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Podcast on Toy Robots

Suzanne and I talk about toy  robots . Here's a sneak peek at one worth discussing...

Breaking the barrier between techie and artist

Moving library programming from passive to active modes has attracted and revealed many people's dual strengths. We love it when the artistic side of people's personalities meets up with their nerdy, techie side. Regular, reliable times when teens can come in to tinker has opened up programs to many busy teens who may have thought they couldn't possible squeeze in another activity. Cases in point: Lauren Matthews, a poet, fan fiction writer, and excellent conversationalist, is also keenly interested in creating sculptures and objects with our 3D printers. She is also a whiz at Garageband and photo editing tools, a useful skill when creating our Radiofaces podcasts. Ted Wahle is a big, big, music fan. He hosts one of our music-themed podcasts and has become an expert on designing for the 3D printer. He likes to pursue his artistic as well as his techie side. He's hoping to do some live streaming interviews for us at the Levitate music festival this summer! At t...

Podcasting to spread the Makerspace gospel...!

We have a podcast blog for which we have highlighted the Makerspace initiative this week: http://difflepresents.blogspot.com Please subscribe to us on your Feedly or whatever Readers you use.... If you download podcasts from itunes, you can find us as a subscription podcast in their catalog. Search either Duxbury Free Library or Difflepresents. We've got 4 podcasts in the itunes catalog but plan to increase that number substantially in the weeks to come. There is SO much going on these days. Many initiatives to discuss and lots of people to interview and gain wisdom from! The Backyard Homestead by Carleen Madigan Once Upon a Flock: Life with My Soulful Chickens by Lauren Scheuer Learning about Bees from Mr. Krebs by Alice Flanagan Arduino for Dummies by John Nussey Expect More: Demanding Better Libraries for Today's Complex World by David Lankes