Sylvia's Super-Awesome Maker Show! - Redmond http://sylviashow.com/tags/redmond en TEDx Redmond wrapup and New York bound http://sylviashow.com/blog/techninja/2012/09/20/tedx-redmond-wrapup-and-new-york-bound <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>We had a blast at the third annual TEDx Redmond event (Sylvia's very first TEDx talk!), and now we're off to New York city, but first, some notes from our trip to Washington State.</p> <!--break--><p> After about 15 hours of driving we arrived in Seattle for a bit of fun to meet up with with Sylvia's aunt Suzy, then we took a quick detour to meet up with fabulous hardware hacker <a href="http://www.element14.com/community/groups/jeri-ellsworth">Jeri Ellsworth</a> at a little place called <a href="http://valvesoftware.com">Valve Software</a>! (That visit will get its own blog post soon).</p> <p><a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_4583.JPG" class="yoxview_thumbnail"><img class="post-img-c" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_large/public/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_4583.JPG?itok=2B3iyJca" alt="Sylvia and sister Talulah sitting behind a full size Portal Turret at Valve Software headquarters on September 14th, 2012" title="&quot;I won&#039;t hurt you&quot; -- Ahhhhhhhhh!!!" /></a></p> <p>Then on Saturday, it was time for TEDx Redmond! We headed out to to the Microsoft Conference Center, did a little rehearsal, then it was on to the main event. Sylvia was in session two, at the 29 minute mark, check it out embedded below.</p> <iframe width="560" height="340" src="http://cdn.livestream.com/embed/adorasvitak?layout=4&amp;clip=pla_ffd57217-a08d-4855-94c2-0a0a3720f86b&amp;height=340&amp;width=560&amp;autoplay=false" style="border:0;outline:0; margin:0 auto; display: block;" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><p> We had an awesome time, and we can't wait to do more. We're flying out tomorrow morning to NYC, and we'll be visiting as many awesome maker places as we can. Drop us a note and let us know if there's somewhere you think we should go. See you out there!</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/tedx" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">TEDx</a>, <a href="/tags/redmond" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Redmond</a>, <a href="/tags/away" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">away</a>, <a href="/tags/trip" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">trip</a>, <a href="/tags/presentation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">presentation</a>, <a href="/tags/education" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">education</a>, <a href="/tags/valve-software" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Valve Software</a>, <a href="/tags/jeri-ellsworth" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Jeri Ellsworth</a> </span> </div> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 02:55:10 +0000 TechNinja 81 at http://sylviashow.com http://sylviashow.com/blog/techninja/2012/09/20/tedx-redmond-wrapup-and-new-york-bound#comments Look out road: Here we come!! http://sylviashow.com/blog/super-awesome-sylvia/2012/09/13/look-out-road-here-we-come <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>Thanks to all the awesome people out in the world who helped me get to my <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/SuperAwesomeNY2012?a=809700">fundraiser goal</a> of $5,000, me and the family are heading out on the road <em>immediately!</em></p> <p>We're driving up Interstate 5 through Oregon, making a stop in Springfield, then early tomorrow morning we'll be in Redmond Washington for my very first <a href="http://tedxredmond.com">TEDx Talk</a>! I'm super excited (and nervous) but I know it's going to be awesome no matter what!</p> <p><a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_4442%5B1%5D.JPG" class="yoxview_thumbnail"><img class="post-img-c" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_large/public/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_4442%5B1%5D.JPG?itok=oepPGByX" alt="" title="Time to tour the country! (Well, Redmond and New York anyways)" /></a></p> <p>Then next week on Friday we fly out to spend the whole rest of the month in New York City! Saturday I'll be teaching how to make Cardboard Robots with <a href="http://mymakedo.com">MakeDo</a> at the <a href="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/events/target-design-kids-saturday-workshops-2">Smithsonian National Design museum's Target Design workshop for kids!!</a>, then I'll be visiting <a href="http://makerbot.com">Makerbot</a>, <a href="http://adafruit.com">Adafruit</a>, <a href="http://nycresistor.com">NYC Resistor</a>, then off to the <a href="http://summit.oshwa.org">Open Hardware Summit at Eyebeam</a>, then <a href="http://makerfaire.com">Maker Faire New York and Education day</a>!!</p> <p>Did I mention it's been busy? I think I did. But, at least I will have the best trip <strong><em>EVERRR!!!</em></strong></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/away" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">away</a>, <a href="/tags/redmond" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Redmond</a>, <a href="/tags/tedx" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">TEDx</a>, <a href="/tags/new-york" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">New York</a>, <a href="/tags/maker-faire" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Maker Faire</a>, <a href="/tags/open-hardware-summit" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Open Hardware Summit</a>, <a href="/tags/ohs" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">OHS</a>, <a href="/tags/smithsonian" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Smithsonian</a>, <a href="/tags/cooper-hewitt-design-museum" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum</a> </span> </div> Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:10:51 +0000 Super-Awesome Sylvia 80 at http://sylviashow.com http://sylviashow.com/blog/super-awesome-sylvia/2012/09/13/look-out-road-here-we-come#comments