Nov
8
Possible poster for our MakerCulture Latte Art Event #mcry
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Nov
7
Clay Shirky on Social Media, Newspapers and Accelerants for Maker Culture #mcry
Clay Shirky talks with Laura Flanders on GRITtv about social media and newspapers: “I don’t think we can save newspapers. The question is can we save journalism?” Also strong prediction about the death of bookstores in a decade thanks to e-books.
Key statement for MakerCulture: “We now have a set of tools we can use as an accelerant for positive creation of value by groups of people for themselves and for society.”
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Maker Culture and Aha Moments #mcry
This week the University of Western Ontario MakerCulture gang had a long discussion about what they’ve discovered about Maker Culture so far. So far being comprised of research; interviews and enterprising, far-flung fieldtrips. It was a great, heart-felt exchange. It was the first time, as their instructor, that I felt we really connected about the project and were all beginning to see it through the same lens. One student said she had come to understand that Maker Culture wasn’t just about people making things, it was about the community that evolves when the process of making things is communicated.“We’re moving from a culture of selfishness to a culture of sharing,” she said. Another student explained that it wasn’t enough that each group explain how 3D printers, or broom making or zine creation works. ”We just can’t do a series of Wikipedia entries,” he said, urging the other students to see how what each of them is discovering fits into the larger fabric of Maker Culture. Other students noted that we just aren’t researching a story about Maker Culture, we’re actually helping draw the community together and discover other facets of itself. This is certainly true of the EduPunk Team, which is creating a unique EduPunk panel as part of its work.
The students discovered, together, that we are making a difference, already, before we’ve even officially “published” anything. By using the collaborative, cooperative spirit of Maker Culture to cover the movement we are helping the movement and others find the very thing we’re unpacking.
Listening to the students, one-by-one, share their insights, their discoveries and their “aha” moments, I was savouring the best hour of the class so far - one where I said very little and let the best minds in the room reveal what was unfolding inside them. They were finding, by themselves, the spirit of sharing that makes Maker Culture such a fascinating subject for budding journalists - and for all of us.
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Nov
5
Laser-Etched Dogtag Souvenir
Wayne here: The Fabricator Group visited the Fab Lab in Cleveland, Ohio housed in the Lorain County Community College this past weekend. While they were there they were nice enough to laser etch me an aluminium dogtag. Thanks guys. I will fob it with pride. Plus, I’m now saving up for an Epiloglaser.
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Nov
2
AmpersandAmpersand at Canzine video #mcry
Kristine Tortora, one half of AmpersandAmpersand, a DIY screen printing duo, explains how here typography-based screen prints are all about Maker Culture. Shot at the Canzine zinefest at the Gladstone Hotel on November 1 for Team Media.
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Nov
1
Team Media of MakerCulture at Canzine - the Video! #mcry
Team Media arrives at Canzine and sets to work.
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Pics from Team Media at Canzine #mcry
Today, Team Media from the MakerCulture Project dropped in on the Canzine zinefest at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto. More pics here:
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Oct
30
Team Edupunk's Test of Livestream for Panel Discussion #mcry
In prep for their Nov 16 EduPunk panel discussion the EduPunk Team of the MakerCulture project tested the technology by bringing together project members to discuss their progress and topics. Thanks to David Mills for tech support at Western.
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Oct
26
What's the Last Thing You Made By Hand? - Zombies, Bikinis and Bagpipes! #mcry
Pia and Kevin of Team Overview hit Yonge Street in Toronto to ask the question: “What the last thing you made by hand?” Toronto responds, live.
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Oct
25
Making a Brain That Makes Its Universe - It Turns Out the Brain is a Maker #mcry
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Oct
24
Mark Surman on MakerCulture, DIY, Mozilla and the Web - vid from Fresh Media #mcry
Mozilla Foundation Executive Director, Mark Surman spoke via webcam to the Fresh Media conferencehttp://freshmedia.me on October 24, 2009. In this clip from the interview he discusses his DIY media roots, his activism and how he moved both online.
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Oct
23
Final MakerCulture Poster - Please Print Out, Post and Share - #mcry
Here’s the final poster to promote our MakerCulture series. I’ve attached a hi-rez .pdf version .Please download it, print it out and post it where folks will find it of interest. Really want to start building early buzz for what is shaping up to be an amazing project thanks to all the students at Western and Ryerson.
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Oct
22
Playing with a MakerCulture Poster #mcry
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MakerCulture and the Hennaed Hand #mcry
Julianne, Hazlewood/wmacphail Western student Julianne Hazlewood has MakerCulture in the palm of her hand, thanks to the henna handiwork of Savithri Sastri.
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