The Experience of Maker Faire

As we walked around the convention center where Maker Faire was taking place, we felt like we were being immersed in a whole new world. It was great to see what everyone else had done and just try to absorb it all. We met up with other people we knew, wandered around together, and tried to find the first talk that would be of interest to us. The talks at Maker Faire are always a highlight, and this year's lineup did not disappoint.

We ended up attending one of the most solid talks on the subject of making on YouTube afterwards. We met up with some of the YouTubers from last night and decided to have a second lunch together. One thing that struck us about the Maker Faire community is how diverse it was - some people were big names in the industry, while others were just starting out. But despite our differences, everyone seemed to be there for the same reason: to share their passion for making and learning from one another.

As the day drew to a close, we walked back to our hotel where an after-party had been set up by MatterHackers and Inventables. It was a rooftop party, which made us feel like VIPs - at least, that's what it felt like! The atmosphere was lively and fun, with people from all walks of the maker community coming together to network and socialize. We even got to talk to some of the business leaders in the industry, including the CEO of Inventables.

After a long day of mingling and networking, we headed back to our Airbnb and decided that we needed to create a vlog about our experience at Maker Faire. However, with the time it was getting late (we were all running on fumes by this point!), we didn't want to risk sacrificing too much quality in the process. We decided to leave it for another day.

Day Two of Our Adventure

On our second day at Maker Faire, we decided not to spend as much time wandering around and exploring everything on offer. Instead, we focused on attending some talks and networking with other makers. One of the highlights of our day was meeting up with LolzBot, who had been instrumental in encouraging us to attend Maker Faire in the first place.

We were also lucky enough to meet Dan, the CEO of Global Board, who showed us how to use one of their cool technologies. It was a great experience, and we felt really grateful to have had the chance to learn from someone with so much expertise in the field. We also spent some time chatting with other makers and learning about all the amazing projects they were working on.

As the day drew to a close, we decided to shut down the convention center - it was getting late, and everyone seemed to be packing up their things! We said our goodbyes and headed back to our Airbnb, feeling exhilarated from the experience of Maker Faire. Our next adventure would take us to Atlanta in late February, where we would be attending Workbench Con.

What's Next?

As we reflect on our experience at Maker Faire, it's clear that this event has had a profound impact on us. We feel like we've been given a chance to connect with other makers and learn from them, which is exactly what we're passionate about. We also realized just how diverse the maker community is - there are so many people doing such amazing things, and yet they all seem to be united by their shared passion for making.

We're excited to share our experience at Maker Faire with our audience, and to answer as many of your questions as possible in a talk we'll be giving in Atlanta. We want to make sure that everyone has the chance to learn from us, whether you can attend the talk or not - so stay tuned for more information about how you can engage with us, whether it's through comments below, social media, or a Q&A video.

In the end, our experience at Maker Faire was exactly what we were looking for. We felt like we'd found our tribe, and that this was where we were meant to be. We're excited to take all of these lessons and experiences back to our own projects, and to see just how far they'll take us. And we hope that you've enjoyed hearing about our adventure - don't forget to subscribe, hit the like button if you have, and join us on our next journey!

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was but we had like the day off but we brought both of our laptops a huge backpack on to dslr's tripod gopro- gear we're like we're gonna edit videos we're gonna get footage we didn't do any work and I'm glad we didn't but I wish we hadn't have brought all of our supplies on our way into Manhattan we were trying to figure out what dreams are and how they work I don't even know how I saw him but Chad from am crafting there's another youtuber we were like oh he was with Bernie solo of works like solo so we hung out with them for a bit we had pizza together and then we broke up on our own to explore the parts I really like nice eventually found really let's just sit here all day for the first time it's really nice we just awesome people chatting Bernie we're there Kyle from Jason makes grass grass mix that's a good group it was fun it's great because normally we can all interact in public social media there's kind of just fun not caring about censoring ourselves Bob and Jimmy and we just kind of wandered around seeing all the crazy things that were out all of the people who are so passionate about what they did and just trying to absorb it all it was great too as we walked around we just like met up with other people we knew wandered around together and try to find the first talk it was a really solid talk it was about making on YouTube afterwards we met up with some of the youtubers from last night and we ended up having second lunch so the great thing about the whole community is some people were big some people are small some people are new some people have been doing this for years but there's no differences between all of us we were just all there for the same reason and we were all I don't know it was like what would what would be the right word cult all shared like kind of the same cause or something yeah it was cool so then when makerfaire was wrapping up for the day we walked back to the hotel where there's this after-party it was put on by a matter of fact matter hackers and Inventables after party it was a rooftop after-party so we felt really fancy it was super fun it was interesting being at extra events that were tacked on to Maker Faire because it kind of felt like this is where business happens you know like you are talking to the CEO of Inventables we were making contacts I mean we're also having a really fun time but we're like yes we're doing business this how you business smooth no no I'm good and after that we headed back to our Airbnb and we're like we need a vlog right now get it all down but I was like 1:00 2:00 in the morning I don't know if any of that's going to be it is after midnight it is enough that we're all trying to figure it out I haven't no make cucumber garlic at home it was good so day two we actually didn't make a point to walk around more and see all the stuff that we didn't get to see instead of this thing that was youtubers and eating which is what we did a lot there are so many great companies there and there's so many like wonderful people that are excited about their products we got to hang out with lolz bot and they're the ones that actually pushed us to come to Maker Faires it's great seeing them so the global board and Dan the CEO was the one that showed us how to use the machine this will stop listing cool technologies here there are a lot there really were too many to list we kind of like shut down the place people are packing up and we're like kayln how was that till the bitter end it's been so good now we want to do all the events and our next one is in Atlanta we're going to work bench con late February we'll put a link and everything down below and we're actually going to be doing a talk there which it's really cool kind of nervous main thing we want to do is answer your questions for us as youtubers and makers ask all those questions below and we'll wrap it all up into one nice little package and for people who can't make it to the talk we're either gonna try to we'll see if we can record it or we'll do like a Q&A video so let us know what you guys want to know because we want to answer we survived and we succeeded I know so fun so ultimately what we came back with is this feels right like this feels like what we should be doing you know doing making doing making doing content creation it all just feels really right and we came back very invigorated to take it to the next level the thing that really stood out to us is how real this feels now I mean it felt real but meeting to someone who says that we are one of the reasons why they got into making when someone else that we look up to was the reason we got into making and we love the making and YouTube community that's around 3d printing and woodworking and laser cutting and electronics and DIY everything and that's what we found at Maker Faire there are so many people do so many different things but everyone was together and it was really cool when he then we came back with a lot of energy and we put it into what we're doing and hopefully it shows so stay tuned hopefully you're subscribed already and if not smash that like button are you still here there's nothing at the end of the movie go home you're probably already home exciting cucumber No which is no script that's Saturday and now we met up with a few other I know it's delicious for real this trip eloquent third night in a row fail champs the puzzle worst interaction ever walk to make your fair we get a pastry on the way there hmm oh this was a cool story I'm here hi I hope you're watching this video this parts not going in the videoso originally we didn't think we could go to New York makerfaire and this is a story that's happened to get him again we always want to go this time and then something comes up and we can't do it so we're thinking no no it's it's not responsible but damn yeah we're gonna do New York we blew out we immediately went for tacos made us sleepy so we had a nap late timely event put on by matter hackers and ultimaker at the Fab Lab we got to hang out with Bob big stuff like Ginny and they were really cool you gotta meet Joel 3d printing nerd just like I want to get the guy hug we did give him lots of we got to meet other makers some people who we recognize our face some people who recognize us which was crazy yeah didn't expect anyone to know who we were I mean we did wear our t-shirts to help us out but you know and there's a great panel on 3d printing in the real world it was a great time and then the next day we thought that it was Maker Faire I thought it was but we had like the day off but we brought both of our laptops a huge backpack on to dslr's tripod gopro- gear we're like we're gonna edit videos we're gonna get footage we didn't do any work and I'm glad we didn't but I wish we hadn't have brought all of our supplies on our way into Manhattan we were trying to figure out what dreams are and how they work I don't even know how I saw him but Chad from am crafting there's another youtuber we were like oh he was with Bernie solo of works like solo so we hung out with them for a bit we had pizza together and then we broke up on our own to explore the parts I really like nice eventually found really let's just sit here all day for the first time it's really nice we just awesome people chatting Bernie we're there Kyle from Jason makes grass grass mix that's a good group it was fun it's great because normally we can all interact in public social media there's kind of just fun not caring about censoring ourselves Bob and Jimmy and we just kind of wandered around seeing all the crazy things that were out all of the people who are so passionate about what they did and just trying to absorb it all it was great too as we walked around we just like met up with other people we knew wandered around together and try to find the first talk it was a really solid talk it was about making on YouTube afterwards we met up with some of the youtubers from last night and we ended up having second lunch so the great thing about the whole community is some people were big some people are small some people are new some people have been doing this for years but there's no differences between all of us we were just all there for the same reason and we were all I don't know it was like what would what would be the right word cult all shared like kind of the same cause or something yeah it was cool so then when makerfaire was wrapping up for the day we walked back to the hotel where there's this after-party it was put on by a matter of fact matter hackers and Inventables after party it was a rooftop after-party so we felt really fancy it was super fun it was interesting being at extra events that were tacked on to Maker Faire because it kind of felt like this is where business happens you know like you are talking to the CEO of Inventables we were making contacts I mean we're also having a really fun time but we're like yes we're doing business this how you business smooth no no I'm good and after that we headed back to our Airbnb and we're like we need a vlog right now get it all down but I was like 1:00 2:00 in the morning I don't know if any of that's going to be it is after midnight it is enough that we're all trying to figure it out I haven't no make cucumber garlic at home it was good so day two we actually didn't make a point to walk around more and see all the stuff that we didn't get to see instead of this thing that was youtubers and eating which is what we did a lot there are so many great companies there and there's so many like wonderful people that are excited about their products we got to hang out with lolz bot and they're the ones that actually pushed us to come to Maker Faires it's great seeing them so the global board and Dan the CEO was the one that showed us how to use the machine this will stop listing cool technologies here there are a lot there really were too many to list we kind of like shut down the place people are packing up and we're like kayln how was that till the bitter end it's been so good now we want to do all the events and our next one is in Atlanta we're going to work bench con late February we'll put a link and everything down below and we're actually going to be doing a talk there which it's really cool kind of nervous main thing we want to do is answer your questions for us as youtubers and makers ask all those questions below and we'll wrap it all up into one nice little package and for people who can't make it to the talk we're either gonna try to we'll see if we can record it or we'll do like a Q&A video so let us know what you guys want to know because we want to answer we survived and we succeeded I know so fun so ultimately what we came back with is this feels right like this feels like what we should be doing you know doing making doing making doing content creation it all just feels really right and we came back very invigorated to take it to the next level the thing that really stood out to us is how real this feels now I mean it felt real but meeting to someone who says that we are one of the reasons why they got into making when someone else that we look up to was the reason we got into making and we love the making and YouTube community that's around 3d printing and woodworking and laser cutting and electronics and DIY everything and that's what we found at Maker Faire there are so many people do so many different things but everyone was together and it was really cool when he then we came back with a lot of energy and we put it into what we're doing and hopefully it shows so stay tuned hopefully you're subscribed already and if not smash that like button are you still here there's nothing at the end of the movie go home you're probably already home exciting cucumber No which is no script that's Saturday and now we met up with a few other I know it's delicious for real this trip eloquent third night in a row fail champs the puzzle worst interaction ever walk to make your fair we get a pastry on the way there hmm oh this was a cool story I'm here hi I hope you're watching this video this parts not going in the video\n"