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Welcome to tigoe.net
Personal blog · tigoe.net/bloghardwareprogramming
Welcome to tigoe.net is a personal blog at tigoe.net about hardware and programming. Since 2009, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times, most often “In defense of open source innovation and polite disagreement”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Tom Igoe's blog for writing on open hardware and the maker movement, including the MakerBot controversy, and on Chinese shanzhai manufacturing. Igoe also co-wrote the physical computing book Physical Computing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- In defense of open source innovation and polite disagreement3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2012-09-22
- Shan Zai and open fabrication2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2009-09-04
What Hacker News says?
here's some links for more info http://blog.makezine.com/2012/09/19/is-one-of-our-open-sourc... http://www.makerbot.com/blog/2012/09/20/fixing-misinformatio... http://www.hoektronics.com/2012/09/21/makerbot-and-open-sour... tom igoe has some sensible words on this: http://www.tigoe.net/blog/category/open-innovation/408/ this is an interesting discussion in advance of this (unfortunately sold out) conference next wee…
Comment linking /blog/category/open-innovation/408/
on “3D printer community revolting against Makerbot's new closed-source printer”Submitted Shan Zai and open fabrication as a story · 14 points
HN discussionTo be honest, I lost faith in maker culture and open hardware in general around the time MakerBot went closed hardware - not because of MakerBot themselves, but because of the way their critics were treated. MakerBot themselves base their designs heavily on both the open hardware RepRap and open designs by other commercial manufacturers, and their head honch Bre Pettis was a big proponent of open hardware and maker…
Comment linking /blog/category/open-innovation/408/
on “AutoDesk Releases An Electronics Simulator Called 123D Circuits”Submitted In defense of open source innovation and polite disagreement as a story · 1 points
HN discussionYes you can, the book will cover all the electronics stuff you will need to build the projects it presents. I find it to be a nice intro to physical computing stuff. Tom Igoe, the author, co-wrote "Physical Computing" with Dan O'Sullivan, which is a book used in NYU's ITP for teaching artists and other non-engineers about electronics, microcontroller programming, mechanical devices, etc. So that should give you an i…
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on “The Freehacker's Union”Submitted Physical Computing’s Greatest Hits (and misses) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionTwo great articles on the shanzhai, the rapidly iterating, agile-oriented manufacturing companies in China that start with knock-offs and work towards becoming legitimate innovators in the own right: http://www.tigoe.net/blog/category/environment/295/ http://www.strategy-business.com/article/09315?gko=0d73e&...
Comment linking /blog/category/environment/295/
on “IPed Launches For $105 in China, Runs On Android”Submitted The problem with assuming interfaces are "intuitive" as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Rant on intuitive interfaces: Just like Riding a Bike as a story · 1 points
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