Category: making

Maker City: How to reinvigorate local economies and cultures – #bookreview

by Si Dunn

Reinventing a city does not have to start from the top down.  You don’t need big government initiatives and huge funding, this noteworthy book contends. People within America’s growing “Maker culture” can rework and improve a local economy. They can bring needed and worthwhile changes to a city’s culture using significantly smaller budgets and much … Continue reading Maker City: How to reinvigorate local economies and cultures – #bookreview

New book ‘Tools’ shows how to cut, shape and assemble wood or plastic projects – #bookreview

by Si Dunn

Maker Media’s new book Tools is subtitled “How They Work and How to Use Them.” But the Tools title seems a little too broad for what is covered. Most of the tools described in the book’s pages are associated mainly with working with wood or ABS plastic, not with metal or other materials. That is … Continue reading New book ‘Tools’ shows how to cut, shape and assemble wood or plastic projects – #bookreview