Sylvia's Super-Awesome Maker Show! - Open hardware http://sylviashow.com/tags/open-hardware en NYC Tour, fundraiser budget, and upcoming awesomeness http://sylviashow.com/blog/techninja/2012/10/13/nyc-tour-fundraiser-budget-and-upcoming-awesomeness <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Aaaand.. we’re back! Thanks again to every single person who tweeted or donated directly to make our New York adventure a reality. You guys rock!! Here now is the short recap, and full budget breakdown.</p> <style type="text/css"> <!--/*--><![CDATA[/* ><!--*/ .linkholder { overflow: auto; margin: 0 auto; } .triple { width: 112%; } .double { margin-bottom: 2em; width: 90%; } .linkholder figcaption { font-family: small-caption; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0 auto; text-align: center; width: 80%; } .linkholder figure img { padding: 0; } .triple figure { width: 30%; } .linkholder figure { float: left; margin: 0; } .double figure { width: 380px; } .breakdown h4 { font-size: 2.4em; font-weight: bolder; text-align: center; } .breakdown h4, .breakdown h2 { margin-top: 1em; } .breakdown aside { border-left: 1px dashed red; display: inline; font-family: serif; margin-left: 0.5em; font-style: italic; padding-left: 0.5em; } .breakdown ul { list-style: none; } /*--><!]]>*/ </style><div class="breakdown"> I’m sure a few of you are curious about spending, and I want to be as transparent as possible when it comes to donation going toward their goal, so here’s the real and actual cost of <em><strong>Sylvia’s Amazing New York Adventure!</strong></em> <h2>Cost breakdown:</h2> <ul><li><strong>Airfaire: </strong><em>$1,735</em><aside>(3x tickets, round trip from Sacramento)</aside></li> <li><strong>Hotel for 6 days: </strong><em>$1,350</em> <aside>(Welcome to NYC, yowza!)</aside></li> <li><strong>Transportation around the city: </strong><em>$100</em> <aside>(3 unlimited subway passes, wahoo!)</aside></li> <li><strong>Shuttle to/from airport: </strong><em>$120</em><aside>(Our only other transportation cost)</aside></li> <li><strong>~2 meals a day for 10 days x 3 people: </strong><em>$622</em> <aside>(Some were more expensive, some were paid for. It all averaged out).</aside></li> <li><strong>Entertainment: </strong><em>$125</em> <aside>(American natural history museum!)</aside></li> </ul><h4>That puts our New York Adventure grand total at only <em>$4,052!</em></h4> <p>Our complete take away (after fees) from IndieGoGo was $5,074, less that total, leaves us with $1,022. We’re estimating perk fulfillment to be about $200 in shipping and other costs, leaving us with $822 to help make the next few episodes <em>absolutely <strong>super-awesome!</strong></em> </p></div> <p>To celebrate, we’re going to start <em><strong>planning</strong></em>! I know, I know.. it’s a crazy idea.. but how about we release the gift guide on or before December 1st? (instead of the 15th like last year!), also, we’re putting up <strong>all</strong> the photos we can of our various adventures into Google+ albums here, check em out! Comment, +1 and let everyone know how great everything went.</p> <hr /><div class="double linkholder"><figure><a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/102649665767942479588/albums/5799051196681314769"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-9Jr2TLamgak/UHpeVrR-YdE/AAAAAAAAGa4/yG5SL_TEqio/s380-c/SylviaSAdventureAtThe2012OpenHardwareSummit.jpg" /><figcaption>Sylvia's Adventure at the 2012 Open Hardware Summit</figcaption></a></figure><figure><a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/102649665767942479588/albums/5799065952989930753"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-fOhwB0g3_ik/UHprwm0G5QE/AAAAAAAAGa8/1-4v2Pv7I1g/s380-c/SylviaSAdventureAtWorldMakerFaire2012.jpg" /><figcaption>Sylvia's Adventure at World Maker Faire, 2012</figcaption></a></figure></div> <div class="triple linkholder"><figure><a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/102649665767942479588/albums/5791144486722656129"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-kcT7h0n_R0k/UF5HOlYQ14E/AAAAAAAAEMs/7a3YyGObnr8/s290-c/CooperHewittCardboardRobotsCreationWithMakedo.jpg" /><figcaption>Cooper-Hewitt Cardboard Robots Creation with Makedo</figcaption></a></figure><figure><a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/102649665767942479588/albums/5799060383466055169"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lVTYE_WtiZY/UHpmsauI5gE/AAAAAAAAGaw/Uo6v_nxigV8/s290-c/SylviaSAdventureInNewYorkCity2012.jpg" /><figcaption>Sylvia's Adventure in New York City, 2012</figcaption></a></figure><figure><a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/102649665767942479588/albums/5792338734930677761"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-o-IlqzOAqDU/UGKFY-pHUAE/AAAAAAAAGa0/4gfk-IYWIvI/s290-c/SylviaSAdventureAtTheAmericanMuseumOfNaturalHistory.jpg" /><figcaption>Sylvia's Adventure at the American Museum of Natural History</figcaption></a></figure></div> <hr /><p>While in New York, we took the Staten Island Ferry, toured the streets, subways and ad filled squares, strolled through central park, visited the most amazing museum and even built a bunch of cardboard robots with new friends at the Smithsonian Design Museum! Also checked out the Makerbot store, Adafruit HQ, NYC Resistor, not to mention Sylvia spoke at the <a href="http://summit.oshwa.org/">Open Hardware Summit</a> and did her part at <a href="http://makerfaire.com">Maker Faire NY</a>. Such an incredible, <em>unforgettable</em> adventure, all thanks to you guys.</p> <h2 style="text-align: center; font-weight: bolder; font-style: italic;">Thank you!!!</h2> <p>In the coming weeks we’ll be writing up all our past adventures this year (Maker Faire KC, CMK 2012, TEDx Redmond and all our special New York destinations), along with new upcoming destinations like the <a href="http://tedxsanjoseca.org/tedxsanjosecawomenspeaker/">TEDx San Jose Women</a> on December 1st, and the Brentwood School in LA next March. Not to mention new episodes, new ideas, and lots <em>lots</em> more.</p> <p>We'll keep you posted. =)</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"> <h3 class="field-label">Tags&nbsp;</h3> <span class="field-items"> <a href="/tags/new-york" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">New York</a>, <a href="/tags/fundraiser" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">fundraiser</a>, <a href="/tags/tour" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">tour</a>, <a href="/tags/away" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">away</a>, <a href="/tags/adafruit" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Adafruit</a>, <a href="/tags/ladyada" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Ladyada</a>, <a href="/tags/ohs" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">OHS</a>, <a href="/tags/open-hardware" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Open hardware</a>, <a href="/tags/museum" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Museum</a>, <a href="/tags/cooper-hewitt-design-museum" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum</a> </span> </div> Sun, 14 Oct 2012 06:11:35 +0000 TechNinja 82 at http://sylviashow.com http://sylviashow.com/blog/techninja/2012/10/13/nyc-tour-fundraiser-budget-and-upcoming-awesomeness#comments