The Importance of Blogging to the Maker/DIY Community

My talk from WordCamp Milwaukee 2013.

Transcript

1. The Importance
   of Blogging to the
   Maker/DIY Community Pete Prodoehl RasterWeb!
2. Who Am I? #hacker #maker #publisher #blogger #web #photo #video #art #design #diy #barcamp #makerspace #hackerspace #community #burrito #PeteProdoehl
3. http://rasterweb.net/raster/ Pete Prodoehl RasterWeb! Blogging since 1997. #old
4. The Maker Movement The Maker Movement and the growing world of DIY both promote “creating” things... #make
7. 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
8. Thanks! but no thanks... sort of.
9. 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
10. Where to Share? #put •Instructables •Make: Projects •YouTube(!?) •Radio Shack DIY
11. Or Just Maybe... #own •Your Own Damn Blog!
12. Advantages #own •You control it •You own it
13. Disadvantages #own •You control it •You own it
14. 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
17. Disadvantages #work •It’s work •It may cost money •It’s work •(Did I mention it’s work?)
18. 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
19. RSS IS DEAD! btw...
21. Google Reader IS DEAD! (Google Reader is not RSS.)
22. Where (else) to Share? #put •Make Blog •Adafruit Blog (and G+) •Hackaday (Blog) •Flickr •Thingiverse
23. 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.”
25. Thanks! [YOUR NAME HERE] The Importance
    of Blogging to the
    Maker/DIY Community Pete Prodoehl RasterWeb!