What exactly does it mean to be a maker? This project aims to explore that question and put forth a potential definition. In the spirit of Vitruvius' Ten Books on Architecture, this effort will provide Ten Big Ideas on what it means to be a maker in contemporary times. News will be posted to tenbooksonmaking.blogspot.com.
Table of Contents
Book 1: Responsibility to Share
Book 2: Teaching Others and Communicating
Book 3: Becoming a Jack of Many Skills, a Master of One (or Two)
Book 4: The Bottega and the Studiolo
Book 5: Work Smart and Work Hard
Book 6: Vitruvius Virtues for a Modern Era
Book 7: Criticality of the Open Source Ethos
Book 8: Balancing the Humanist and the Technologist
Book 9: Becoming a Maker is the Beginning of the Journey
End Credit Bonus Scene: Random Musings from Experience