diy - Throw Out The Manual

diy

A collection of 4 posts

Bon Appétit

I grew up with a love for cooking. I enjoyed sitting in the kitchen watching my mother cook for our family and she would often show me various techniques, recipes, and let me help here and there with odd jobs. I'm sure it's not news to anyone that even those

Why Make?

My work with Makerbots (which I've done the majority of blogging over at 3D Printing @ UMW) this semester has been a catalyst for an approach to the liberal arts that in some ways I think is still being defined. The ideals of a Maker Culture have begun to infiltrate what

Embarking on the P2PU School of Webcraft

I was inspired by Alan Liddell's latest post where he has started working on the P2PU course "School of Webcraft" and thought "Why the hell not?!" You see my experience with HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, etc all stems from a DIY attitude of learning it myself and hacking along the

The Myth of DIY U

It's hard to learn this way; in fact, it's harder than going to college. The educational system as it is currently structured is intended to offer a set of short cuts - access to qualified practitioners, creation of custom peer networks, guided and scaffolded practice - for a certain price.