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Maker Faire Bay Area coming up!

fustini

Hello,

 

I'm curious if anyone else is going to Make Faire this weekend (May-22 & May-23) in San Mateo (San Fransico / Bay Area).  If so, what are you looking forward to seeing?

 

Thanks,

Drew

 

http://twitter.com/pdp7

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    So, I got to go & here is my blog post on some of the highlights I saw: http://bit.ly/MakerMaker

     

    Overall, I would say it was an amazing place.

     

    Two of my colleagues also posted a number of picture on their Twitter accounts:

     

    Did anyone else go?

     

    Here's the Time Lapse Photos that @Intel_Stewart took of our booth:

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    I was there saturday by myself, and sunday with wife and daughters...

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    Good to hear from fellow Maker Faire attendees!  This was my first & an incredible experience.  I had no idea how massive it would be.  I could have used a whole week and probably not have seen everything.

     

    Unfortunately, I never came across the Intel, but the time lapse is a great idea.  Thanks for the links to the tweets.

     

    Aside from all the cool gadgets & inventions, a big highlight for me was spending time in the Learn to Solder tent with Mitch Altman (TV-B-Gone inventor & Noisebridge founder; http://www.tvbgone.com/) and Jimmie Rodgers (LoL shield creator; http://jimmieprodgers.com/).  Over 3,000 people learned to solder over the weekend and got to go home with a nifty souvenir they created with their hands and the confidience to tackle more complex kits & projects:

     

    http://twitpic.com/1ru36h

     

     

    Another highlight was the Hackerspaces panel on the Maker stage which was moderated by Mitch Altman.  It was great to see the leaders of spaces from around the country.  My local space, Pumping Station: One (Chicago's Hackerspace, http://pumpingstationone.org/), was represented well on the panel by our founding member Eric Michaud.

     

    http://twitpic.com/1qgsga

     

    The most awe-inspiring display I saw was 'Soma' by the Flaming Lotus Girls:

     

    http://twitpic.com/1rbm89

     

     

    Also, got to see the wonderful hackerspaces out there Noisebridge & Hacker Dojo (in Mountain View).  I thought Noisebridge (https://www.noisebridge.net/) was immense and then I visited the Dojo (http://hackerdojo.pbworks.com/)

    which is insanely huge - basically 2 story office building:

     

    http://twitpic.com/1qrfvn

     

     

    I'm still posting backlog of Maker Faire photos at:

     

    http://twitpic.com/photos/pdp7

     

    I'm really pysched for Maker Faire Detroit & New York this year.  I need another DIY fix bad =D

     

    Drew

    ~pdp7~