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Pete Prodoehl
June 09, 2013
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The Importance of Blogging to the Maker/DIY Community
My talk from WordCamp Milwaukee 2013.
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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 Prodoehl RasterWeb! Blogging since 1997. #old
The Maker Movement The Maker Movement and the growing world
of DIY both promote “creating” things... #make
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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
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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...
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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.”
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Thanks! [YOUR NAME HERE] The Importance of Blogging to
the Maker/DIY Community Pete Prodoehl RasterWeb!