Comments on: Makers

By: Dik | petepel

Dik | petepel — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 12:04:10 +0000

[...] week lees ik ‘Makers‘ van Cory Doctorow. Met nog zo’n 100 pagina’s te gaan moet het me lukken dit boek [...]

By: justin h

justin h — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:06:13 +0000

Looks like the 3D statues for tourist are now real. Nice call. Engadget.com

By: Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:45:22 +0000

Hey, thanks!

By: Pecan Bery

Pecan Bery — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:40:35 +0000

I was pleasantly surprised by the free download. Very few authors have the flow that makes a story so easy to read. I look forward to your future work. Will be buying a hard-copy as a Christmas present for friends.

By: Patent Trolls sense Smart Metering Bonanza | Creative Connectivity

Patent Trolls sense Smart Metering Bonanza | Creative Connectivity — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:15:08 +0000

[...] Which brings us to patent trolls. Many people ask “What is a patent troll?” Within the PC and telecoms industry it’s long been rumoured that some large companies employ more lawyers than engineers and make more from their patent licenses than they do from selling products. Whether you think that’s a good business model is up to you, but at least they’re generally trading on their own innovation. Patent troll is the term applied to companies that specialise in buying up unused patents - often from failed start-up companies, sitting on them until they see a market opportunity and then suing companies who infringe them. Because they don’t generate their own IP, many in the industry see them as parasites - hence their derogatory name. (For a nice example of some of the more inventive IP business models, I’d recommend Cory Doctorow’s novel Makers.) [...]

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:10:32 +0000

"and then he’d gone way into debt buying kits to mod it to look like a Big Daddy Roth coffin-dragster" Should have given credit to George Barris or Grandpa Munster instead.

By: Unieke boekpresentatie door Cory Doctorow! « Bits of Freedom

Unieke boekpresentatie door Cory Doctorow! « Bits of Freedom — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 08:37:42 +0000

[...] eerder al aangekondigd zal Cory Doctorow op vrijdag 24 september zijn nieuwste boek Makers presenteren. Speciaal voor de fans van Bits of Freedom komt hij over zijn nieuwste boek te [...]

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:05:25 +0000

Cory, Makers is marvelous. As a 68 year old woman, I need to inform you of one thing: AARP would never have a paramilitary branc since it is first and foremost and INSURANCE corporation!

By: Kitty

Kitty — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 05:42:27 +0000

Damn you Doctorow! You make me want to go back to school just so I can do a comp. lit. thesis called "Portrait of the Artist, with goggles and cape." Makers is your best yet. Don't stop.

By: Quattro Marketplace per Domanda, Offerta, Progettazione e Produzione | Infoservi.it

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:55:03 +0000

[...] tema dei Makers, estremizzato nel romanzo di Cory Doctorow, è stato ripreso recentemente da Chris Anderson di Wired: Atoms Are the New Bits. Forse eccede, [...]

By: Makers – The Most Exciting Thing Happening in Tech « Lexical Scrutiny

Makers – The Most Exciting Thing Happening in Tech « Lexical Scrutiny — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:52:33 +0000

[...] was fascinated by the concept of creating something at home, and subsequently picked up a copy of ‘Makers’ by Cory Doctorow. This book is a work of futuristic science fiction, and centres around two [...]

By: Nate Stokes

Nate Stokes — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:44:56 +0000

I completely agree with Rick on this book. I used to be a fan of Cory Doctorow stories, because they are fun and interesting and thought provoking blah blah blah.

Now I am a fricken Cory Doctorow EVANGELIST. Everyone needs to read this book, if only to get a hint about how they are behaving now, and where that behaviour is headed.

I wanna live in a trailer in an abandoned mall with street food all around me and a community of other creative people surrounding me. But knowing my luck, I'd be the guy that gets 'copped' all the time for having a big mouth.

Thanks so much for another excellent book Cory.

By: Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:21:39 +0000

Woah, thanks, Rick!

By: Rick Hatfield

Rick Hatfield — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:16:02 +0000

I love all your books, but this one should be required reading. "Inspirational" doesn't even begin to cover it. It's like a breath of fresh air after being trapped in a coffin for centuries. Why aren't we actually DOING this stuff? I haven't done a whole lot of CAD yet, but now I'm just itching to get a 3d printer and start making stuff. Beats bronze-casting all to hell and back, believe you me! And it would be a great way to manufacture my "Collapsible Polychoron" toys, which are a huge pain to make by hand, to put it mildly... Assuming the printer can actually handle it, that is... And if not, I bet I could help improve the process. No offense intended (or not too much anyway), but normal humans have only the most superficial and inadequate grasp of Shape; you need a freaky autistic-savant like me to show you how it REALLY works (NO false modesty here at Anomaly Plexus)! Anyway, thanks a bunch for publishing this awesome novel. Keep up the excellent work!

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:30:39 +0000

Makers is an amazing book, I will be looking forward to purchasing all your books once I again have the money to do so. I have felt an amazing weight lifted from my shoulders by reading this book. It reminded me why I originally blazed a path into the financial unknown and started my own company; despite the company failing during the economic downturn I can see I have not. I believe I will be picking myself up and reentering into that wonderful wilderness again soon. Thank you for reminding me why I stay creative, and determined to make a better world.

By: Yatterings » Making things – Cory Doctorow’s Makers

Yatterings » Making things – Cory Doctorow’s Makers — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:53:48 +0000

[...] it that the earlier Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom or Eastern Standard Tribe. On his website he comments: I wrote it years before the current econopocalypse, as a parable about the amazing blossoming of [...]

By: The BLTN Series, 2: {The Hugo Finalists, Part 5 - The Novels: Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow} | Books Talk

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:24:30 +0000

[...] of society!), through Eastern Standard Tribe and smart mobs, to the recently published Makers, which explores, in Doctorow´s own words, “people who hack hardware, business-models, and [...]

By: 365 tomorrows » Makers : Cory Doctorow : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:20:38 +0000

[...] Di Filippo had this to say about Cory Doctorow in a December 22nd review of Makers In science fiction, however, the pool of hip, youthful, happening, fresh-eyed, keen-witted, [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:45:28 +0000

If it's removed, I would suggest local fans download a copy, print several, and leave in the stacks.
Along with some post-it's giving the URL for those that want to read on their own.

By: gcb

gcb — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:16:58 +0000

Downloaded Makers the other day, stayed up way too damn late reading it. It's rare that I call a book "inspirational", but yours reminded me what I like about the tech field. Thanks!