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Makernews
- ebbv 13y agoAm I the only person who really hates the term "maker"? It's awful, generic and self-aggrandizing. "Hacker" is a great term because it's fairly specific (you're working to alter something/make something work) and it's self-deprecating ("I'm just hacking away at it.").
- untog 13y agoIn this context I'd say it is fine, because it describing people who are specifically doing hardware hacks. 3D printing and the like. But I agree that in general the term 'maker' has become very overused to be point of not meaning anything at all.
- atwebb 13y agoSince you asked (but not really)...I've actually always thought the term hacker sounded silly especially when spoken. Not sure what else I would go with but something about it feels cheesy and self-involved.
- Terretta 13y agoWent to Maker Faire NYC this weekend. Feel the same about the term. It should have been called 3D Printer Faire. If not that, then Kit-maker Faire. There was less "making" on display than at a typical arts and crafts festival, and much more commercialization of RTA kits than I'd expected. Also, I feel like Rasberry Pi should only come after Arduino which should only come after one of these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Radio-Shack-CK1000-Basic-Electronic-Parts-Kit-/251343548006 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Radio-Shack-CK1000-Basic-Electronic-.... (Not the 150 in one project kits, actual components.) Start with hacking things from sensors and transistors before programming chips. As an example, on the linked "maker news" site, the home page currently has a headline about flickering a household bulb like a candle with Arduino, http://flowcon.us/td/hwmach/ http://flowcon.us/td/hwmach/. This doesn't need a chip. You could do it a variety of ways with the components above.
- zokier 13y ago> "Hacker" is a great term because it's fairly specific Funny thing. I think "maker" is far more specific term than "hacker". Maker == a person who makes stuff, hacker == a person who is somehow in touch with tech.
- doctorstupid 13y agoYou're not the only person. It very much aggrivates me. These things that so called 'makers' do, that is, to make stuff, is what untold numbers, from all countries and cultures, have been doing forever. But now some feel the need to form a sham group and proselytize. It's similar to other group-consumption movements such as the Juggalos, aligning itself with a selection of products, fashion styles, and symbols. Some makers even proudly have themselves tattooed with these symbols. There are many of these group-consumption movements, but this one is particulary irritating for the promotion of its own idiom onto territory that belongs to everone. One hates being told that an activity in which they have always partook in their own individual manner is now the domain of a new higher authority on the matter.
- kubindurion 13y agoHere is a link to the blog post with announcement explaining why it was created: http://blog.makerland.org/post/62144777669/makernews http://blog.makerland.org/post/62144777669/makernews
- iktorn 13y agoIt seems like HN might need to think about subHNs
- SuperChihuahua 13y agoI'm running http://www.trejdify.com/ http://www.trejdify.com/ which is like HN but with business news only, and I have a modified spam-filter that sorts the articles automatically in the different categories. Maybe HN needs something similar?
- krapp 13y agoHow do you do the sorting? I've thought about doing something similar with the metadata of posted urls but obviously that might be ridiculously easy to game.
- SuperChihuahua 13y agoI use the same spam filter as in the book "Programming collective intelligence"
- xerophtye 13y agoLike reddit?
- olasitarska 13y agoIt should definitely be a thing! I'd love to see a separate politics subHN. Or the one with all the Medium posts ;)
- jonatron 13y agoCool. The news starts a bit far right and far from the top for my liking, see http://i.imgur.com/WjoXblB.png http://i.imgur.com/WjoXblB.png for what I mean.
- kubindurion 13y agothanks for the suggestion! we'll fix it!
- jonatron 13y agoOh and take a look at the subscribe bit near the bottom in FF & IE
- kubindurion 13y agowe'll do!
- krapp 13y agoIn one of your scripts you appear to be missing an end bracket "}" - also there's no real reason to have them in separate script tags that i'm aware of although i'm just being nitpicky at that point. It looks nice - I like the graphics.
- kubindurion 13y agothanks! thank you for the kind words! and as far as typo is concerned we're going to fix it asap, just not now.. we have 250 active visitors right now :)
- davidcollantes 13y agoWhat is the engine behind it? Available somewhere?
- olasitarska 13y agoIt's python and django. We will probably release it as open source soon.
- jaggs 13y agoDesperately needs an RSS feed.
- kubindurion 13y agoyes it does, we're going to add it tommorow!
- dawidwu 13y agothat's a great idea!
- linker3000 13y agoAh - I mentioned RSS a few threads back before seeing this one. Yes, good idea.
- samspenc 13y ago+1 for the RSS feed!
- kubindurion 13y agoand.. it's done :) http://news.makerland.org/rss/ http://news.makerland.org/rss/ http://news.makerland.org/atom/ http://news.makerland.org/atom/
- skimmas 13y agoI'm really sorry that makernews does not have a "lame" layout like hackernews. On hackernews I can scan for interesting articles really really fast, on makernews it's SLOW. Also the design elements while cute might not appeal to the more hardcore maker crowd.
- yenoham 13y agoI completely agree. One of the main things I like about HN's simplistic style, is that within a few seconds I can scan a dozen or so entries and filter out what I'm going to look through.
- kubindurion 13y agoguys, what's your method of scanning? how could we improve?
- CmonDev 13y ago1) fit 30 items on one screen; 2) remove wasted space and visual noise in the bottom, top, left side and right side. PS: I am not your target audience.
- jobigoud 13y agoI agree with the comments. On HackerNews main page, I can see the top 24 links without scrolling. On MakerNews I see 8. The drawings on the side are nice, but it's the first thing I see when coming on the page. I need to self consciously blind the side of the page to focus on the content.
- linker3000 13y agoRSS feed?
- bliti 13y agoLinks: - Color. Make it dark. Light blue on a white background is very hard to read. - Font size: Too big. Look at HN. Layout: - Reduce the padding in between entries. HN is easy to scan because everything is neatly packed. You only need to scroll a little to see the rest. - The header is too big. Kept it simple with a little logo. The focus here is the content, not branding. The tweet button should go in the bottom of the page. - The footer is nice, but a bit too big. - The subscription form is in the way of the "More News" link. Also, a lot of people in your target market refrain from giving their name along with their email.
- veidr 13y agoIn order to read this website, are you supposed to 3D-print yourself some special glasses that render light blue text on white legible? Is that the secret handshake?
- kubindurion 13y agohahah, yeah, we need to change this
- oelmekki 13y agoWe definitely need such a place to gather news about 3d printing, not just publishing projects. Thanks to the team.
- abdophoto 13y agoI like.
- sean13013 13y agoIn your background image, the screws at the top are threaded anticlockwise, but have a clockwise rotation arrow. Vice versa for the screw at the bottom by the robot head.
- zengr 13y agoDeal breaker without a RSS feed.
- OafTobark 13y agoIs there an RSS? Edit: Nevermind, just saw its going to be added tomorrow
- kubindurion 13y agoadded! http://news.makerland.org/rss/ http://news.makerland.org/rss/ http://news.makerland.org/atom/ http://news.makerland.org/atom/