How-To: Get Started with Make: Projects

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By Matt Richardson
Posted 2011/05/26 @ 3:00 pm
Category General

For those of you eager to boast about your maker prowess, but haven’t yet tried Make: Projects, I encourage you to take a look at this video to introduce you to what the site is all about and how it works. Make: Projects is a constantly growing cookbook for makers, so even if you’re only looking for inspiration for your next project, there’s a trove of ideas there. Some of my favorites include the wildly popular Doorstop Stash and the Mini Fume Extractor. Don’t let your creations just sit in your workshop or basement, share them with your fellow makers on Make: Projects!

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BY Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson is a Brooklyn-based creative technologist, contributing editor for MAKE magazine, and co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi. He's also the owner of Awesome Button Studios, a technology consultancy. Highlights from his work include the Descriptive Camera (a camera which outputs a text description instead of a photo) and The Enough Already (a DIY celebrity-silencing device). Matt's work has been featured at The Nevada Museum of Art, The Rome International Photography Festival, Milan Design Week and has garnered attention from The New York Times, Wired, and New York Magazine.

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10 Responses to How-To: Get Started with Make: Projects

Chris Clower on May 26th, 2011 at 11:25 pm said:

A Maker who uses Apple computers? Isn’t that an oxymoron?

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Chris Clower on May 26th, 2011 at 11:25 pm said:

A Maker who uses Apple computers? Isn’t that an oxymoron?

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Chris Clower on May 26th, 2011 at 11:25 pm said:

A Maker who uses Apple computers? Isn’t that an oxymoron?

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- migpics on May 27th, 2011 at 8:00 am said:
  
  Chris, it depends on which Apple you own. If you own the one with the regular screws, then it’s okay.
  
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- migpics on May 27th, 2011 at 8:00 am said:
  
  Chris, it depends on which Apple you own. If you own the one with the regular screws, then it’s okay.
  
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  Anonymous on May 27th, 2011 at 1:34 pm said:
  
  I know as many makers on Apples as PCs and Linux, maybe more. MAKE is an almost all-Mac shop, as is most of O’Reilly. I have both, but rarely use my Windows machine. Use what you like.
  
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- John Honniball on May 27th, 2011 at 1:04 pm said:
  
  I’m a maker, and I have Apple computers: the Apple II, of course, as designed by Steve Wozniak!
  
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Chris Clower on May 26th, 2011 at 11:25 pm said:

A Maker who uses Apple computers? Isn’t that an oxymoron?

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Chris Clower on May 26th, 2011 at 11:25 pm said:

A Maker who uses Apple computers? Isn’t that an oxymoron?

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Goli Mohammadi on May 27th, 2011 at 6:07 pm said:

Great vid, Matt! Thanks!

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