Meet Your Favorite Makers at the Maker Faire Show & Tell Stage This Weekend
Come meet your favorite Makers at Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend. Talks range from 3D printing to fire to Raspberry Pi (and more!).
Authors
Maker Authors, Maker Faire
Maker Faire New York takes over the World’s Fair Grounds ย for the fifth time this weekend, Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 20-21, and this year it features something crazy, wild, and new: Authors. With a Make: DIY tent dedicated to highlighting our writers โ from Make: Book authors to makezine staffersย and editors, both current and former โ Maker […]
Chris Anderson on EconTalk
On his last day as editor-in-chief of Wired magazine Chris talked with Russ Roberts about his personal journey to becoming a manufacturer of drones, his transition to CEO of 3DRobotics, and the ideas put forth in his latest book Makers: The New Industrial Revolution. Chris brings clarity to important ideas for which pro makers have a visceral understanding. This interview is a worthwhile listen.
Steampunk Webcast
Steampunk fans won’t want to miss ‘Vintage Tomorrows’ authors Brian David Johnson and James Carrott’s webcas this Friday, November 30, at 10am PT. They’ll be talking about what Steampunk (as a genre, movement, lifestyle, and philosophy) teaches us about the ways people are thinking about their relationships with technology.
Backyard Ballistics Returns With a 2nd Edition
Our friend Bill Gurstelle is dropping an updated version of Backyard Ballistics, one of his trademark flingin’ books and one of his earlier works that made his name as the go-to man for catapulting and exploding. This bestselling guide has been expanded and updated, enabling ordinary folks to construct even more exciting ballistic devices in […]
On Amateurism: Interview With Jack Hitt, Part 2
The second part of a two-part interview with This American Life contributing editor Jack Hitt, about amateurism and the publication of his recent book Bunch of Amateurs.
On Amateurism: Interview With Jack Hitt, Part 1
The first part of a two-part interview with This American Life contributing editor Jack Hitt, about amateurism and the publication of his recent book Bunch of Amateurs.
