Maker Faire 2010 - San Francisco - May 22 & 23

I had the pleasure of visiting Maker Faire Austin back in 2008 and had an amazing time, I'm somewhat surprised chipmusicians hadn't descended upon these events before (I would have if I wasn't so far away).  What I can say is this - the Maker Faire attracts a wonderful audience of technology lovers and the technology curious, and these two often overlap.  I imagine you'll have zero problem drawing people in to see everything that you've got on display.

The booths I remember best from Maker Faire Austin were the ones that were interactive, ones where I could do something myself and really get to know the people running the booth through playing with the fun things they had brought.  Hell, I've still got all of the handouts I got from there, and that was two years ago.  I really do wish I could be there, and have an awesome time, I know this will probably bring a few more into our strange little world.

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It did seem odd I didn't find more chiptuners like those I find lurking around here. But there were a handful at the Austin faire '08 that had more analogy chip-bent tunes. I've been to both Austin Makerfaires and one out on the west coast in San Mateo... It's a shame they'll never be having one in Austin ever again. (Damn whiny vendors) Sucks, all you cool kids out on the west coast still get to have them.

However, anyone who hasn't even been to a Makerfaire... GO! Great stuff, and great community.

Hey chaps hows it fairing ?

First day was a blast, though I spent 1/2 the day making a arduinoboy cause mine was on the fritz. Good thing they sell all the parts at the faire. Used a "midi shield"
Here are a few bad pics... I'll take better crowd shots tomorrow.