{"id":5998,"date":"2013-04-26T00:26:44","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T04:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?p=5998"},"modified":"2013-04-26T00:26:44","modified_gmt":"2013-04-26T04:26:44","slug":"thursday-night-maker-meetup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2013\/04\/26\/thursday-night-maker-meetup\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday night \u2013 maker meetup"},"content":{"rendered":"

About midnight and just home from a busy night. We had a maker meet up at the Burlington firehouse Gallery as part of the User required show. There were about 45 people there tonight . we got to go from exhibit to exhibit and hear the artist\/maker described his or her work. It added so much to the experience after having seen the pieces and having seen how they were made. It was really wonderful. <\/p>\n

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John and Collin describes our floorish piece.. I was really proud to see it working well. I get to observe it remotely from my computer and see that many people take time to play with it. That's very gratifying.<\/p>\n

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It's floorish<\/div>\n
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Here's Karen describing Homer , her and my piece.<\/div>\n
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I loved learning more about Kathy and Mike's fans.<\/div>\n
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Jenna described her bell story at length. What hangs in the balance is whether the bell gets rehung. It's actually pretty suspenseful.<\/p>\n

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I Got to spend significant time looking at Rebecca's piece. The more I see it the more I like it. It actually has a pretty interesting meaning about waste and possessions. <\/div>\n
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I favorite piece of the show, I must confess, is in.C. I really beautiful tribute to Terry Riley's music all in JavaScript so beautifully executed.<\/div>\n
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Again it was so great. The artist about work without the tension and haste around getting ready for the opening. I learned a lot about their thought process and about their technology and about their artistic process.<\/div>\n
Afterwards we all went to the bluebird. I guess its the restaurant and bar of the maker movement. They're always very welcoming there. I had many good conversations tonight\u2026 Mostly about the intersection of the artistic and engineering process. Note to self: I need to think more about design intention less about technology. … Strangely,tat wasthe same message from my meetings at work today. It's funny how that works out.<\/div>\n
\nMore tomorrow
\nNight all, night Sam
\n\u2013 Me<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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