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The maker is the rare human who answers 'I wonder if I could' with sawdust.
means A maker is someone who makes things, especially a person who builds, crafts, or invents with their own hands rather than merely buying or consuming.
from From the verb 'make,' rooted in Old English 'macian' — to fashion, prepare, bring about — a cousin of Dutch 'maken' and German 'machen,' all tracing back to a Germanic sense of fitting things together. The '-er' suffix is the old agent-marker that turns any doing-word into the one-who-does-it, so a maker has always been, quite literally, one who makes. The recent 'maker movement' just dusted off an ancient word and handed it a soldering iron.
- origin
- Term revived by Make magazine in 2005
- creed
- Failure is just iteration with a story
- habit
- Owns more tools than free time
- hubs
- Maker Faires draw crowds in millions
makerbot industries — 3d printer company founded 2009 that pioneered consumer 3d printing
maker faire — annual event series started 2006 celebrating diy culture, held in 150+ cities
the maker movement — global community emphasizing diy electronics, 3d printing, and hands-on creation since early 2000s