Maker Faire hearkened back to computing when it was dominated by enthusiasts. And in much the same way it became commercialized, losing its spirit. I hope the new Make Faire is a reboot rather than a continuation!
Maker Faire Bay Area Returns
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#32Although Vallejo is considered to be part of the Bay Area, I would call it a stretch since it is pretty far up north, beyond SF, Walnut Creek, and Concord. For reference, it takes roughly an hour drive from SF going north to get to Vallejo.
It’s on the water. Definitely part of the Bay Area, just not the “tech” centers.
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#33There's another maker event in the bay area called Open Sauce, newly created by William Osman (Maker & YouTuber). I think Maker Faire being cancelled for the last few years was a large motivator for this event. The event is this coming weekend, July 15-16, though it appears to be sold out already. https://opensauce.live/agenda/
Wow that's an amazing lineup! Sad I can't go, I'd love to see all those talks. I'll have to keep an eye on this for next year.
Amazing indeed, that's basically my entire Youtube subscription list in one place!
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#34Maker Faire has a really special place in my heart. In 2011 I ran the iFixit booth where we not only ran phone repair workshops, but we also did a teardown of a car...live. A volunteer was kind enough to lend us his VW Golf, which he was also going to need to drive to work the following Monday. We were the last exhibitors out as it took us until around 2AM on Monday morning to get the whole thing back together and dr…
That’s the same year I exhibited the first time, and agree it might have been the pinnacle as an event for makers and hackers before it went corporate. I remember being disconcerted that the two person startup in the booth diagonal from mine was showing a closed source project, because it felt so out of place (they are now a billion dollar publicly traded company).
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#35Do I need to buy a ticket to attend?
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#36Maker Faire has a really special place in my heart. In 2011 I ran the iFixit booth where we not only ran phone repair workshops, but we also did a teardown of a car...live. A volunteer was kind enough to lend us his VW Golf, which he was also going to need to drive to work the following Monday. We were the last exhibitors out as it took us until around 2AM on Monday morning to get the whole thing back together and dr…
That’s the same year I exhibited the first time, and agree it might have been the pinnacle as an event for makers and hackers before it went corporate. I remember being disconcerted that the two person startup in the booth diagonal from mine was showing a closed source project, because it felt so out of place (they are now a billion dollar publicly traded company).
Who was it?
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#37There's another maker event in the bay area called Open Sauce, newly created by William Osman (Maker & YouTuber). I think Maker Faire being cancelled for the last few years was a large motivator for this event. The event is this coming weekend, July 15-16, though it appears to be sold out already. https://opensauce.live/agenda/
I just noticed it was coming right after it was sold out! It looks like an awesome event, will definitely be attending next year!
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#38That's uh... an unusual choice of locations. HOWEVER, you can take the Ferry from SF to Mare Island https://sanfranciscobayferry.com/ Two weekends is another interesting choice. There are going to be a lot of people, I suspect, who don't want/can't to setup or leave their setups for 2 weekends in a row. But I'm totally excited, and thrilled it's going to be in 3 months and not an announcement of something next year.
I'm glad to know that the ferry exists, and it does look like that it's common for them to offer special event service. My main gripe though is that the special event fare is rather steep for what it is ($36.50 round trip). Sure beats driving up there, but I'd almost certainly be weighing other interesting things to do for that price.
And sadly the ferrys have a worse carbon Footprint than driving also
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#39There's another maker event in the bay area called Open Sauce, newly created by William Osman (Maker & YouTuber). I think Maker Faire being cancelled for the last few years was a large motivator for this event. The event is this coming weekend, July 15-16, though it appears to be sold out already. https://opensauce.live/agenda/
That is cool - turns out I'm subscribed to quite a few of the speakers YouTube channels. I wish there was more of this stuff in the UK too.
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I'm glad to know that the ferry exists, and it does look like that it's common for them to offer special event service. My main gripe though is that the special event fare is rather steep for what it is ($36.50 round trip). Sure beats driving up there, but I'd almost certainly be weighing other interesting things to do for that price.
And sadly the ferrys have a worse carbon Footprint than driving also
Interesting. With what capacity? Even when full?
vs. individual cars/SUVs, or bus?