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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
Anderson is clearly extremely enthusiastic about his topics; 3D-printing and associated small scale manufacturing methods; open source development; and the possibilities for new business models that accompany these. This enthusiasm is contagious, even though my inner cynic kept nagging about the many hurdles the book constantly sidesteps when painting a new future of local manufacturing for global markets. So even though the book is a bit myopic about its topic, it serves as a good eye-opener to all the possibilities these new technologies make available.
The book that follows on from where the Long Tail started. Only this time it's about the manufacture of niche items and products.
It describes how anyone these days can set themselves up as a manufacturer of a company to make anything and everything. THis can be done by using open source designs, collaborative engineering, small scale production, and ways of generating startup money for products.
He covers various examples, including details of his own multimillion pound company 3D Robotics, that he he up to make RC helicopters that were created using open source manufacturing methods.
I think that it is a seminal book that details the way that manufacturing is changing. Big companies aren't history just yet, but the small guys are starting to have a more equal hand in the market.
It describes how anyone these days can set themselves up as a manufacturer of a company to make anything and everything. THis can be done by using open source designs, collaborative engineering, small scale production, and ways of generating startup money for products.
He covers various examples, including details of his own multimillion pound company 3D Robotics, that he he up to make RC helicopters that were created using open source manufacturing methods.
I think that it is a seminal book that details the way that manufacturing is changing. Big companies aren't history just yet, but the small guys are starting to have a more equal hand in the market.
As in his previous books, Anderson introduces big ideas. In the near future, every home can be a de facto manufacturing facility. Rife with interesting anecdotes (including some personal ones), this is anything but a dry "techie" book.
Read this book if you want to see a glimpse of the future. Ignore it at your own peril.
Read this book if you want to see a glimpse of the future. Ignore it at your own peril.
A very disappointing book showing surprising ignorance and tunnel vision by someone who used to do better - not impressive at all. His own privilege and biased and prejudiced insider access seems to largely blind his awareness of reality.
This book highlights the potential of DIY tech on creating opportunity from manufacturing to individual to create a product.
If you are into potential DIY electronics, 3d printing and similar stuff, it is a highly recommended book.
If you are into potential DIY electronics, 3d printing and similar stuff, it is a highly recommended book.
An excellent insider's view of the crowd-sourced design, just-in-time, new aged approach to manufacturing goods. Fascinating stuff.
Chris Anderson always connects the dots for me. If you want to know how the maker revolution has the potential to change the not so distant future, read this book. While I feel like I'm only peripherally part of this movement (being a librarian who is exploring the possibilities of libraries being sites for makerspaces) I knew enough about what is going on with the maker movement to have begun thinking about the possibilities. I particularly loved his connection between the DIY punk culture of the 80s and today's maker movement. I'd thought of this myself and was excited when Anderson mentioned it. The idea that anyone can be in a band - just pick up an instrument and learn to play. And the idea that anyone can publish their thoughts, just make a zine with a typewriter and a copy machine. Expand this DIY thinking to so many more possibilities and add the connectedness of the Internet, the crowdfunding of sites like Kickstarter, and the growing availability of 3-D printing and you can see why we have a new industrial revolution on our hands.
Makers är fascinerande. Chris Anderson sätter fingret på något som händer och som är en verkligt möjlig väg framåt, utan att använda alltför överdrivna ord, för samhället.
Han får med väldigt mycket i sitt svep över skapare.
Han plockar med crowdfunding, hackers, remixare – men boken handlar allra mest om 3d-skrivare. Det är väldigt spännande att läsa hans tankar om utvecklingen. Det inspirerar och får åtminstone mina tankar att flyga.
Han får det att låta så enkelt. Komma på idén på morgonen. Rita den i ett 3D-program vid lunch och tillverka den i en fabrik med överkapacitet i Kina på eftermiddagen (eller för all del på skrivbordet). Det känns som en självklar utveckling. Det var svårt att tillverka en affisch själv för 30 år sedan. Det var svårt att skapa en webbsida för 10 år sedan. Det är svårt att tillverka en formgjuten sko idag. Men det kommer inte vara det. Mjukvaran kommer bli bättre, tillverkningsprocessen kommer bli tillgängligare.
Det finns redan idag 3D-printers som kan printa allt ifrån kött till hus. Den utvecklingen kommer bara gå snabbare och snabbare.
Den här delen är fascinerande. Jag gillar också Chris Andersons grepp att knyta den här utvecklingen till sin farfar som uppfann och patenterade det första automatiska sprinklersystemet. Om hur hans process skulle sett ut idag. Men det är också i sättet att knyta boken närmare Chris Anderson själv jag tycker han misslyckas med boken. En alltför stor del av boken är skriven som en annons för hans eget 3D-printingbolag 3DRobotics. Det finns intressanta saker i hans iakttagelser om hur hans bolag byggts upp, som till exempel hur han inte behövde veta något om vem hans partner som han grundade firman egentligen var förrän precis när de skulle formalisera bolaget – och då hade de redan arbetat ihop i några år, men den här berättelsen borde varit mer generell och hans egen historia bara berättad i korta drag.
Det är framför allt delen om 3DRobotics som drar ner betyget för mig. Boken är fascinerande. Den väcker massor av tankar i mig. Och det är ju vad jag har böcker till.
(Men det ska också tilläggas att jag inte tror på Chris egen teori att 3D-printing kommer bli större än webben. Men Chris är en entreprenör och en drömmare. Han ska tro det. Men webben kommer hålla 3D-printing i sig, och något inuti blir inte större än det som hållar det.)
Han får med väldigt mycket i sitt svep över skapare.
Han plockar med crowdfunding, hackers, remixare – men boken handlar allra mest om 3d-skrivare. Det är väldigt spännande att läsa hans tankar om utvecklingen. Det inspirerar och får åtminstone mina tankar att flyga.
Han får det att låta så enkelt. Komma på idén på morgonen. Rita den i ett 3D-program vid lunch och tillverka den i en fabrik med överkapacitet i Kina på eftermiddagen (eller för all del på skrivbordet). Det känns som en självklar utveckling. Det var svårt att tillverka en affisch själv för 30 år sedan. Det var svårt att skapa en webbsida för 10 år sedan. Det är svårt att tillverka en formgjuten sko idag. Men det kommer inte vara det. Mjukvaran kommer bli bättre, tillverkningsprocessen kommer bli tillgängligare.
Det finns redan idag 3D-printers som kan printa allt ifrån kött till hus. Den utvecklingen kommer bara gå snabbare och snabbare.
Den här delen är fascinerande. Jag gillar också Chris Andersons grepp att knyta den här utvecklingen till sin farfar som uppfann och patenterade det första automatiska sprinklersystemet. Om hur hans process skulle sett ut idag. Men det är också i sättet att knyta boken närmare Chris Anderson själv jag tycker han misslyckas med boken. En alltför stor del av boken är skriven som en annons för hans eget 3D-printingbolag 3DRobotics. Det finns intressanta saker i hans iakttagelser om hur hans bolag byggts upp, som till exempel hur han inte behövde veta något om vem hans partner som han grundade firman egentligen var förrän precis när de skulle formalisera bolaget – och då hade de redan arbetat ihop i några år, men den här berättelsen borde varit mer generell och hans egen historia bara berättad i korta drag.
Det är framför allt delen om 3DRobotics som drar ner betyget för mig. Boken är fascinerande. Den väcker massor av tankar i mig. Och det är ju vad jag har böcker till.
(Men det ska också tilläggas att jag inte tror på Chris egen teori att 3D-printing kommer bli större än webben. Men Chris är en entreprenör och en drömmare. Han ska tro det. Men webben kommer hålla 3D-printing i sig, och något inuti blir inte större än det som hållar det.)
2.5 star rating. Contains some good technical descriptions of the current maker movement, but awkward attempts at describing psychology, sociology, and history (that maybe.... appeared to be based on personal opinion) left me cringing several times. I thought the chapters were mostly full of stories that the author found cool but overall didn't know how to piece together into a book-length narrative. The 9 page chapter on "DIY Biology" at the end of the book was random and felt like a last-minute add on. Either flesh that out more and make it cohesive with the rest of the book, or don't include it.
Further, the way Chris Anderson described the maker movement made me think of another typical boys' club (even though women are a huge part of the DIY movement; hello Pinterest?). He quoted women (who weren't his family) only 3 times the entire book (one of whom was Whoopi Goldberg) and only used male pronouns to describe hypothetical makers or tech workers. This might seem subtle/inconsequential to most but made me flashback to high school when my friend and I joined the "tech club" as the only girls and the instructor would only teach us GarageBand but taught the other members (who were all boys) CAD and electronics (and yes, we did ask to be taught those things too. He just wouldn't teach us even though I explained that I wanted to be an engineer and wanted to know CAD too...). Made me realize all over again how indifferent and unwelcoming the tech industry can be to those who don't look like the "typical" maker or techie. Even while waxing on about how "accessible" 3D printing and coding is nowadays! So even though Anderson talked about how the maker movement could be open to anyone, I'm not sure how much he digested that message to understand what anyone could look like.
Still can't wait to start making! But wouldn't recommend "Makers" to anyone.
Further, the way Chris Anderson described the maker movement made me think of another typical boys' club (even though women are a huge part of the DIY movement; hello Pinterest?). He quoted women (who weren't his family) only 3 times the entire book (one of whom was Whoopi Goldberg) and only used male pronouns to describe hypothetical makers or tech workers. This might seem subtle/inconsequential to most but made me flashback to high school when my friend and I joined the "tech club" as the only girls and the instructor would only teach us GarageBand but taught the other members (who were all boys) CAD and electronics (and yes, we did ask to be taught those things too. He just wouldn't teach us even though I explained that I wanted to be an engineer and wanted to know CAD too...). Made me realize all over again how indifferent and unwelcoming the tech industry can be to those who don't look like the "typical" maker or techie. Even while waxing on about how "accessible" 3D printing and coding is nowadays! So even though Anderson talked about how the maker movement could be open to anyone, I'm not sure how much he digested that message to understand what anyone could look like.
Still can't wait to start making! But wouldn't recommend "Makers" to anyone.