On: Maker Faire halts operations and lays off all staff

[octorian]

> I have always been a bit salty of make media’s attempt to own the term “maker”

The concept of "people who build stuff as a hobby" is not really new at all. The coining of the term "maker" is, and honestly feels a little awkward to me. However, its possible they were part of the coining of that term, so its probably okay that they tried to capitalize on it.

Maybe if we had a more general/less-branded term to use, it wouldn't feel so forced.

[TylerE → octorian]

It seems not only forced but a bit back-handed. Like a certain connotation of a lack of...rigor.

Like "coder" vs programmer/software developer.

[NikolaeVarius → TylerE]

I mean, as an engineer by BS, makers have a "i'm not a engineer" vibe with it.

[bubblewrap → TylerE]

I think that was deliberate, the idea was to allow tinkering. The message being you don't have to be an engineer to build stuff.