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“Just wanted to let you know I went to the Maker Faire on Sunday May 4, and was completely blown away. My only regret: not going both Saturday AND Sunday. Congratulations to your team for putting together such an amazing event. I can't wait until next year's Maker Faire. I've also been telling all my friends they simply MUST go. It was a very unusual and compelling event, not comparable to anything, really. It's a bit like a family-rated, local Burning Man but not in the desert and without naked people.”
-Scott McKeown, May 16, 2008
“The gathering of folks from all walks of life who blend science, technology, craft and art to make things both goofy and grand.”
-The New York Times,John Schwartz, May 13,2008
“At Maker Faire ingenuity and curiosity are key.”
-Wall Street Journal
“Engineering savvy and childlike whimsy overlap at the increasingly popular Maker Faire, as scores of techies, crafters, artists, and visionaries erect an imaginative playland for adults and kids alike.”
-Flavorpill.com, Tanya Feldman, Flavorpill
“The appeal of trying a little science at home has put the Maker Faire at the center of a movement of tinkerers and backyard experimenters.”
-Forbes.com, Brian Caulfield, Forbes.com, May 6, 2008
“The premier event for grassroots American innovation.”
-G4TV, G4TV, May 6, 2008
"…One of the great things about this event: people come for the first time, take a tutorial in something like making things with felt, and the next year they return with their own felting business."
-CNET, Daniel Terdiman, CNET.com, May 2, 2008
"You can be a maker yourself at the Maker Faire."
-ABC7 San Francisco, ABC7 San Francisco, May 2, 2008
"The event, sponsored by Make Magazine, is sort of a massive show-and-tell program for the do-it-yourself set."
-Inc.com Mike Hofman, Inc.com May 2, 2008
"The third annual DIY extravaganza features hundreds of unique creations with an emphasis on green living."
-Daily Candy San Francisco, Daily Candy San Francisco, May 1, 2008
"Make’s Maker Faire, it seems, is a Mecca for tech enthusiasts who like to create and play with toys."
-Folio, Jason Fell, Folio, April 27, 2008
"If ever there was a Disneyland for DIY Geeks it would have to be the annual Maker Faire outside of San Francisco."
-Current TV, Current TV April 23, 2008
"This is where inventors and artists come to share their wares."
"Make and Craft magazines, the event attracts a curious mix of tech geeks and tinkerers who like to make their own stuff."
- San Francisco Chronicle
"Just about everything here is completely, lovingly handmade…"
- CBS Sunday Morning
"Best Special Event: Maker Faire"
- Folio
"If you want to see the latest and greatest first hand you have to go to Maker Faire."
- G4 Attack of the Show
“A guide for do-it-yourselfers…attendance has ballooned at an annual convention sponsored by Make, and the magazine sees dozens of new subscriptions every month.”
- Wall Street Journal, November 26, 2007
"[Maker Faire] gave more than 300 makers—people who transform ordinary objects into amazing devices—from across the nation a chance to showcase their talents at bringing their dreams to life."
- Austin-American Statesman, October 25, 2007
"“It was your fifth-grade science fair all grown up, but with clowns and cotton candy; it was an art car festival and a craftsperson's carnival and a recycler's revelry all in one, and it was Austin at its most delightfully weird. It was Maker Faire, a celebration of creativity gone wonderfully wild… So much to discover, and so little time. Before we know it, it's time to fold up the booths and hit the road. Dougherty tells us he's hoping the Maker Faire will return to Austin next year. We hope so, too.”
- San Antonio Express News, October 23, 2007
"Combining old-fashioned crafters with forward-thinking technorati, fashionistas, and mad scientists of all stripes, the Maker Faire is a hands-on celebration of all things DIY brought to life by Make magazine."
- The Onion, October 18, 2007
“The annual Maker Faire is a D.I.Y. wonderland.”
- The Onion, October 1, 2007
"There was so much awesome stuff that Donald and I could barely keep track."
-Veronica Belmont, CNET, May 30, 2007
"Here at the Maker Faire in San Mateo, all of your twisted dreams can come true."
-HOST, G4, Attack of the Show! May 23, 2007
"With throngs of young and old alike packing into the San Mateo fairgrounds, the 2007 Maker Faire was an improbable mixture of spectacle and practicality—a combination of engineering, crafts, science, and art that seemed to sufficiently blur the lines between all four."
-Bryan Gardiner, PC Magazine, May 21, 2007
"The whole thing was a blast and I'm told the event attracted more than 40,000 people over the weekend. Watching kids' faces light up as they went from booth to booth was the best part. This is where passions for science and technology start."
-Chris Anderson, Wired, May 21, 2007
"Don't be misled by the name of the weekend's staid-sounding 'Maker Faire'. The San Mateo-based event is a celebration of destruction as much as innovation, with touches of art and anarchy thrown in."
- Lisa M. Krieger, San Jose Mercury News, May 20, 2007
"This is a family-friendly, hands-on event where hundreds of backyard inventors gather to share their fun projects, creatvie ideas and eye-popping creations."
- Staff Reporter, San Jose Mercury News, May 20, 2007
"Organizers expect to draw 40,000 people to the San Mateo Event Center for the Maker Faire. Those people will likely ogle at the makers' inventions and pound them with questions as is what tends to happen, say, when someone shows up with a steam engine pieced together from stuff they found around their household workshop."
- Laura Casey, Oakland Tribune, May 19, 2007
"Designed for inventors, artists, scientists, hobbyists and other do-it-your-selfers who like to tinker and make things, the Maker Faire features more than 400 attractions, including workshops, demonstrations and a bazaar."
- San Francisco Examiner, May 15, 2007
"Calling all geeky, crafty, funky and fun people: the Maker Faire, sponsored by Make magazine, comes to San Mateo County for two days of spectacle, sales and fun."
- Entertainment Access Spotlight, May 14, 2007
"Make magazine's Maker Faire is like a gigantic multimedia DIY science expo featuring exhibitions, workshops, presentations, and daxxling performing arts programs."
-Eliana Fiore, San Francisco Bay Guardian, April 19, 2006
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