Shelve Under: Makers

"It's about the idea that you should sit down and make the thing that you want, whatever that thing is, whether it's origami or model boats or model trains or crazy weird robots or glowing things or fountains with lights in them." - Eric Boyd, Director of Festival Programming, Maker Festival Jason and Mike talk to Ted about the maker movement in Toronto. Then, Wendy interviews Maker Festival programming director Eric Boyd, and goes out to meet some makers in the Reference Library. Finally: noisemakers, carrot hot dogs, and other things you can learn to make from books. Books, websites and other resources mentioned in this episode: botbrawl.ca Coding for Beginners Using Python by Louie Stowell Cool Tools by Kevin Kelly From the Kitchens of Yam Chops by Michael Abramson The Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer Junkyard Jam Band by David Erik Nelson Lynda.com MakerFestival.ca Maker Festival 2019: Call for Makers Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig Read episode transcript Your hosts: Christina, Mike, Jason, and Wendy Contact us at shelveunder@torontopubliclibrary.ca Please take our survey .

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This episode was published on Mar 20, 2019.

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