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Maker Pro

Author Mike Hord , Adam Wolf , David Gauntlett , Joe Meno , Rob Klingberg , Susan Solarz , Mi
Release Date: 2014/12/01
ISBN: 9781457186172
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Book 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 "quit your day job." 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.

Table of Contents

  1. Foreword
  2. Introduction
  3. Preface
    1. How to Contact Us
    2. Safari® Books Online
    3. Acknowledgments
  4. 1. The Art of Unemployment
  5. 2. Interview: Tindie’s Emile Petrone
  6. 3. Evolve With the Maker Scene
  7. 4. Making It
    1. Making Guitars and Toys
    2. Television
  8. 5. The Power of Constraints
    1. The Power of Constraints
    2. The Power of New Capabilities
    3. Failure
    4. Maturing as a Maker Pro
  9. 6. Have Makerspaces Made the Traditional Artist Studio Obsolete?
    1. Origami Rocker
    2. Musical PVC Bench
    3. Conclusion
  10. 7. Pick Your Maker Sherpas
  11. 8. I’m Not a Maker, I’m a Builder
  12. 9. Hacking Brick and Mortar
  13. 10. Interview: MakerBot Industries Cofounder Zach Smith
  14. 11. Make a Living Doing What You Love
  15. 12. Are You BioCurious?
    1. DIYbio
    2. OpenPCR
    3. BioCurious
  16. 13. Interview: Freaklabs’ Chris “Akiba” Wang
  17. 14. Making Things Is Even More Vital Than You Think
    1. 1. Why make things?
    2. 2. Spirit of the Maker
    3. 3. Make your own luck
    4. 4. Small steps into a changed world
    5. 5. Passion
    6. 6. One thing leads to another
  18. 15. Soylent Supply Chain
  19. 16. Quit Your Day Job
  20. Index
  21. About the Authors
  22. Colophon
  23. Copyright
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