DIY Projects, Communities and Cultures 53
An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University share the results of a year-long survey studying DIY projects, communities, and cultures. The first ever large-scale survey of six DIY communities (Instructables, Etsy, Dorkbot, Ravelry, Adafruit and Craftster) explores the motivations and practices of 2600+ respondents. In addition to an academic paper, results are appropriately posted on Instructables — one of the studied DIY sites. Findings highlight creativity, learning and open sharing as key values embedded in modern DIY culture."
xkcd joke time (Score:3, Funny)
LA missle launch? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Link Love (Score:5, Funny)
Which part of Do it Yourself don't you understand~
Re:Instructables comments (Score:3, Funny)
I laughed, but a more "instructables" style comment would be:
I can't believe you posted this to slashdot, don't you know that flaming makes people sad, I am an expert on this topic and it stuns me that slashdot would allow this post to appear without editorial filtering to prevent horrific emotional scarring. Oh, did I mention already that I'm an expert on this topic? Well just to make sure, yes, yes I am. This very important safety notice should be added to the article, Think Of The Children. You can quote me, vlm on that. Yup, quote vlm the expert.
Re:LA missle launch? (Score:3, Funny)
Perhaps the recent unexplained "missle launch" off of LA is a DYI project?
Do You Itself?