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!