the importance of blogging to the maker/diy community
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My talk from WordCamp Milwaukee 2013.TRANSCRIPT
The Importance of Blogging to the Maker/DIY Community
Pete Prodoehl RasterWeb!
Who Am I?
#hacker #maker #publisher #blogger #web #photo #video #art #design #diy #barcamp #makerspace #hackerspace #community #burrito
#PeteProdoehl
http://rasterweb.net/raster/
Pete ProdoehlRasterWeb!
Blogging since 1997.
#old
The Maker Movement
The Maker Movement and the growing world of DIY both promote “creating” things...
#make
Digital Sharecropping
The folks at Facebook, and Tumblr, and Google+, and Pinterest would LIKE LOVE for you to share your content there... for FREE!
Out of the goodness of their hearts, right?
#ugc
Thanks!but no thanks...
sort of.
Making & Sharing“After you make something awesome, you're not done... you have to share it with the world. That's just as important.”
#love
Where to Share?
#put
•Instructables
•Make: Projects
•YouTube(!?)
•Radio Shack DIY
Or Just Maybe...
#own
•Your Own Damn Blog!
Advantages
#own
•You control it
•You own it
Disadvantages
#own
•You control it
•You own it
Advantages
#own
•It won’t be sold
•It won’t be shut down
•It can (easily) last 15 or more years
•It’s not sharecropping
•Credibility
Disadvantages
#work
•It’s work
•It may cost money
•It’s work
•(Did I mention it’s work?)
Digital Sharecropping
The folks at Facebook, and Tumblr, and Google+, and Pinterest would LIKE LOVE for you to share your content there... for FREE!
Go for it!
#win
RSS IS DEAD!
btw...
Google Reader IS DEAD!
(Google Reader is not RSS.)
Where (else) to Share?
#put
•Make Blog
•Adafruit Blog (and G+)
•Hackaday (Blog)
•Flickr
•Thingiverse
We are Makers!
#boom
“After you make something awesome, you're not done... you have to share it with the world. That's just as important.”
Thanks![YOUR NAME HERE]
The Importance of Blogging to the
Maker/DIY Community
Pete Prodoehl RasterWeb!