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The Importance of Blogging to the Maker/DIY Community

The Importance of Blogging to the Maker/DIY Community

My talk from WordCamp Milwaukee 2013.

Pete Prodoehl

June 09, 2013
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  1. The Importance
    of Blogging to the
    Maker/DIY Community
    Pete Prodoehl

    RasterWeb!

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  2. Who Am I?
    #hacker #maker #publisher #blogger
    #web #photo #video #art #design
    #diy #barcamp #makerspace
    #hackerspace #community #burrito
    #PeteProdoehl

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  3. http://rasterweb.net/raster/
    Pete Prodoehl
    RasterWeb!
    Blogging since 1997.
    #old

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  4. The Maker Movement
    The Maker Movement and
    the growing world of DIY
    both promote “creating”
    things...
    #make

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  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

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  8. Thanks!
    but no thanks...
    sort of.

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  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

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  10. Where to Share?
    #put
    •Instructables
    •Make: Projects
    •YouTube(!?)
    •Radio Shack DIY

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  11. Or Just Maybe...
    #own
    •Your Own Damn Blog!

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  12. Advantages
    #own
    •You control it
    •You own it

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  13. Disadvantages
    #own
    •You control it
    •You own it

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  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

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  17. Disadvantages
    #work
    •It’s work
    •It may cost money
    •It’s work
    •(Did I mention it’s work?)

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  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

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  19. RSS IS
    DEAD!
    btw...

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  21. Google Reader
    IS DEAD!
    (Google Reader is not RSS.)

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  22. Where (else) to Share?
    #put
    •Make Blog
    •Adafruit Blog (and G+)
    •Hackaday (Blog)
    •Flickr
    •Thingiverse

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  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.”

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  25. Thanks!
    [YOUR NAME HERE]
    The Importance
    of Blogging to the
    Maker/DIY Community
    Pete Prodoehl

    RasterWeb!

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