[Discuss] Suggestions for the OSHWA website and FAQ?

Wed Oct 3 13:57:20 UTC 2012

Sounds like a great idea!  It will also help us be better evangelists...
On Oct 3, 2012 9:24 AM, "Catarina Mota" <catarina at openmaterials.org> wrote:

> At the OHS last week, Tom Igoe pointed out that, as long as we frame OSHW
> as being for artists and engineers, we'll fail to attract others such as
> social/political scholars, athletes, etc. There has also been, in my
> opinion, an increasing perception that OSHW is all about
> business/manufacturing and the other projects/initiatives tend to be
> relegated to the shadows.
>
> So it would be interesting to have a section about the fields in which
> OSHW has applications and projects: education, natural sciences, medicine,
> materials science, social sciences, humanitarian aid, arts & crafts,
> environment, farming, space, transportation, manufacturing, etc.
>
> We can all think of at least one project in each of these areas, but
> outside our community not many have an understanding of how broad OSHW is.
> I get asked a lot for examples of OSHW projects and I like to mention at
> least one for each category, so having a page with all this info would
> greatly help us explain what OSHW is and paint the big picture (that goes
> well beyond any single company or project).
>
> What do you think?
>
> Catarina
>
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Nathan Seidle <nathan at sparkfun.com>wrote:
>
>> I second everything that's been said.
>>
>> I like Catarina's idea - lead by example. Have a list of 4 or 5
>> examples of decent open source hardware projects that fits the basics
>> and best practices.
>>
>> Adafruit has tons of good examples. Perhaps TV-B-Gone could be a good
>> one to mention: http://www.ladyada.net/make/tvbgone/
>>
>> I hate to promote SparkFun but OpenLog is a reasonable example:
>> https://github.com/sparkfun/OpenLog/wiki
>> Documentation, firmware, design files, licenses
>>
>> ColorHug looks neat: http://www.hughski.com/
>>
>> I really want to not focus on electronics and PCBs so it would be
>> ideal to get non-electronic based OSHW on there - I just don't know of
>> any at the moment. Local Motors could be good but it's might be an
>> example that feels too big to be approachable. Biology? Fashion?
>> Mechanical?
>>
>> --
>> Nathan Seidle
>> CEO, SparkFun Electronics Inc
>> Boulder, CO
>> Phone : 1-303-284-0979
>> Fax : 1-303-443-0048
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 6:23 PM, malcolm stanley
>> <a.malcolm.stanley at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > some of these good ideas may be more appropriate for a Wiki;
>> > that would allow fair comment and contribution by members without
>> placing
>> > the actual association in a position of judgement.
>> > also, I believe that if we do not crowdsource such knowledge we will
>> all end
>> > up the poorer for it.
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>> > On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Alicia Gibb <pip at nycresistor.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> David has been instrumental to getting the existing FAQs up. Thank you
>> >> David!
>> >>
>> >> I agree, it may be good to speak up about those unspoken rules. It
>> seems
>> >> there is a fair bit of confusion around those.
>> >>
>> >> The list of companies sounds cool, but we don't want to get into
>> situation
>> >> where oshwa becomes a judge or gate keeper of what is and isn't, and
>> rather
>> >> remains an educational source about open source hardware. But we like
>> >> celebration! I'll be celebrating several factoids about open source
>> hardware
>> >> companies at the summit. We are also talking about a repo that could
>> include
>> >> any and all oshw projects that people upload themselves.  Basically a
>> >> virtual library full of open source hardware goodness :) But I am off
>> topic,
>> >> that's a project not a FAQ.
>> >>
>> >> See you all at the summit!
>> >>
>> >> Alicia
>> >>
>> >> On Sep 24, 2012 3:44 PM, "Catarina Mota" <catarina at openmaterials.org>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> - A step by step of how to open source the right away: what files
>> should
>> >>> be published, when they must be up by (shipping, not 6 months later),
>> etc.
>> >>> This is one of the questions we get most frequently at OSHWA. People
>> decide
>> >>> to open source something but don't necessarily know what it's
>> required to
>> >>> comply with the definition.
>> >>>
>> >>> - The unspoken rules of OSHW as described by Phil.
>> >>>
>> >>> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 5:37 PM, phillip torrone <pt at oreilly.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> a list of oshwa companies - elevate and celebrate oshw makers, a nice
>> >>>> list of companies would be really cool for folks to see this is a
>> real
>> >>>> thing.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> cheers,
>> >>>> pt
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Sep 24, 2012, at 5:01 PM, "David A. Mellis" <dam at mellis.org>
>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> > Hi all,
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > A while back, Alicia asked me to help update the content on the
>> OSHWA
>> >>>> > website and, in turn, I'd like to ask you for your help. In
>> >>>> > particular, I'm interested in expanding the content of the FAQ
>> >>>> > (http://www.oshwa.org/faq/) to make it more useful to those
>> looking
>> >>>> > for information about open-source hardware and OSHWA.
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > What questions would you like to see answered in the FAQ?
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > What information and advice would you offer to those interested in
>> >>>> > open-source hardware?
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > I know that this is a busy time - with the Open Hardware Summit and
>> >>>> > Maker Faire approaching - but I wanted to raise the question now
>> so we
>> >>>> > can think about it during the summit. Suggestions welcome now or
>> >>>> > later.
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > David
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