So @adamgreenfield's concept of a #Lifehouse, a community hub for crisis-response and #MutualAid led to me writing an exploration of what @DoESLiverpool is, and how it overlaps with the idea.

Notes from a proto-Lifehouse - musings on makerspaces, a convivial future, and our pandemic response.

http://www.mcqn.net/mcfilter/archives/thinking/notes_from_a_protolifehouse.html

#makerspace #MakerMovement #pandemic #Liverpool

It would be good to capture my current thinking about all of this.

Re-reading http://www.mcqn.net/mcfilter/archives/thinking/is_the_maker_movement_a_movement.html I think that captures my critique of Arts and Crafts.

And https://indie.mcqn.com/blog/2016/11/27/a-brief-critique-of-ship-bits-not-atoms.html grasps at the trade-offs between individual craft and mass manufacture.

But there's something of a new Mittelstand in scale, combined with co-operative and collective ownership that's missing from them both.

#MakerMovement #IndieMfg #cooperatives #makerspace

This is a really interesting reflection on The Exhibition of People's Technology, 1972. Packed full of nuggets of wisdom over what the Alternative Technology folk got wrong back then, or what they tried that sort-of worked and why it wasn't a good answer.

It should be required reading for modern makers, particularly those looking to making to help with climate and/or equitable society.

https://zenodo.org/record/7336065#.ZBFeMi8w1pQ

via @ckohtala

#Maker #MakerMovement #AlternativeTechnology #SolarPunk

These: die Maker-Szene ist im Kern - und es ist unerheblich ob das ihren Mitgliedern bewusst ist - eine kommunistische Bewegung im ursprünglichen Sinne des Kommunismus.

Sie zeigt wie sich Menschen selbst ermächtigen gegenüber Konzernen, den Konsum verweigern oder zumindest in Bahnen lenken in denen sie selbst die Kontrolle über ihn haben, anstatt durch Werbung und Gruppendruck fremdgesteuert den immer neuesten Mist zu kaufen. 1/2

#maker
#3ddruck
#reparierenstattwegwerfen
#makermovement

🤖🎨 Create and innovate like never before with the Postical Stick Robot Arm! Build your very own robotic arm with Arduino and RemoteXY mobile app 💡 #Robotics #DIY #Innovation #Creativity #MakerMovement

https://www.reddit.com/r/esp32/comments/114llv1/create_and_innovate_like_never_before_with_the/

#reddit_esp32_top

Ravelry is a free website for knitters, crocheters, and fiber artists. https://www.ravelry.com (h/t @ckrub) #knitting #crochet #socialfabric #makermovement

I have long been enamored and enraptured by the glamour of all manners of enameling. #makermovement

I have long been enamored and enraptured by the glamour of all manners of enameling. #makermovement

@acotte ah zut, et moi qui voulait partir une OBNL nommée "Le Club des Patenteux"... ce sera peut-être "Le Club des Bizouneux" . Un club axé sur le #smalltech, le #rightorepair, le #permacomputing, le #makermovement, le #selfhosting, la #permaculture, toutçatoutça...

This little LED of mine,
I'm gonna make it shine.

This little LED of mine,
I'm gonna make it shine.

This little LED of mine,
I'm gonna make it shine.

Make it shine, make it shine, make it shine. #makermovement

This little LED of mine,
I'm gonna make it shine.

This little LED of mine,
I'm gonna make it shine.

This little LED of mine,
I'm gonna make it shine.

Make it shine, make it shine, make it shine. #makermovement

"Should Public Libraries be Welcoming Homes for Ingenuity?" (PCWorld, 2008) https://www.pcworld.com/article/532665/should_public_libraries_be_welcoming_homes_for_ingenuity.html by @philshapiro #libraries #MakerMovement #CommunityUplift

"Should Public Libraries be Welcoming Homes for Ingenuity?" (PCWorld, 2008) https://www.pcworld.com/article/532665/should_public_libraries_be_welcoming_homes_for_ingenuity.html by @philshapiro #libraries #MakerMovement #CommunityUplift

I believe public libraries need to be teaching the skill of pranks.

Employers are desperate for workers with strong prank skills, who can prank in ways that have never been pranked before.

Who else is going to be teaching pranking skills if public libraries don't?

Here is a piece I wrote about that for MAKE magazine. https://makezine.com/article/education/teaching-pranks-at-the-public-library/ #makermovement #pranks

I believe public libraries need to be teaching the skill of pranks.

Employers are desperate for workers with strong prank skills, who can prank in ways that have never been pranked before.

Who else is going to be teaching pranking skills if public libraries don't?

Here is a piece I wrote about that for MAKE magazine. https://makezine.com/article/education/teaching-pranks-at-the-public-library/ #makermovement #pranks

I'm a big fan of maker and mischief maker Mitch Altman, who is now here in the fediverse.

@maltman23

Follow him, boost his posts, and tells others that we're building a new social media world here. A better world. It's not theirs, it's ours. #opensource #fediverse #makermovement #hackerspaces #openhardware

I'm a big fan of maker and mischief maker Mitch Altman, who is now here in the fediverse.

@maltman23

Follow him, boost his posts, and tells others that we're building a new social media world here. A better world. It's not theirs, it's ours. #opensource #fediverse #makermovement #hackerspaces #openhardware

Reading https://theadhocracy.co.uk/wrote/one-year-in-the-indieweb (found via @KevinMarks) and thinking about how the talk of #IndieWeb being more of a social movement echoes my pondering on the #makermovement http://www.mcqn.net/mcfilter/archives/thinking/is_the_maker_movement_a_movement.html. How they're both a bit messy, but tending towards action. Maybe the movement I really want is #RC2 - a random coining of "Rough Consensus; Running Code" (from the David Clark quote https://www2.cs.duke.edu/courses/common/compsci092/papers/govern/consensus.pdf). There's room for difference & imperfection, but we try to work together and deeds > words

Share our #Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hacklab-to-is-moving-again or please help us move TOMORROW!! Thank you! #movingday #toronto #canada #makerspace #hackerspace #makermovement

BIG IMPORTANT MAJOR MOVE TOMORROW! Please come out to 1266 Queen Street West (buzz 6) at 10am tomorrow to help pack the truck! Or PM us for Hacklab 3.0 address to help set up. #movingday #toronto #canada #makerspace #hackerspace #makermovement #callforvolunteers #volunteer #help