Forbes goes gaga over DIY



Forbes has a major package on the Maker/DIY movement with profiles of Tim O'Reilly and Dale Dougherty, Saul Griffith (top photo) of Squid Labs, Neil Gershenfeld (middle photo) of Fab Lab, Reshma Shetty (bottom photo) of Ginkgo BioWorks, Jim Newton of TechShop, Peter Semmelhack of Bug Labs, and others, illustrated how-tos, how-to videos with Eric Wilhelm of Instructables, coverage of Maker Faire, kit makers, and lots more.
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Aug 13, 2008 05:21 PM
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| Posted by: hank williams on August 13, 2008 at 7:50 PM |
boooo. this pile is gonna start to stink soon if someone doesn't toss it.
| Posted by: samurai1200 on August 13, 2008 at 9:41 PM |
lol @ hank --
while this article proved completely uninteresting to the likes of me, a many-times-a-day reader of hackaday, hackszine and makezine blogs, this mass exposure to DIY culture could begin the downfall of the death grip certain companies (namely those named after fruit) have on the consumer electronics market.
or not.
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Posted by: Phillip Torrone on August 14, 2008 at 2:17 PM |
what's with the negative here? you'd think folks would be thrilled that the DIY movement is getting coverage outside the same old circles?
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