Reaching Out to Makers in Texas

In preparation for Maker Faire in Austin October 20-21, I’ll be coming to Texas in late August and September. We’ve already spent a lot of time in Austin rounding up makers. Now I want to make sure we reach makers from the entire state of Texas. Are you a maker who lives in Houston, Dallas and San Antonio? Are you involved in making things at Rice or Texas A&M? If so, I’d like to hear from you so I can encourage you to to come to Maker Faire.

If there’s interest, I can make plans to meet groups of local makers on one of my upcoming trips. We can organize a meeting in a coffee shop or pub. If you live or work in one of these cities or universities, please contact me. Also, please feel free to send me introductions to makers that should be invited to participate in Maker Faire. You can also direct your fellow makers to the Maker Faire entry form. Our deadline for open entries closes next week, August 15. We will continue to take entries by invitation after that date.

So please help us make sure we see all of Texas at Maker Faire. We’ve already got a great program lined up but we’re always looking to discover more makers.

8 thoughts on “Reaching Out to Makers in Texas

  1. Monkeybutt says:

    As excited as I am to know that you are coming to TX i cannot help but be seriously bummed as well…

    Halloween is a HUGE event for me and in the weeks leading up to the big event every spare moment will be taken up with rigging, building and sculpting my displays

    since this is probably the case for a lot of other Makers out there i’m a little surprised that you’d book a faire so close to Halloween.

    if you’d considering moving it to November i’ll be your BFF!!!!!

    k

  2. ealott says:

    @MonkeyButt

    Theoretically, you could sign up as a Maker and bring your entire collection of Halloween displays. I would not be surprised to see some Halloween decorations at the Faire. I hope you decide to rent a truck and haul your displays there, as they sound neat if they take so much time.

    :D Texas is the best. I cannot wait until the 20th.

  3. EdwinWiseOne says:

    “Halloween is a HUGE event for me and in the weeks leading up to the big event every spare moment will be taken up…”

    I know I am bringing some Halloween-themed stuff from this and past haunts. It’s perhaps a bit of a nuisance, but portable stuff ports, and it would be cool to see who is doing what around the area.

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DALE DOUGHERTY is the leading advocate of the Maker Movement. He founded Make: Magazine 2005, which first used the term “makers” to describe people who enjoyed “hands-on” work and play. He started Maker Faire in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2006, and this event has spread to nearly 200 locations in 40 countries, with over 1.5M attendees annually. He is President of Make:Community, which produces Make: and Maker Faire.

In 2011 Dougherty was honored at the White House as a “Champion of Change” through an initiative that honors Americans who are “doing extraordinary things in their communities to out-innovate, out-educate and out-build the rest of the world.” At the 2014 White House Maker Faire he was introduced by President Obama as an American innovator making significant contributions to the fields of education and business. He believes that the Maker Movement has the potential to transform the educational experience of students and introduce them to the practice of innovation through play and tinkering.

Dougherty is the author of “Free to Make: How the Maker Movement Is Changing our Jobs, Schools and Minds” with Adriane Conrad. He is co-author of "Maker City: A Practical Guide for Reinventing American Cities" with Peter Hirshberg and Marcia Kadanoff.

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