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 Ghalibย โ€@bilalghalib34m Protip. The very core of your crowd funding campaign is your authenticity. Focus on social capital #makeHIW http://instagram.com/p/ZWX3ZIR5A3/ย 

Rachel Kalmarย โ€@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 Fustiniย โ€@pdp751m “patents don’t promote innovation anymore, they are the weapons of corporate warfare” warns @benkaufman at #makehiw pic.twitter.com/RVryjlGTmz

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

Maarten den Braberย โ€@mdbraber1h If youโ€™re not watching the Make: Live stream now – you should. Period http://ustream.tv/makeliveย  #makehiw

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

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

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

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

mickey wilsonย โ€@Mickey_Wilson25m Yummy maker pops at #MakeHIW @SherryHuss #littlebeepops pic.twitter.com/4VRrGjvku0

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

WikiCADย โ€@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. Reyesย โ€@motorbikematt44m Same here! RT @shahoo: Okay, @benkaufman convinced me, I’m now a fan of @quirky #makeHIW

MakingSocietyย โ€@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

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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