In this midweek presentation of the making geeks podcast, we get a little topical discussing the potential impact of the Facebook allegations on the maker community and what that could mean for all social media interaction.
How do you price for a craft fair? Do you prefer commissions or vendor events? How can you maximize your bottom line? Get out your notebooks, we've got some tips for you.
If you want a "Clue" you might get caught in the "Crossfire", while building your "Monopoly". This week we're tackling board games.
If you could go back in time and pick any historical figure to accompany you to Maker Faire this year, who would it be?
Recorded during a livestream, Mark opens a mystery package and we revisit the question about dream projects with a few additional conditions.
We addressed a question from the live chat for this episode:Are we brand loyal?". Listen in to hear our responses and more! Recorded during our YouTube Live Stream.
Today we have special guest Matt Regonini from the Never Not Making YouTube Channel. We cover just about everything in this packed episode, from Matt's background as a designer to how not to squash your kid's creativity.
This week's episode is a smorgasbord of weirdness involving everything from childhood shenanigans to Josh's epic Tae Kwon Do battle.
Donavan from the "I am the Beardless Man" Youtube channel is back again to test our knowledge of all things geek while live streaming on YouTube. Play along and see how you score against Shawn, Josh, Wes, and Mark.
Josh is back from WorkBench Con with all sorts of cool info and advice for content creators who want to better connect with companies and advertisers. And for some reason, he's really excited about paint!
Darrell from the Broken Nerd YouTube channel joins us this week to tell us about his experience in 3D printing and how he makes his incredible projects come to life. Everyone should go check out his work right now...after the podcast.
With news of more and more people announcing that they've decided to become full-time makers, we pause to reflect on our own aspirations as content creators and makers have changed.
This week Josh, Wes, Mark, and Shawn talk about how the recent Space X Falcon Heavy launch is essential to inspiring a whole new generation of dreamers.
With Maker Faire only a few months away, Josh, Shawn, and Mark talk about the explosion of maker coventions and events that have been great for exposure to the public, but has also separated the group in some interesting ways. And Wes... well he's knee deep in buffets, sea sick tourists, and Bare Naked Ladies...
Get onboard the nostalgia train once again while we spend an entire episode geeking out about the new Netflix show "The Toys that Made Us"
Josh is out sick, but we have a very special guest filling in. We have Senior Editor for Make: Magazine, Mr. Caleb Kraft with us as we discuss Nintendo's latest news regarding their games to life product, Nintendo Labo.
In this episode we discuss how being a content creator potentially limits skill as a maker and how much the video process gets in the way of what our current motivations are with our own channels.
We recorded this before the holidays, but just releasing it now. This episode is focused on the impact of net neutrality along with all the possible effects of the ruling.
With Christmas over, it's time to review our 2017 predictions and set the stage for what we want to accomplish in 2018. Happy New year everyone!
Throw on your favorite white, black, or... grey cloak as we look for the balance in this week's spoilercast of the Last Jedi with our good friend Bob Clagett
Wes, is a land lubber (lover) once again, Josh is thawing his pipes while we discuss the odd look of photo realistic effects in feature films
This week we do a round robin of questions with our special guest about current events, technology, and trying to find maker groups in the real world.
**Spoilers Ahead** This week we talk about the much anticipated "Thor Ragnarok". We do discuss several spoilers, so be warned if you have not seen the film yet.
As parents, we are constantly looking for ways to get our kids into making, building and inventing. Listen to our starter list for intro building and engineering projects for kids
Are you bad at something that everyone finds easy, or maybe you are really good at something that is complicated for everyone else. Listen in to hear our flaws and special skills
Double, double toil and trouble; the Making Geeks Crew talks about ghost stories, past Halloween Costumes, Candy, and Josh is still afraid of Clown... Red Balloons not welcome
Remember when you wanted to be a Toys R Us kid? Well, that might become a distant memory now that the famed toy store filed chapter 11. Is Amazon going to be the one site to rule them all?
This week, our stomachs do the talking as we pontificate about cooking routines, the best food, the strangest food, and the worst food we've tried.
We try not to talk about current events or politically polarizing topics, but this one was hard to avoid. So bear with us and listen in as we discuss the our different and hopefully even handed perspectives on the Vegas incident and US. gun ownership
To round out our month of makers, this week's episode features artist and maker extraordinaire, Bobby Duke. Bobby tells of his early experiences carving, his love of reptiles, and gives us a sneak preview of some other projects in the works. Oh, and Wes gets excited about a tetanus shot... We're confused too.
