MsBehaviour says maker spaces are growing in popularity, bringing hackers, crafters, and creators together to share tools and skills. Urban zones are sprouting knitted or crocheted overlays, embedded with Arduino open-source electronics for interactive creations. Old skool crafts are being given a geek twist, with knitted robots, crocheted computers or games characters immortalised in cross stitch. Check out all the links over at The Big Idea.
MsBehaviour looks at why tagging data is important as the next phase in the development of the Semantic Web and provides some tips for tagging your content. Full show notes are up on The Big Idea and check out more audio and video over at theG33kShow.com.
MsBehaviour says that independent filmmakers, musicians and other creative types are harnessing communities of fans to microfinance, or ‘Crowdfund’ their creative projects. There are many tools on the web that facilitate that but one in particular that is looking rather exciting is a crowdfunding community called Kickstarter. The full rundown on crowdsourcing and the show notes is at The Big Idea. Check out more audio and video over at theG33kShow.com.
