Sylvia's Super-Awesome Maker Show! - Day of Making http://sylviashow.com/tags/day-making en Project Books and White House Maker Faire http://sylviashow.com/blog/techninja/2014/06/16/project-books-and-white-house-maker-faire <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>For those that missed it, Sylvia has been working like crazy for months cooking up a brand new set of real life project books! ...also she's been invited to attend the White House for their very first Maker Faire on Wednesday June 18th, 2014!</p> <p><img alt="Sylvia-book-cover-for-web-not-final-300x300.png" src="/sites/default/files/post-images/Dadmin/Sylvia-book-cover-for-web-not-final-300x300.png" style="display:block; height:300px; margin:0px auto; width:300px" /></p> <p>Announced as her surprise project at Maker Faire Bay Area 2014, "Sylvia's Super-Awesome Project Book" series is going to be a set of books published by <a href="http://superawesomebook.com">CMK Press</a> featuring project topics from various episodes, along with a bunch more in-depth details and project extras that we just couldn't cover in the show. First book should be out late July 2014, titled Super-Simple Arduino.</p> <p>Happening a <em>little</em> sooner, Sylvia (along with me, CraftNinja mom and little sister Terrific Talulah) will be in Washington D.C. this week for the very first White House Maker Faire, thanks in part to travel sponsor <a href="http://atmel.com">Atmel</a>'s unwavering dedication to education and the young Maker community, <em><strong>they rock!</strong></em></p> <p><a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/post-images/Dadmin/atmel_shirt.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/atmel_shirt.JPG?itok=hYoMyNGA" alt="Atmel Logo on a shirt" title="Atmel - Sylvia&#039;s travel sponsor for the White House Maker Faire" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://makezine.com/day-of-making/"><img alt="dayofmakinglogo.png" src="/sites/default/files/post-images/dayofmakinglogo.png" style="float:left; height:160px; margin-left:25px; margin-right:25px; width:160px" /></a></p> <p>For the majority of Makers wishing to take part in the festivities, don't worry! June 18th has been officially proclaimed as the <a href="http://makezine.com/day-of-making/">National Day of Making</a>. Get together with your local maker space, hacking group, or just your family, and get out there and make something! Post pictures and use the hash-tagĀ  <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23nationofmakers"><span style="color:#ff0000">#nationofmakers</span></a> to let the world know that you're doing your part and making something awesome <em>together</em>. There's tons of other suggestions on the Day of Making site, so go check it out!</p> <p>We'll be tweeting from the event live as long as we've got connectivity, so check <a href="https://twitter.com/makersylvia">@MakerSylvia</a> for updates before, during, and after for all the fun and surprises we're bound to find there.</p> <p>Good luck makers, young, old, and future. Lets all get out there and make something this June 18th and prove we are (even around the world) a <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23nationofmakers"><span style="color:#ff0000">#nationofmakers</span></a>.</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/white-house" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">White House</a>, <a href="/tags/maker-faire" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Maker Faire</a>, <a href="/tags/secret" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">secret</a>, <a href="/tags/bay-area" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Bay area</a>, <a href="/tags/washington-dc" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Washington DC</a>, <a href="/tags/day-making" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Day of Making</a>, <a href="/tags/away" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">away</a>, <a href="/tags/nationofmakers" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">#nationofmakers</a>, <a href="/tags/ssapb" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">SSAPB</a>, <a href="/tags/book" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">book</a>, <a href="/tags/atmel" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Atmel</a> </span> </div> Mon, 16 Jun 2014 19:45:19 +0000 TechNinja 105 at http://sylviashow.com http://sylviashow.com/blog/techninja/2014/06/16/project-books-and-white-house-maker-faire#comments