It’s that time of the year again, New Year Resolutions! Over the next few days you might hear some of
you friends and family say, this year I’m going to do __________, or more of
_________.
The majority of people make resolutions regarding personal
improvements, health or money related goals.
But what do the greatest minds and makers plan for their New Year’s
Resolutions? Thanks to Wired.com
they have compiled a list of the Top 10 Minds and Makers and their Resolutions.
Bruce Sterling: “In the New Year, makers should develop the
new means of maker finance, distribution and publicity: meaning the likes of
Kickstarter, Etsy and the tech-art and design blogs.”
Bre Pettis,
Entrepreneur: “I resolve to get
MakerBots into the hands of creative explorers, innovators and inventors so
they can innovate faster and make the world a better place.”
Limor Fried,
founder of Adafruit Industries: #1- “We
all need to create more tutorials and videos for learning.” #2- “Let’s get more kids involved. For our part, we’re going to do a kid’s
online program called “Circuit Playground”…”
Adam Greenfield,
managing director of Urbanscale: “Always
remember that “disruptive” is entitled bs, that “creative destruction” is still
destruction. We will find new way of
doing, thinking and being, surely, but I believe we can and must work toward
these ends without screwing over in the process.”
Diana Eng,
innovator in fashion market: #1-
“Repurpose old technology to create new things.” #2- “Better document my
efforts.”
Albert Chao,
architecture and tech designer: “STOP
3-D PRINTING THINGS. This year, I will embark on a different tact and return to
“traditional” forms of making.”
Anab Jain,
founder of Superflux: #1- “Make, Do and Mend More.” #2- “At Superflux, we’d like to continue to
expand our “making” skills and knowledge by experimenting with new technologies
and processes.”
Alex Leitch, runs
the Site 3 Colaboratory: #1- “Better
documentation! Man, I am the worst at documenting. I would like to be able to
release an archive of “Hot To Do (x)” to support each of my projects, since
they have so many moving parts and so much iteration.” #2- “For others, I’d saying straight up: Get
to Work! Seriously, it’s not that hard to Do Things. Assume you’re creative already, and good at
what you do, and the rest will follow.”
Alice Taylor, CEO
of MakieLab: #1- “I’m going to make a
personal resolution to make, build, mend and fix as many things as I possibly
can in the next 12 months.” #2- “I’m
going to print something on our work Makerbot Replicator at 80 microns.”
AnnMarie Thomas, director of the Maker Education
Initiative: #1- “Take time to work on my
own projects, ranging from a dress I keep promising myself that I’ll finish, to
a series of partially complete pop-up images.”
#2- “Teach more!”
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