Halfway through the programme, I try to sum up how it works, and why I think it's so effective.

Inside the world of microcontrollers, and discovering the magic of programming. Plus, how do you figure out how to make a thing happen in the world?

Why should we care about how things look? And if we want people to value the things made in fablabs, what can we do about it? [Updated 2018-03-15 with correct audio file.]

I had to talk to a journalist about the impact of makerspaces and fablabs, particularly their economic impact. I think I said something along these lines.

Reflecting on the experience of learning at an uncomfortable pace, negotiating machine time, and flow in the workshop.

In which I pick at the idea of developing skill with digital machines, the difference between precision and craft, and finding a new way to talk about skill in a digital workshop.

This week Fab Academy gets real. We crank up the machines and start making. Cue cursing.

How 3D design software lets you make complex objects from simple components, and how to can make flexible objects that can be adjusted after their initial design.

What's it like to enter the world of developer tools as a newbie? It's turtles all the way down. Plus, I leave a trail of crumbs as I venture into the forest.

In which Fablabs take over the world, and I grow increasingly nervous about the amount of work I've taken on.