I worked for three days at Maker Faire and I couldn’t feel more energized and happier. As only one of several enticements, I was handed a Flip to try my hand at video interviewing. If you’re interested, you can view my very first attempts at videography (or perhaps we should say Flip-e-ography) here.

And for those looking for a deeper discussion about the Maker Faire phenomenon, check out O’Reilly editor Andy Oram’s thoughts on the Radar blog:

I found many science projects at Maker Faire more aesthetically satisfying than the self-consciously mind-altering artworks I’ve seem at some contemporary art shows. Many artists seem to lose their intuition for balance and beauty when trying to make a point, and their explorations of the promising channels offered by technology can end up clogged in its pipes. There is some computer-generated and networked art that is beautiful, thought-provoking, or both, but I’m been disappointed too often by art shows. Maker Faire focused on the fun first of all, the achievement second, and the aesthetics third. Ironically, this worked better.

Read the rest of Andy’s thought-provoking blog post here.

If you couldn’t make it to Maker Faire, here’s a terrific time lapse video from Maker Faire Day 1:

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