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Hello! This is .zip's Bluesky account. We are an artist space in Rotterdam (NL). We'll use this acount to update you about events & workshops we're hosting. ⚡

I updated my photo website for the first time in ages: pimdegroot.org/photos I totally rebuild it at a couple of neocities coding nights @zipspace.bsky.social . It's now generated from a database and has the concept of posts. With a title and some more text.

Join us for Neocities Coding Night on Tuesday June 16! After that, Coding Night will be back in September because .zip is doing a big renovation :) No more brainrot or SLOP, let's handcode websites again and join the community of the Indie Web! More info: zipspace.nl/agenda

We have something great to announce! 🔥 Together with a bunch of cool people, we developed www.prikbord.page: A collective web calendar for underground venues & creative spaces in Rotterdam. Join the launch on May 29 at Roodkapje West. Check out www.roodkapje.org or prikbord.page

Neocities is back next week on Tuesday night, May 19! Join us at .zip (Rotterdam) or at Sickhouse (Enschede) to work on your personal site. More info: zipspace.nl/agenda

Last Neocities Coding Night on Tuesday was a blast! Thank you all for joining irl and online. And thank you Kiara Jouhanneau for co-hosting. From now on, Sickhouse will join through video portal in the upcoming coding nights! Next dates are: May 19 - 6-10pm June 16 - 6-10pm

Join us for a very special edition of Neocities Coding Night on Tuesday April 21 at 6pm! Join us live at .zip or via video portal at @sickhouse-nl.bsky.social! ✨ Special guest Kiara Jouhanneau will talk about her ongoing research on magical thinking, web craft and rabbit holes. 👀 zipspace.nl/agenda

Upcoming at .zip Tuesday night, March 17. Neocities Coding Night! Never have time for your personal website? You want to bring back the old web? Build one at .zip ✨ During the coding night, we'll help each other out with HTML and CSS issues. Free entrance. More info: zipspace.nl/agenda

Let's make the web whimsical again by building our own personal sites! In this monthly meet-up, we'll build "digital gardens" on Neocities. New to HTML or well-seasoned veteran? Everyone is welcome between 6 - 10pm on Tuesday Feb 17. More info: zipspace.nl/neocities6

Unconference: Technology in Public Spaces Join us for an event that brings together diverse perspectives on smart technologies and community needs in Rotterdam’s public spaces. Jan 29, 2026 -- 18:45 - 21:25 @Auditorium, het Timmerhuis, Rotterdam More info: zipspace.nl/agenda

Right before the end of the year, we have some fantastic news to share 🌈 .zip received the Professionalisation and practice development Grant from Stimuleringsfonds, which means we can focus on structured programming in the next year! Read the report here: www.stimuleringsfonds.nl/en/news/prof...

Neocities Coding Night is back on December 16! Forget about your to-dos, make a fun personal site with HTML and CSS instead ✨ Starting from 18:00 (open walk-in) at .zip - 1e Pijnackerstraat 75, Rotterdam. More info: zipspace.nl/agenda

Blue Dungeon by Roos Groothuizen [table top worldbuilding game] 10th December [19:30 -- 21:30] at .zip sign up via mail to hello@zipspace.nl The Blue Dungeon takes place in a medieval high fantasy setting, but questions modern day social media.

Today is #transdayofremembrance. I've built a browser plugin that allows us to also forget: The JK Removling Tool. With this, every mention of of HP's author disappears completely, even images. 🏳️‍⚧️ Chrome: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/jk-re... Firefox: addons.mozilla.org/nl/firefox/a...

Our monthly news letter is out again! This time written by Sophie Allerding. This is a very special letter, Sophie wrote a 1-person adventure game for you to play on Pixelfed. Find all the game rules on zipspace.nl (go to newsletter archive) or on allerding@pixelfed.social

Mon, November 10 is Neocities Coding Night again! Build your personal Neocities site, aka digital garden, and work on your html/css skills. We start from 6pm at .zip (1e Pijnackerstraat 75) Bring your own laptop and food More info: zipspace.nl/agenda

Our dear friends at @sickhouse-nl.bsky.social need your help! They have finally gotten the keys to a permanent place and have to renovate everything 🏡 Consider donating! Here: sickhouse.creativefunding.nl/project/crow...

Join us every month to work on your personal site and master your HTML+CSS skills. 📶 Use this night to help each other out with coding problems, and form social circles on the 'indie web'. Next: Oct 14, - 6-10pm More info: zipspace.nl/agenda Pictured sites by Nikilia and DeBizon

Our month's news letter is out again. This time written by Ginevra 🌔 Ever wanted to know what multiverse you belong in? Take this quiz and find out!! Not subscribed yet? Find the news letter archive button on our website: zipspace.nl

.zipper Lou is organizing an unconference with Anouk Geenen, Julieta Matos Castaño and Gemeente Rotterdam around technology in public spaces, and how to make space for community-centered design. Date: 23 Oct 25, 18.15–21.15h Location: het Timmerhuis, Rotterdam RSVP via mail to hello@zipspace.nl

Reminder! Join us this Wednesday 17th for a Neocities code-a-thon. Starting at 17:00, come whenever you like. More info: zipspace.nl/neocities-co...

Join our code-a-thon at .zip this Sep 17th. Html newbies & pros welcome! We’ll serve vegan soup :) More info at: zipspace.nl/Neocities-Co...

.zip is officially an association (vereniging) ✨ It feels very official now!

After a year-long research, I can finally announce the launch of my online smart doorbell publication "Someone is at your Front Door". Featuring Simoon Hermus, @lauraodbeke.bsky.social, @danhf.bsky.social and @zeno4ever.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy . Friday the 13th: buff.ly/7LPR04e

We started a Signal group this morning for every small cultural organisation in Rotterdam North to share events in an easy way. So far it’s an experiment! Support each other! Join today as reader. Are you an organisation in Noord? DM or mail us to be added as admin. signal.group#CjQKIJCvIeqw...

We started a Signal group this morning for every small cultural organisation in Rotterdam North to share events in an easy way. So far it’s an experiment! Support each other! Join today as reader. Are you an organisation in Noord? DM or mail us to be added as admin. signal.group#CjQKIJCvIeqw...

We are happy to share that Playground is back with a brand new LARP test at .zip this month: Face It by Melissa Song Loong Sunday, the 25th May from 14:00 to 18:30 RSVP via mail to hello@zipspace.nl More info on zipspace.nl/agenda

This month's news letter is all about spring cleaning! Brought to you by @cyannevdh.bsky.social and our scrub daddy 🧽 We release a news letter every month, written by one of our .zippers. They feature events, tools, funny updates and small essays. Read & subscribe here: buff.ly/1MiiaGv

SPRING CLEAN ART SALE 26.04.25, 2 – 6PM @1e Pijnackerstraat 75, ROTTERDAM Join us our Kings' Day spring clean and find some gems looking for a new home! We'll be selling original artworks, as well as art materials, tools, and electronics ~~> so be sure to stop by!

.zipper Roos Groothuizen is hosting a workshop on the smart doorbell at Waag on May 1st. Craft the smart doorbell of your ideological dreams. Is it privacy friendly? Posting on TikTok every minute? Or turning everyone in a potential burglar? waag.org/en/event/waa...

Reminder (for those who always forget to reply)! This Thursday, Nicky Liebregts organizes the workshop Inbox Exorcism: a group therapy session for serial ghosters. Starting at 8pm. RSVP through: hello@zipspace.nl

.zip is part of calendar.klank.school : an online calendar featuring small-scale rotterdam initiatives organizing diy, performance, gatherings, etc! Find our events and those of other cool people there ❤️

What ghosts of social media past are keeping you up at night? Is your inbox filled to the brim with spam? Why did you never reply to that heartfelt picture your aunt sent? We will clear our inboxes together on April 3rd, 20:00-22:00 @ .zip. Hosted by Nicky Liebregts RSVP: hello@zipspace.nl

Our latest newsletter is out! This month, Remco made Zodimac: A tool that scans your network for devices and tells you their horoscope. Read about it here (or subscribe): buff.ly/qykunLX

.zipper Erik Peters is exhibiting their work at Het Archief in Rotterdam west. Opening Friday at 17:00!

.zip's 💨 Vape Life into Your Sextoys 💨 workshop is part of Privacy Salon's exhibition+symposium Feelings Inc. - on dating algorithms and human-machine intimacy. Check out the rest of the programme, or find @roosgr.bsky.social at the morning talk on Feb 13

Join us 13/02 for the 💨 Vape Life into Your Sextoys 💨 workshop! We’ll take apart vapes and build them into DIY prototypes of wearable queer sex toys! 🔧How to repurpose power sources 💡 And get a crash course into queer sex toys by Nastia Cistakova. RSVP and info: https://buff.ly/3Q3S946

𝓢𝓵𝓾𝓰𝔃𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓪 𝘛𝘶𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 - Feb 11 at 19:00 (postponed date) You can sign up by sending an email to hello@zipspace.nl. This workshop has a limit of maximum 10 participants. Ticket price: €5 including surprise drink