My talk from WordCamp Milwaukee 2013.

1. The Importance
of Blogging to the
Maker/DIY Community
Pete Prodoehl
RasterWeb!

2. Who Am I?
#hacker #maker #publisher #blogger
#web #photo #video #art #design
#diy #barcamp #makerspace
#hackerspace #community #burrito
#PeteProdoehl

3. http://rasterweb.net/raster/
Pete Prodoehl
RasterWeb!
Blogging since 1997.
#old

4. The Maker Movement
The Maker Movement and
the growing world of DIY
both promote “creating”
things...
#make

7. Digital Sharecropping
The folks at Facebook, and Tumblr,
and Google+, and Pinterest would
LIKE LOVE for you to share your
content there... for FREE!
Out of the goodness of their hearts, right?
#ugc

8. Thanks!
but no thanks...
sort of.

9. Making & Sharing
“After you make something
awesome, you're not done...
you have to share it with the
world. That's just as important.”
#love

10. Where to Share?
#put
•Instructables
•Make: Projects
•YouTube(!?)
•Radio Shack DIY

11. Or Just Maybe...
#own
•Your Own Damn Blog!

12. Advantages
#own
•You control it
•You own it

13. Disadvantages
#own
•You control it
•You own it

14. Advantages
#own
•It won’t be sold
•It won’t be shut down
•It can (easily) last 15 or more years
•It’s not sharecropping
•Credibility

17. Disadvantages
#work
•It’s work
•It may cost money
•It’s work
•(Did I mention it’s work?)

18. Digital Sharecropping
The folks at Facebook, and Tumblr,
and Google+, and Pinterest would
LIKE LOVE for you to share your
content there... for FREE!
Go for it!
#win

19. RSS IS
DEAD!
btw...

21. Google Reader
IS DEAD!
(Google Reader is not RSS.)

22. Where (else) to Share?
#put
•Make Blog
•Adafruit Blog (and G+)
•Hackaday (Blog)
•Flickr
•Thingiverse

23. We are Makers!
#boom
“After you make something
awesome, you're not done...
you have to share it with the
world. That's just as important.”

25. Thanks!
[YOUR NAME HERE]
The Importance
of Blogging to the
Maker/DIY Community
Pete Prodoehl
RasterWeb!