[Discuss] Suggestions for the OSHWA website and FAQ?

Wed Oct 3 21:17:17 UTC 2012

+1 great idea

On 10/03/2012 06:24 AM, Catarina Mota 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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