To recap, I have enough funding to start MindGear, but not quite enough to do the full lab pictured here. I’ll look at my financial options and at doing a crowdsourcing campaign soon. My attempt to economize by doing work …
Continue ReadingThat was this week’s theme as I rush around trying to start a business from scratch. And the marketers have told me to not forget the kids. Kids may not have most of the money in our economy, but pretty …
Continue ReadingA friend of mine introduced me to gantter.com for one of my day job projects. If you’re not familiar with Gantt charts or need a free way to build one I suggest you check them out. Briefly, a Gantt chart …
Continue ReadingI’m not going to lie to you, Marge, this is one fantastic piece of DIY cosplay fun. Builder Anthony Le obviously has a passion for building some awesome costumes, and this one just about takes the cake.
Continue ReadingDIY.org is an new app and website for you kids to create their own portfolio or their artwork.
Continue ReadingI’m pretty comfortable talking in front of a group of engineers: I’ve done it hundreds of times in giving papers/presentations, speeches, and leading meetings. And yet walking into a room of businessmen and women who make a living from their …
Continue ReadingI am starting a new public accessible prototyping lab in Huntsville, Alabama, called MindGear Labs based on the fab lab model. I’ve dreamed of becoming an entrepreneur and have done a fair amount of research on the topic. But this …
Continue ReadingCreating a start up is a lot like a video game. Well not really, but strangely I found developing my financial projections pretty fun. I guess not many people have had that particular observation. Trying to figure out how to …
Continue ReadingI am starting a new prototyping lab in Huntsville, Alabama, based on the fab lab model. I’ve dreamt of becoming an entrepreneur and have done a fair amount of research on the topic. But this is my first attempt at …
Continue ReadingI am starting a new prototyping lab in Huntsville, Alabama, based on the fab lab model. I’ve dreamt of becoming an entrepreneur and have done a fair amount of research on the topic. But this is my first attempt at …
Continue ReadingI am starting a new prototyping lab in Huntsville, Alabama, based on the fab lab model. I’ve dreamt of becoming an entrepreneur and have done a fair amount of research on the topic. But this is my first attempt at …
Continue ReadingI am starting a new prototyping lab in Huntsville, AL based on the fab lab model. While I’ve done a lot of reading over the years while dreaming of becoming an entrepreneur, this is my first endeavor. This weekly article …
Continue ReadingPonoko recently wrote up a cool idea for alternative gifts for our (and others’) kids. Instead of getting them a present at a big box store, they suggest something a bit more personal. There are a ton of kid friendly …
Continue ReadingI’m starting a business. That’s a difficult thing to say out loud, much less announce to the entire internet (or at least the intelligent, sophisticated and lemony fresh corner of it that reads GeekDad). For years I’ve contemplated this fateful …
Continue ReadingA couple years ago I heard people start talking about something called an Arduino. This was before I started writing for GeekDad and my life was pretty busy with work and family so I relegated the term to a part …
Continue ReadingOne of the things I am learning as I rise in the ranks of engineering is that you gain more responsibility for the products being developed while simultaneously being increasingly physically separated from the hands-on work. I used to do …
Continue ReadingIf you’re anything like most of us here at GeekDad, the Toy Story franchise is well, a Very Important Thing. And so is Lego. So when reader Will tipped us off about this awesome Toy Story Lego build of the …
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