Comments on: Personal manufacturing and Penguicon http://configures.sarahelkins.org/2007/03/09/personal-manufacturing-and-penguicon/ Figure it out ... with me! Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:49:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: ConFigures » Blog Archive » Penguicon 5.0 http://configures.sarahelkins.org/2007/03/09/personal-manufacturing-and-penguicon/comment-page-1/#comment-237 ConFigures » Blog Archive » Penguicon 5.0 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 01:42:39 +0000 http://www.sarahelkins.org/wordpress/?p=24#comment-237 [...] Travel and transit: People reacted with concern when I mentioned flying with Northwest, but it worked out fine for me. I liked the Detroit Metro airport (DTW), especially its shiny red monorails. Driving to/around the con was fine except for construction slowdowns, especially rush hour Friday night. Convention organization: Check-in was quick and painless. Con Ops was right on the main hall and appeared available and in control every time I passed by. In most cases programming had guessed how to match room size and audience size pretty well, though I was sad that I got to the RepRap talk (open source personal manufacturing device) too late to be able to really see in — that one was packed and flowing out the door. The program book was above average. It came with a map of the main floor, pointed to the Consuite (which provided sandwich materials and fresh veggies, not just chips) and reminded readers that eating real food and getting sleep would help maintain stable moods (another blogger noted what a drama-free con this was), and had a cool essay in the back on Knowledge Ecology by Programming Chair (Wrangler?) Matt Arnold that tied in neatly with my presentation. [...] [...] Travel and transit: People reacted with concern when I mentioned flying with Northwest, but it worked out fine for me. I liked the Detroit Metro airport (DTW), especially its shiny red monorails. Driving to/around the con was fine except for construction slowdowns, especially rush hour Friday night. Convention organization: Check-in was quick and painless. Con Ops was right on the main hall and appeared available and in control every time I passed by. In most cases programming had guessed how to match room size and audience size pretty well, though I was sad that I got to the RepRap talk (open source personal manufacturing device) too late to be able to really see in — that one was packed and flowing out the door. The program book was above average. It came with a map of the main floor, pointed to the Consuite (which provided sandwich materials and fresh veggies, not just chips) and reminded readers that eating real food and getting sleep would help maintain stable moods (another blogger noted what a drama-free con this was), and had a cool essay in the back on Knowledge Ecology by Programming Chair (Wrangler?) Matt Arnold that tied in neatly with my presentation. [...]

]]> By: configures http://configures.sarahelkins.org/2007/03/09/personal-manufacturing-and-penguicon/comment-page-1/#comment-22 configures Tue, 13 Mar 2007 01:58:14 +0000 http://www.sarahelkins.org/wordpress/?p=24#comment-22 Thanks for making the distinction a bit more clear, Vik! Thanks for making the distinction a bit more clear, Vik!

]]> By: Vik Olliver http://configures.sarahelkins.org/2007/03/09/personal-manufacturing-and-penguicon/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Vik Olliver Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:23:00 +0000 http://www.sarahelkins.org/wordpress/?p=24#comment-21 Hi, I'm Vik from the RepRap project. We're not doing quite the same thing as Fab@Home though we're often compared to them; they've made a nice fabrication machine, and we're making a nice, affordable fabrication machine that can make all its own bits and runs on most computer platforms. But it certainly looks like desktop fabrication is coming to the masses real soon now! Vik :v) Hi,

I’m Vik from the RepRap project. We’re not doing quite the same thing as Fab@Home though we’re often compared to them; they’ve made a nice fabrication machine, and we’re making a nice, affordable fabrication machine that can make all its own bits and runs on most computer platforms.

But it certainly looks like desktop fabrication is coming to the masses real soon now!

Vik :v)

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