Retweetable Tweets from HIW

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Today’s great line-up of speakers at the second and final day of the Hardware Innovation Workshop let fly a flurry of great tweets. Here is but a sampling of the buzz:

Bilal Ghalib ‏@bilalghalib34m Protip. The very core of your crowd funding campaign is your authenticity. Focus on social capital #makeHIW http://instagram.com/p/ZWX3ZIR5A3/ 

Rachel Kalmar ‏@grapealope36m Crowdfunding is more about the crowd and less about the funding. People want to be part of community effort to create. @katedrane #MakeHIW

Drew Fustini ‏@pdp751m “patents don’t promote innovation anymore, they are the weapons of corporate warfare” warns @benkaufman at #makehiw pic.twitter.com/RVryjlGTmz

Dale Dougherty ‏@dalepd54m GE’s patent portfolio made available for alternate uses through Quirky. Ben’s killer prez. @benkaufman #makehiw pic.twitter.com/Mp5uV1OAww

Maarten den Braber ‏@mdbraber1h If you’re not watching the Make: Live stream now – you should. Period http://ustream.tv/makelive  #makehiw

The Robot Launch Pad ‏@RobotLaunch1h “We can’t have an Internet of things if we don’t share the data” @grapealope #makeHIW pic.twitter.com/DO1druLoQC

Bilal Ghalib ‏@bilalghalib2h Vision: world where society wants science & engineers as badly as it needs them. #makeHIW I love this talk, join us:

David Proctor ‏@duppy43m Look closely. “raise money” is last in a list of four reasons to choose crowdfunding #MakeHIW pic.twitter.com/Qowt6wbFwF

Super-Awesome Sylvia ‏@MakerSylvia2h AWESOME!! @Make arduino and arduino book in swag bags! SWAG BAGS!! ohmyglob #MakeHIW And #lightup won lasts nights vote!! WOOO HOOO!

mickey wilson ‏@Mickey_Wilson25m Yummy maker pops at #MakeHIW @SherryHuss #littlebeepops pic.twitter.com/4VRrGjvku0

Indiegogo ‏@Indiegogo26m RT @shahoo: Sometimes crowdfunding is just humans wanting to help humans. #makeHIW @Indiegogo

WikiCAD ‏@wikicad30m mRT @grapealope: Totally impressed by @carlbass (and everyone I’ve met @autodesk). They’re weird, they break rules, and make things #makeHIW

Matthew F. Reyes ‏@motorbikematt44m Same here! RT @shahoo: Okay, @benkaufman convinced me, I’m now a fan of @quirky #makeHIW

MakingSociety ‏@makingsociety1h “In the Internet of Things, data is the currency” @grapealope @misfitwearables #makeHIW

The food at #makehiw has been amazing. If @mayviva finds out what they’ve been feeding me here, there will be tears. #makeHIW

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Stett is a senior editor at MAKE with abiding interest in food and drink, bicycles, woodworking, and environmentally sound human enterprises. He is the father of two young makers.

He is also the co-creator of Food Forward, a documentary TV series for PBS about the innovators and pioneers changing our food system.

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