Maker Pro
Essays on Making a Living As a Maker
1st Edition
Published on 9. December 2014
162 pages
978-1-4571-8616-5 (ISBN)
Description
Maker Pro is a book of essays by more than a dozen prominent and up-and-coming professional makers (Maker Pros). Each essay includes advice and stories on topics such as starting a kit-making business, taking a hardware project open-source, and plenty of encouragement to "e;quit your day job."e; This book is a reference for anyone who dreams of turning a hobby into a small business, and features stories from well-known professional makers; it will turn aspiration into inspiration.
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Content
- Intro
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Preface
- How to Contact Us
- Safari® Books Online
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. The Art of Unemployment
- Chapter 2. Interview: Tindie's Emile Petrone
- Chapter 3. Evolve With the Maker Scene
- Chapter 4. Making It
- Making Guitars and Toys
- Television
- Chapter 5. The Power of Constraints
- The Power of Constraints
- The Power of New Capabilities
- Failure
- Maturing as a Maker Pro
- Chapter 6. Have Makerspaces Made the Traditional Artist Studio Obsolete?
- Origami Rocker
- Musical PVC Bench
- Conclusion
- Chapter 7. Pick Your Maker Sherpas
- Chapter 8. I'm Not a Maker, I'm a Builder
- Chapter 9. Hacking Brick and Mortar
- Chapter 10. Interview: MakerBot Industries Cofounder Zach Smith
- Chapter 11. Make a Living Doing What You Love
- Chapter 12. Are You BioCurious?
- DIYbio
- OpenPCR
- BioCurious
- Chapter 13. Interview: Freaklabs' Chris "Akiba" Wang
- Chapter 14. Making Things Is Even More Vital Than You Think
- 1. Why make things?
- 2. Spirit of the Maker
- 3. Make your own luck
- 4. Small steps into a changed world
- 5. Passion
- 6. One thing leads to another
- Chapter 15. Soylent Supply Chain
- Chapter 16. Quit Your Day Job
- Index
- About the Editor
