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Makers: The New Industrial Revolution
by
Chris Anderson (Goodreads Author)
Wired magazine editor and bestselling author Chris Anderson takes you to the front lines of a new industrial revolution as today’s entrepreneurs, using open source design and 3-D printing, bring manufacturing to the desktop. In an age of custom-fabricated, do-it-yourself product design and creation, the collective potential of a million garage tinkerers and enthusiasts is...more
Hardcover, 272 pages
Published
October 2nd 2012
by Crown Business
(first published 2012)
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This is an important book. Maker's is basically a sequel to The Longtail. It's a deep look at what happens to the manufacturing (mostly in America) when physical manufacturing behaves like the digital world. If this book doesn't make you want to go out and buy a 3D printer or start putting together OpenHardware robots, I don't know what will.
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Makers should be read as an extension of Anderson’s idea of “the long tail”. In specific, he is building on the first condition for a long tail to exist. i.e. democratization of the tools of production which enables everyone to become a producer.The idea is that today there are far more and cheaper options for design, manufacture, and funding if you want go into the manufacturing business.As such, all these ideas have been discussed at length in The Long Tail, but here the focus...more
Makers should be read as an extension of Anderson’s idea of “the long tail”. In specific, he is building on the first condition for a long tail to exist. i.e. democratization of the tools of production which enables everyone to become a producer.The idea is that today there are far more and cheaper options for design, manufacture, and funding if you want go into the manufacturing business.As such, all these ideas have been discussed at length in The Long Tail, but here the focus...more
Makers: The New Industrial Revolution is a great book for people interested in inventing and starting businesses. Sadly, I am not one of those people, so I did not enjoy the book as much as most people would. I respect this book for having a very appealing way of structuring the chapters. Each chapter started with some sort of inventor/invention and the process of its growth. Some ideas skyrocketed, but some failed. The inventions used as examples were very personable, which made them appealing...more
I picked up this book because I was forced to read it for engineering class and because it was required for engineering class I thought it would be really boring, but I actually liked it and learned a lot. I read this book on a flight from San Diego to Seattle so it was a fast read. I am not really going to worry about spoiling the book in this review because I don’t really think that there is anything to spoil when it comes to most non-fiction books.
Makers is about the future of inventing and...more
Makers is about the future of inventing and...more
I originally picked up this book because I thought it might have some useful observations about life as a micro-entrepreneur. Anderson does talk a little bit about this, and seems to have a particular fondness for Etsy, which is where I do most of my online selling. But his larger interest is in how on-demand manufacturing is beginning to revolutionize the global economy, with some intriguing asides about how Karl Marx might react to seeing the tools of production being put into the hands of the...more
The book has interesting information... and I think it is always harder to predict emerging trends than to see them in hindsight. I applaud the fact the the author actually puts his money where his mouth is (he is actively using the emerging technologies discusses in the book... as opposed to most "futurist" who just like to say stuff from their ivory tower). Still the book is slow in many seciton and repeats itself a lot... basically reducing itself it:
3D Printing. Digital Design Files. Open-so...more
3D Printing. Digital Design Files. Open-so...more
I'm in agreement with a number of other reviewers of this book that it was repetitive and basically read like a drawn out magazine article. But as with Anderson's The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More, it was the content (not the presentation) that interested me.
Working in the world of public libraries (which Anderson mentions as the originator of the Long Tail) I was interested to see what he has to say on the Maker front. Several public libraries have put together "...more
Working in the world of public libraries (which Anderson mentions as the originator of the Long Tail) I was interested to see what he has to say on the Maker front. Several public libraries have put together "...more
My favorite Chris Anderson book will apparently always be the "latest" Chris Anderson book -- he keeps topping himself. "The Long Tail" blew me away, "Free" sparked new ideas, and now his most recent work "Makers" has me thinking about the steps that follow idea generation -- turning a concept into a physical product.
I didn't know much about the Maker movement. I'm familiar with Etsy. I know what a 3D printer is, and that they are becoming more and more affordable. What I didn't think about was...more
I didn't know much about the Maker movement. I'm familiar with Etsy. I know what a 3D printer is, and that they are becoming more and more affordable. What I didn't think about was...more
Chris Anderson a un don pour vulgariser intelligemment les grandes évolutions du business à l'ère du numérique. Il avait touché juste il y a quelques années avec son concept de "longue traîne", il revient avec un plaidoyer vibrant pour les "Makers".
Dans ce livre, vous découvrirez que les valeurs et le dynamisme du web sont en train s'étendre aux activités industrielles, des bits aux atomes. Anderson nous entraîne dans un voyage passionnant dans ces entreprises innovantes qui pourraient bien cha...more
Dans ce livre, vous découvrirez que les valeurs et le dynamisme du web sont en train s'étendre aux activités industrielles, des bits aux atomes. Anderson nous entraîne dans un voyage passionnant dans ces entreprises innovantes qui pourraient bien cha...more
Reads like a poorly written magazine article that has been unfortunately dragged out into a full-length book. All hype and no substance (how many different ways can he really say, "production has gone digital"?)
I'll be honest and admit I didn't read the whole thing - I set it down halfway through. Was going to read all of it before panning it like this, but decided it wasn't worth the time. Anderson's lack of understanding of the economists he tries to draw on to make his points just became too...more
I'll be honest and admit I didn't read the whole thing - I set it down halfway through. Was going to read all of it before panning it like this, but decided it wasn't worth the time. Anderson's lack of understanding of the economists he tries to draw on to make his points just became too...more
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In Chris Anderson's book "Makers: The New Industrial Revolution", Anderson retells many accounts of technological innovations and the people and ideas that are behind them. Chris tells the story of a future where we can simply print off anything we need using futuristic 3D printers. He believes that the way our society is set up right now is causing this age to become a new industrial revolution. Inventors are in positions to make their ideas become realities in a fashion that is much simpler th...more
Chris Anderson excede-se muito no tom optimista deste Makers. O que começa por ser uma visão abrangente do potencial da impressão em 3D arrasta-se para uma elegia rosada da nova economia onde as fronteiras entre amadores e profissionais se esbatem e pequenas organizações inovadoras conquistam interessantes nichos de mercado. São factos, mas tornam o livro demasiado superficial e centrado num optimismo financeiro e tecnológico. Não ajuda o facto do autor ser criador e investidor em parte das empr...more
This book provides a view of an incipient cottage industry that I had only been peripherally aware of before. The author, the editor at Wired magazine, describes the new phenomenon of 3D "printing" in which parts can be inexpensively fabricated by anyone with a PC and access to a 3D printer or printing service. This encompasses more than just layered printing of simple plastic objects; it includes laser cutting and fabrication in many kinds of materials. Practitioners include everyone from hobby
...more
Imagine buying a car and when advanced technologies get invented your car getting newer and newer software versions installed. Just like your iPhone. Cars are getting more and and more software and less and less hardware. Crowd funding and kick starter projects are spreading and bypassing the needs for venture capitalists. Posting an idea in public, garnering support, collecting funds and then producing the products bypasses the need for marketing These are the type of stories Chris Anderson te...more
Rather than an analysis of the Maker movement this book is an apology of it. Very repetitive as it was a series of independent articles put together. In many parts the author make conclusions out of thin air, and bring some information as given without any data to support. This is not an academic book, neither a journalistic view of Maker movement, it is more the author experience full of wishful thinking and biased comments. The good part is that it really presents how Maker movement works and...more
Another interesting book from Chris Anderson.
The good:
He's really good at taking an emerging trend and packaging what makes this interesting and important for a specific audience. (Business people and the management crowd.)
He's got some quality first hand experience as an entrepreneur in the emerging maker economy.
He has a well polished style of writing that is clear, accessible, and interesting.
This is an important subject covered with care and love.
The Questionable:
He's an advocate. Anderson i...more
The good:
He's really good at taking an emerging trend and packaging what makes this interesting and important for a specific audience. (Business people and the management crowd.)
He's got some quality first hand experience as an entrepreneur in the emerging maker economy.
He has a well polished style of writing that is clear, accessible, and interesting.
This is an important subject covered with care and love.
The Questionable:
He's an advocate. Anderson i...more
As in his previous books, Anderson introduces big ideas. In the near future, every home can be a de facto manufacturing facility. Rife with interesting anecdotes (including some personal ones), this is anything but a dry "techie" book.
Read this book if you want to see a glimpse of the future. Ignore it at your own peril.
Read this book if you want to see a glimpse of the future. Ignore it at your own peril.
What I liked: I learned about 3d Printing,(I was somewhat familair with it from watching an episode of the Stephen Colbert report)cutting, and how production of actual things has gone digital. THat stuff was cool and I definately think within 10 years people will be making most of their own stuff at home. Knowing about this made the book worth reading.
What I don't like: I am not neccesarily that interested in the DIY culture. And he went on and on about it. The author has a way of saying the sam...more
What I don't like: I am not neccesarily that interested in the DIY culture. And he went on and on about it. The author has a way of saying the sam...more
Apr 01, 2013
Simone
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In questo secolo la riappropriazione dei mezzi di produzione da parte dei lavoratori sognata da Marx potrebbe finalmente diventare realtà. Utopia? Forse. Ma, a differenza di centocinquant'anni fa, oggi esistono le risorse tecnologiche perché questo sogno si realizzi. Svariati fattori tra cui la diffusione di nuove forme di finanziamento (crowdfunding) e collaborazione (crowdsourcing), l'accorciamento della filiera di distribuzione, l'evoluzione e la riduzione di prezzo di stampanti 3D, laser cut...more
I've been tinkering with 3D Printing over the past few months, trying to get a sense of what can and can't be done and how user friendly it is (or isn't). I have a number of friends doing 3D-printing-related startups (Makie.me, Figureprints.com, and my Printxel printer is from a friend's kickstarter effort), and so the sense that something big is afoot has been very much tickling my brain. When I heard about Chris Anderson's Makers, I hesitantly picked it up to see how he tackled the subject.
I s...more
I s...more
What I learned:
1. Maker's Premium exists: Consumers value products more highly when they've had a hand in its creation. Opposite to most common sense, people would actually pay more for things where their own sweat was on of the ingredients. It doesn't matter if they are actually creating or assembling from a kit. Examples: cake mixes, IKEA.
2. Custom-made manufacturing key to sustainability. (No transportation costs, little waste because you use only the raw material you need).
3. 3-D printers...more
1. Maker's Premium exists: Consumers value products more highly when they've had a hand in its creation. Opposite to most common sense, people would actually pay more for things where their own sweat was on of the ingredients. It doesn't matter if they are actually creating or assembling from a kit. Examples: cake mixes, IKEA.
2. Custom-made manufacturing key to sustainability. (No transportation costs, little waste because you use only the raw material you need).
3. 3-D printers...more
Makers är fascinerande. Chris Anderson sätter fingret på något som händer och som är en verkligt möjlig väg framåt, utan att använda alltför överdrivna ord, för samhället.
Han får med väldigt mycket i sitt svep över skapare.
Han plockar med crowdfunding, hackers, remixare – men boken handlar allra mest om 3d-skrivare. Det är väldigt spännande att läsa hans tankar om utvecklingen. Det inspirerar och får åtminstone mina tankar att flyga.
Han får det att låta så enkelt. Komma på idén på morgonen. Rita...more
Han får med väldigt mycket i sitt svep över skapare.
Han plockar med crowdfunding, hackers, remixare – men boken handlar allra mest om 3d-skrivare. Det är väldigt spännande att läsa hans tankar om utvecklingen. Det inspirerar och får åtminstone mina tankar att flyga.
Han får det att låta så enkelt. Komma på idén på morgonen. Rita...more
Nov 09, 2012
George Bounacos
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Tech enthusiasts who don't mind a long read
Disclaimer: I received this book free at GoodReads. Receiving a copy did not require me to write a review, and the free copy did not influence my opinion.
Makers is an important book in the same way that The Long Tail or The Tipping Point were important. Author Chris Anderson is a modern polymath, simultaneously serving as editor of Wired magazine, founder of a manufacturing company and taking over the popular TED conference series.
Anderson is a writer who lives on the bleeding edge. More than a...more
Makers is an important book in the same way that The Long Tail or The Tipping Point were important. Author Chris Anderson is a modern polymath, simultaneously serving as editor of Wired magazine, founder of a manufacturing company and taking over the popular TED conference series.
Anderson is a writer who lives on the bleeding edge. More than a...more
Great book about normal people becoming hugely successful by using technology that might be considered "high end" were it not so easy to get a hold of these days. The "high end" part is the ability to use it, which requires a lot of skill on a computer and related stuff. Once you have that, you can make just about anything a multimillion dollar factory can.
At the mall not long ago I saw a t-shirt reading "Today I can do anything." My response was: "what does that mean?" Now I know, although I do...more
At the mall not long ago I saw a t-shirt reading "Today I can do anything." My response was: "what does that mean?" Now I know, although I do...more
This book is about Makers, a contemporary subculture, representing a technology-based extension of do it yourself culture. Chris is very well informed about Maker culture, since as a former editor of Wired, he's been steeped in it from the beginning. I think he overstated the case in The Long Tail, based on my experience working for a long tail corporation (Biblio). This book is relentlessly optimistic, and details anecdote after anecdote of innovation from individuals and small groups, often st...more
A solid, if slightly less accessible, follow-up to Chris Anderson's excellent 'The Long Tail' & 'Free: The Future of a Radical Price.'
In 'Makers,' Anderson, who followed up his time as EIC of WIRED by starting the DIYdrones online community and eventually forming the company 3D Robotics, focuses on the world of 3D scanners and printers, laser cutters, and open source design -- or, as Anderson terms it, The New Industrial Revolution.
A fascinating topic, but ultimately one that I, personally...more
In 'Makers,' Anderson, who followed up his time as EIC of WIRED by starting the DIYdrones online community and eventually forming the company 3D Robotics, focuses on the world of 3D scanners and printers, laser cutters, and open source design -- or, as Anderson terms it, The New Industrial Revolution.
A fascinating topic, but ultimately one that I, personally...more
Chris Anderson, popularizer of the long tail and former editor of Wired magazine, here takes on the current Makers movement. Anderson explains the tools such as laser cutting or CNC machines and 3D printers being used, discusses the effects that this is having and will have on businesses, and profiles several companies who are using these tools today to compete globally.
Reading this book is inspirational and will inevitably lead to many additional people dipping their toes into the makers movem...more
Reading this book is inspirational and will inevitably lead to many additional people dipping their toes into the makers movem...more
Like others have mentioned, this book is pretty repetitive and drawn out. It is written in the shadows of his previous two books, but Anderson doesn’t seem to mind — cross-promotion abounds. Probably the most ingratiating bit is his constant construction of catchphrases. He writes as if he is looking to coin another “long tail”, closing each section with a pithy little comment. In the end, he simply returns to his old form: “Welcome to the long tail of things.”
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Makers has some really insightful things to say wrapped in some breathless nonsense. Anderson is enthusiastic, but he tries too hard to put a positive spin on something that is not intrinsically positive or negative, it only IS, in the inevitable sense of being. He makes a good case for the web model infecting manufacturing, and a more distributed, more artisanal way of making things, but it isn't clear this is a good thing in terms of producing jobs and widespread wealth. That doesn't mean it w...more
A great overview of how digital manufacturing technology is amplifying and reviving the Maker movement, with tinkerers and extreme users making customized, small batch, or experimental products. Much of this includes a second-wave open source movement, with people using the digital infrastructure to share and collaborate on designs and ideas to rapidly improve them. The author did a great job of looking at various examples and ways this is happening, but sometimes went off the rails in Friedman-...more
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Chris Anderson was named in April 2007 to the "Time 100," the newsmagazine's list of the 100 men and women whose power, talent or moral example is transforming the world. He is Editor-in-Chief of Wired magazine, a position he took in 2001, and he has led the magazine to six National Magazine Award nominations, winning the prestigious top prize for General Excellence in 2005 and 2007. He is the aut...more
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