Maker Faire 2009

The Maker Faire is over and it was spectacular.  The projects on display, as always, were some careful mixture of brilliant, hilarious, and dangerous.

I had an amazing time talking to everyone and hearing your kind words.  I showed only a portion of what I had hoped to, and the dress I did show was kind of sloppy, but nonetheless it was a completely gratifying weekend.

There was one question I got frequently that is worth answering, and that is: “how did you think of this”?

Forgetting for a second that we’re talking about a dress made with tubes and a pump and not, for instance, something useful (the ShamWow, par example.)  I would like to propose that the origin of this, and most any idea, is a bit absurd and mostly irrelevant.

What is vital though, and of greater influence on any project, is how it perpetuates.

The Maker Faire is what motivated me.  The receptive, forgiving, and care-full group of people represented there and on the internet is of much greater consequence to my project than whatever random elements fused at its conception.

There is another story behind all of this — one I didn’t really understand until recently — that I would like to share one day too.