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SO! The World Maker Faire is over. Sad but true. I didn’t snap off as many pictures as the Bay Area faire because this time around in Queens I was offered the opportunity to be an area manager. A completely different perspective on the faire, and it was completely worth it. I had over 100 projects directly under my belt, along with my cohort co-manager Tyler<\/a>. We were given Zone A, or the New York Hall of Science itself. Around 4 acres of interior space spread out over 3 floors with half-floors and mezzanines and halls and corridors, it was definitely a challenge. We didn’t have bicycles or forklifts or other vehicles to get around, and expected variables like wireless internet or even electricity were challenging at times. But we pulled it off, and we rocked it, frankly. The weather outside was nice all the way through – on the first day it was hot and humid, on the second a little cool and windy, so it would have been nice to be outdoors and to wander, but inside we surely did the museum justice. And like all “firsts” – this being the first faire at this location – we learned a LOT. About people flow and signage and vantage points and how people interact with projects. A wealth of knowledge that I now need to commit to paper in preparation – yes, already – for future faires, hopefully in Queens again next year! But for now enjoy the rich content below. I’ll do another post soon with all the press linkage and other embeddable content soon – there’s so much content produced in the mere 15 hours that the Faire is open that it’s mind-boggling!<\/p>\n this CNET video is pretty darned awesome. It touches on all the right parts of the Faire and the voice-over is spot-on too:
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