Even In A Digital Age People Like To Build Stuff -- Like Real, Physical, Stuff
from the tinker-away dept
Over the past few years, there's been a bit of a renaissance of the "DIY" culture towards building all sorts of "stuff." It's sometimes unfortunate when so much focus in the tech world is just on the latest in what's happening online, in that it ignores all sorts of other interesting things going on. The NY Times is noting a return to having even software and internet developers practice building physical things as well, in part just to get them to start thinking outside the (computer) box when thinking about how to design digital things. Think of it as cross-training for the digital developers mind.
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Is there a term for accidentally using perfect opposites to describe something?
...minimum possible complexity...
If not, we really need a term for that. 'You jaked that' just doesnt do it for me.
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Techie Turned Builder
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minimum possible complexity
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I always said
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Technology may actually be helping this...
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Soldering Iron grip
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It's a change of pace
are pretty damn clever too. A good portion of my non-work
related web surfing is spent at DIY sites.
Seeing clever people overcome the obstacles they encounter
fascinates me. I find the DIY ethic appealing too.
Not strictly DIY but Frighteningly talented.
www.tatjavanvark.nl
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Make
http://www.makezine.com
It's a really great site and worth the subscription in my opinion. Especially considering all the projects you can find on the Make Blogs, its ridiculous how much you can learn to build there. I also enjoy Instructables.
http://www.instructables.com/
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oh great. now you will pirate real stuff too.
news flash weirdos: you can't make everything yourself. you have to have factories and unions and stuff. you think the RIAA is bad, wait until you start cheating companies like ford and coke, or worse the united auto workers, out of their profits. take my advice, stop making stuff now or you will be sorry.
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