobe. He expressed his gratitude and thanks to those that have worked on it all around the world.
Finally Noah pointed out that the maker spaces in San Francisco are generally out of the way in places like Silicon Valley. While XinCheJian is centrally located in the heart of Shanghai giving the maker community the opportunity to take part easily.
Noah can be contacted through his LinkedIn page.
TechYiZu can be contacted at:
techyizu.org and also on WeChat.
Show Notes:
Certainly! Here’s the combined version of Interview 1 and Interview 2, divided into three sections with start and finish time codes:
Section 1: Kent Zaidlich – Journey as an Entrepreneur in Asia (Start: 00:00 / Finish: 06:15)
– Kent Zaidlich, an entrepreneur from the United States, shares his journey of becoming an entrepreneur in Asia.
– He worked for a private equity firm in sustainable engineering, combining art and science to create large-scale sustainable commercial projects.
– Kent emphasizes the importance of believing in oneself and having the mindset that anything is possible for aspiring entrepreneurs.
– He discusses the practical and metaphysical skills that participants gain through events like hakazu, including teamwork, problem-solving, and persistence.
Section 2: Noah Solnik – Discovering Techizu and Organizing Events (Start: 06:15 / Finish: 12:35)
– Noah Solnik, originally from San Francisco, talks about his involvement with Techizu and the events he helps organize in Shanghai.
– He discovered Techizu through an event called bar camp, which led him to volunteer with the organization.
– Noah explains the concept of bar camps, which are free and open tech conferences where anyone can give a presentation.
– He highlights the accessibility and welcoming nature of the creative community in Shanghai compared to his experiences in San Francisco.
– Noah introduces laser cutting as a new addition to the hakazu event and discusses his role in teaching beginners the basics of laser cutting using software like Inkscape.
– He mentions the benefits of open-source software in making design tools more accessible to people who are just starting.
Section 3: Importance of Techizu Events and Community (Start: 12:35 / Finish: 17:20)
– Kent and Noah discuss the goals and significance of Techizu events, such as hakazu, bar camps, and startup competitions.
– They emphasize the opportunities these events provide for knowledge sharing, collaboration, and skill development among tech enthusiasts in Asia.
– The Techizu volunteers emphasize the inclusive and supportive nature of the creative community in Shanghai, which encourages individuals to explore their passions and turn ideas into action.
– Listeners are encouraged to visit Techizu’s website and explore the various events and opportunities available.
Conclusion and Call to Action (Start: 17:20 / Finish: 18:40)
– The combined interviews showcase the vibrant tech and entrepreneurial community in Asia, particularly in Shanghai.
– Techizu’s events provide platforms for knowledge sharing, collaboration, and skill development among tech enthusiasts.
– Listeners are encouraged to visit Techizu’s website and explore the various events and opportunities available.
– The episode concludes with a call to action, inviting listeners to subscribe to Asia Biz Stories and visit the website for more inspiring content on turning inspiration into action.
The post EIA 011 TechYiZu’s Inspiring Makers appeared first on AsiaBizStories.