Category: Maker
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Phineas and Ferb and other fictional creators
I’m still only a few episodes in, but I’m finding Luke Harrington’s observations about Phineas and Ferb to be right on the money. The show really does get at the jubilant and often frenetic spirit of creating things: It’s not uncommon for the end of conflict to spell the end of a show’s appeal. (How…
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Churches as maker spaces?
This past weekend was the National Maker Faire in Washington. (Of course it happened one week after I moved to New York.) As many as 20,000 visitors were expected for the two-day event. There were tie-in festivals and announcements throughout the week. One that came across my desk was a blog post from the White House…