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How Crafting Powers Social Media (and Vice-Versa)

Event Interactive 2010
Format Panel
Organizer Betsy Aoki – Microsoft
Description What do painting shoes, knitting sweaters and Star Wars characters, or modifying goggles to light up ala steampunk have in common with social media? Everything. Learn how to make stuff - and create an online tribe of happy crafters and keep it running.
Questions
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  1. What defines an online crafting community?
  2. IWhat does being online add or detract from the crafting experience?
  3. How does the craft in real world translate to social objects in the online world?
  4. How has crafting changed the nerd aesthetic and vice versa?
  5. Why online? I mean, can't people just join knitting circles at the Y or something?
  6. Does it make a difference if the community has fees?
  7. What mistakes have people made in starting these online communities?
  8. Can you bring totally offline groups together with online ones in the same event?
  9. What distinguishes online communities of craft from other social media "places"?
  10. What cool stuff can I learn to make?
Level Beginner
Category Community / Online Community, Design Thinking, Online Relationships, Other / Out There
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