• 💻 Philly 2600 Meetup

    💻 Philly 2600 Meetup
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    > The Philly 2600 meeting is a monthly gathering of local hackers, phreaks, nerds, geeks, activists, tinkerers, developers, infosec professionals, and other interesting people.

  • 📡 Meshtastic 101

    📡 Meshtastic 101
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Join us for an introduction to Meshtastic, an application that lets you send private text messages over the air using pocket-sized LoRa radio transceivers. We’ll show you how to flash the latest Meshtastic firmware to the device, customize the settings, and start chatting with your friends. Here’s a link to our zine on LoRa + Meshtastic. […]

  • 🏠 IndieWeb Homebrew Website Club

    🏠 IndieWeb Homebrew Website Club
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Homebrew Website Club is a growing world-wide network of meetups for everyone who wants to take back their web experience from social media silos, and own their online identities & content, or just want support with blogging!

  • ☕️ Coffee Talk

    ☕️ Coffee Talk
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    A social hangout every first and third Monday for trans and non-binary people, their significant others, and allies. We have snacks and coffee.

  • ✏️ The Writing Room

    ✏️ The Writing Room
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Come co-work with other writers in three 40-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins between units. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc.

  • ⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group: “Amusing Ourselves to Death” by Neil Postman

    ⚙️ Neo-Luddite Reading Group
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    ➡️ Virtual Meetup Link Discord: Email neoluddite@victorgom.es for an invite! Full schedule: victorgom.es/neoluddite If you're joining for the first time, I'd suggest you read this before anything else for brief context: What the Luddites Really Fought Against by Richard Conniff.The only expectation is that you read the chapter(s) of the book that's listed for that […]

  • 🚂 Model Internet Club at Rittenhouse Square

    🚂 Model Internet Club
    Rittenhouse Square 1800 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA, United States

    The Model Internet Club is back! Join us every second Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for an informal meetup focused on building small-scale computer networks. No registration needed for this event! If we run out of space we can expand into our back yard area.

  • 🧵 Anarchist Sewing Club

    Anarchist Sewing Club
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Interested in learning to sew, mend or make clothes? Already know how and wanna hang out with people while sewing? Come and join us! Sewing supplies and a sewing machine will be available for anyone needing them.   Image credit

  • 🚧 Make Your First Website

    🚧 Make Your First Website
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Make a home page like it's 1999! Join us at Iffy Books for a new workshop called Make Your First Website, led by Ragman a.k.a. Richard Green. You'll learn the basics of HTML and create a static site on the free hosting service Neocities. No experience necessary! Please bring a laptop if you have one. […]

  • ✏️ The Writing Room

    ✏️ The Writing Room
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Come co-work with other writers in three 40-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins between units. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc.

  • 🐌 Slow Living Support Group

    🐌 Slow Living Support Group
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    For people who value connection, sustainability, and creativity -- without AI. Bring: • writing projects • craft projects • books & book recommendations • CDs Do not bring: • screens Provided: • zine-making supplies • snacks

  • 🤔 FAFIO Beginner Tech Meetup

    🤔 FAFIO Meetup
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    FAFIO is a meetup for folks who want to learn new tech skills, but aren't sure where to start. Let's fuck around and figure it out. FAFIO means there is no instructor. Instead we learn by talking and sharing knowledge, reading info in zines and online, and hands-on trial and error.

  • 🔊 Beginner Soldering: DIY Audio Meter

    🔊 DIY Audio Meter Soldering Class
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Join us for another beginner-friendly soldering project at Iffy Books! You'll assemble a DIY audio meter kit, which you can use to visualize an audio signal's amplitude. To complete this project you'll need to buy a kit for $7.95. We’re suggesting a $5–$20 donation for the class, no one turned away for lack of funds. […]

  • ☕️ Coffee Talk

    ☕️ Coffee Talk
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    A social hangout every first and third Monday for trans and non-binary people, their significant others, and allies. We have snacks and coffee.

  • ✏️ The Writing Room

    ✏️ The Writing Room
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Come co-work with other writers in three 40-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins between units. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc.

  • 🔊 Beginner Soldering: DIY Audio Meter

    🔊 DIY Audio Meter Soldering Class
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Join us for another beginner-friendly soldering project at Iffy Books! You'll assemble a DIY audio meter kit, which you can use to visualize an audio signal's amplitude. To complete this project you'll need to buy a kit for $7.95. We’re suggesting a $5–$20 donation for the class, no one turned away for lack of funds. […]

  • 📓 DIY Digital Notebook Workshop

    📓 DIY Digital Notebook Workshop
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    In this workshop you’ll build a digital notebook, a pocket-sized device for taking notes with a USB keyboard. We’re using affordable, widely available components: a Seeed XIAO ESP32-S3 microcontroller, a 1-inch OLED display, and a microSD card reader, arranged on a solderless breadboard. The ESP32-S3 connects to the display via the I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit) protocol, […]

  • 🏠 Host a Website at Home

    🏠 Host a Website at Home
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Join us for the workshop Host a Website at Home! You’ll learn to run a web server using Apache on a single-board computer, letting you host a website from your home internet connection. We’ll have home server kits available for $51.99. Here's what's included: • Orange Pi Zero 3 single-board computer • Micro HDMI adapter […]

  • ✏️ The Writing Room

    ✏️ The Writing Room
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Come co-work with other writers in three 40-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins between units. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc.

  • 📓 DIY Digital Notebook Workshop

    📓 DIY Digital Notebook Workshop
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    In this workshop you’ll build a digital notebook, a pocket-sized device for taking notes with a USB keyboard. We’re using affordable, widely available components: a Seeed XIAO ESP32-S3 microcontroller, a 1-inch OLED display, and a microSD card reader, arranged on a solderless breadboard. The ESP32-S3 connects to the display via the I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit) protocol, […]

  • 🔊 Beginner Soldering: DIY Audio Meter

    🔊 DIY Audio Meter Soldering Class
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Join us for another beginner-friendly soldering project at Iffy Books! You'll assemble a DIY audio meter kit, which you can use to visualize an audio signal's amplitude. To complete this project you'll need to buy a kit for $7.95. We’re suggesting a $5–$20 donation for the class, no one turned away for lack of funds. […]

  • 💻 Philly 2600 Meetup

    💻 Philly 2600 Meetup
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    > The Philly 2600 meeting is a monthly gathering of local hackers, phreaks, nerds, geeks, activists, tinkerers, developers, infosec professionals, and other interesting people.

  • 📡 Meshtastic 101

    📡 Meshtastic 101
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Join us for an introduction to Meshtastic, an application that lets you send private text messages over the air using pocket-sized LoRa radio transceivers. We’ll show you how to flash the latest Meshtastic firmware to the device, customize the settings, and start chatting with your friends. Here’s a link to our zine on LoRa + Meshtastic. […]

  • 🏠 IndieWeb Homebrew Website Club

    🏠 IndieWeb Homebrew Website Club
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Homebrew Website Club is a growing world-wide network of meetups for everyone who wants to take back their web experience from social media silos, and own their online identities & content, or just want support with blogging!

  • ☕️ Coffee Talk

    ☕️ Coffee Talk
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    A social hangout every first and third Monday for trans and non-binary people, their significant others, and allies. We have snacks and coffee.

  • ✏️ The Writing Room

    ✏️ The Writing Room
    Iffy Books 404 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, United States

    Come co-work with other writers in three 40-minute units of silent writing. Writers and projects of any type welcome. 10-minute breaks and accountability check-ins between units. BYO coffee, water, computer chargers, notepads, etc.