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Mr Wilhelm of Instructables does not see a conflict. The DIY movement, he says, “is not anti-capitalist…It’s a backlash against mass market. It’s not like everyone who does DIY is a communist.FT.com / Management - DIY fanatics find a cyber showcase
It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape.BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Giving up my iPod for a Walkman
When you’re an engineer, designing products for other engineers is technically engaging and fun. You’re basically designing for people who think like you do. Designing for the masses can have an element of drudgery because you may have to intentionally limit products to make them acceptable to non-technical people so they will be mass marketable. Is it possible to do both? That is, can you make something that is technically elegant and capable of modification, yet acceptable as a mass-marketed product? I don’t know for sure, but it’s always fun to dream it is, and if a product like that does come to fruition, it will likely emerge from the open source hardware community. It should be interesting to see what innovations arise from this new trend.Are Atoms Really the New Bits? @ Devlin Consulting, Inc.