Xinchejian – 新车间
In my search for a place to work on Julia while traveling, I have found there is an entire community of people like me. Dubbed “Digital Nomads”, there are resources scattered around for those of us that have electronic livelihoods untethered by geographical concerns. Nomad List was my go-to while in Europe, but once I arrived in Shanghai I knew I would need something a little different. I googled “Shanghai Makerspace” and found 新车间, a delightful mixture of passionate makers, community, and creativity.
- XinCheJian; The Premiere Shanghai Makerspace that I’m hanging out at most days to work on Julia and bump elbows with fellow nerdlings
- Hydroponics experiments where fish excrement is cycled through plants, making them Very Happy Plants
- Sogno Di Volare
- Costumes being dyed for a dance performance
- Training is necessary before you’re allowed to rip your fingers off with these machines
- This robot knows how to have a good time
- Stars falling from branches in the neighborhood of Jing’an Temple, around Xinchejian
- Electric skateboard workshop; parents came with their kids and they built electric-motor-powered skateboards designed by one of the members of XCJ