A call to local makers

What is a maker you ask? A maker is a person imbued with the do-it-yourself (DIY) spirit, someone who would rather create than buy. A maker is bold and creative when blurring the lines between technology and art.

O'Reilly Media has been capturing the maker spirit for awhile now with their Make: magazine. I've been an avid follower of the magazine's blog. It's full of more-than-interesting accounts and pointers to how-to instructions for projects that boggle the mind.

This post is a call out to makers in the area. Are you out there? Are our numbers strong? Should we organize, uprise and bring our knowledge of art and technology into our community?

Leave a comment here or drop me a note at onecog2many@gmail.com if you're interested. More importantly, spread the word... blog it, tweet it, facebook it, call your friends, whatever. Let's see who's out there and what we have to offer each other and the community.

Update 2009/01/02:
There's a new maker group in Madison, WI that's just starting up. Might be interesting to follow their progress at http://madcitymakers.com/. There are also some more established groups at:

http://makedc.org/
http://www.makenyc.org/
http://www.makesf.org/
http://www.makephilly.com/