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By: Jes Lowry | “I made this” = UI Super Powers

Jes Lowry | “I made this” = UI Super Powers — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:36:18 +0000

[...] Cory Doctorow’s book Makers, has come up a lot in discussions I’ve had with UX designers. Within our consumer culture is a push for high-quality commodities and re-purposed products. More is not necessarily better to a growing number of consumers. Less is becoming the intention of consumers who are conscious of the impending hyper over saturation of crap. [...]

By: 3-D Printing And Pirate Bay Usher In The Era Of Pirated Physical Goods | t3knoDorKs

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:10:10 +0000

[...] In any case, even if 3-D copy isn’t going to save a world, 3-D intent robbery isn’t going to destroy it either. But this kind of mutating, depraved innovation–and a indeterminate outcome it might have–is what creates a genuine universe some-more engaging than any Cory Doctorow novel. [...]

By: 3D Printing – Sci-Fi Myth Or Reality? | .: Tools4Classroom :.

3D Printing – Sci-Fi Myth Or Reality? | .: Tools4Classroom :. — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:34:27 +0000

[...] could write a book on the social implications of 3D printing (Cory Doctorow’s Makers novel is one suggestion I’m in the process of reading – and you can download it for [...]

By: My Goals for NYU’s ITP Program « Ben Turner's Blog

My Goals for NYU’s ITP Program « Ben Turner's Blog — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 03:10:20 +0000

[...] Cory Doctorow's Makers had his two tinkerers create a cheap and easy tech that consisted of RFID chips in containers and on objects, so that when you needed to locate something in your closet, you could call it up and the container it was in would glow for you so you could find it faster. RFID and its intermixing with IPv6, linked data, and object reputation will lead to greater connectedness between the digital and real world, and will enhance our ability to interact with the real by mapping the computational digital world onto it. It's pretty kludgy the way we look at a real-world object (a book) and then google or amazon it online. [...]

By: Several Thoughts from the Seventh Child » I’ll “Quarter-life Crisis” You, Sir!

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:51:16 +0000

[...] and we’re left with no status, no quo? Recently, I read Cory Doctorow’s book called The Makers (which by the way is a free download) and it opened my eyes to a world where creation could [...]

By: Review Makers by – Brent Knowles

Review Makers by – Brent Knowles — Sun, 30 May 2010 19:37:57 +0000

[...] Makers is a fascinating and exciting read. Exciting not in the guns and kabloomy sense, but because of the idea train that started rolling through my head on page one and still hasn’t stopped a few days since finishing the novel. Cory Doctorow has taken a look into our future and presented an opportunistic society, flawed only by the difficulties that confronts those who are smart and creative. The heroes struggle to try and do what they love to do — create — in this world. The heroes are a lovable cast from a reporter who has stepped into the fascinating ‘new work’ movement to the creative tinkerers building and selling bizarre machines to the businessmen attempting to adjust to this new society. At the core the protagonist of the novel, in my opinion, is not any of the characters, but the movement itself — this ‘new work’ — and it is this movement that thrives, dies, and continues on, supported by some characters and threatened by others. [...]

By: dev8D | What makes a book a book?

dev8D | What makes a book a book? — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:50:06 +0000

[...] If you’ve ever wondered what a book would look like printed out on a till receipt roll, like a digital age On the Road, then ponder no longer. Ben O’Steen has done just that with Cory Doctorow’s latest novel, Makers. [...]

By: The future of internet and how to stop it « YBlog

The future of internet and how to stop it « YBlog — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:09:39 +0000

[...] che stiamo vivendo. Purtroppo sono tutti in inglese ma devo dire che non sono molto complessi. Makers by Cory Doctorow Intertwingle by Judy Breck Unleashing the Ideavirus by Seth Godi Against [...]

By: Fundstück der Woche: „Makers“ « Textunes Blog

Fundstück der Woche: „Makers“ « Textunes Blog — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:56:49 +0000

[...] einfach mal reinklicken: http://craphound.com/makers/about/ [...]

By: Ten Great Free e-Books for Innovators « Book Reviews « Innovation Leadership Network

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:20:44 +0000

[...] Makers by Cory Doctorow: If you want some fiction about innovation, this is a good one to read. An entire sci-fi book about business model innovation – what could be better? [...]