Monday, 19 July 2010 12:23

Festival of DIY technology and art needs you

HowwhyDIYbadgeHow Why DIY is an open festival of DIY technology and art which will be presented as a hands on friendly car boot sale taking place in the old Rapid Paint Shop August.

Artists, designers, entrepreneurs, makers and hobbyists will be showing the public how to use technology in their own way and on their terms. But they need you to run a workshop or could you contribute to the afternoon seminar or would you be interested in sponsoring an element of the event.

 

Workshops identified so far for what sounds like an exciting day or techy exploration are

Reuse and rewire your old iPpods
Arduino’s – building from the ground up
Citizen reporting, blogging, podcasting, vidcasting, Live streaming and social media
Retro Gaming and Wii phonics
Music workshops
Open Sourcing your computer
Computer recycling and rebuilding

How? Why? DIY! are also looking for people to add to this series of workshops - especially in the areas of  Micro blogging, on line radio, wordpress or joomla workshops, or anything else that fits with the theme.

The seminar
At the end of the day they will be holding an open to all seminar to discuss how can Liverpool have a more joined up approach to it's use of creative technology. If your interested in getting involved then can i encourage you to join up to the network. How? Why? DIY!

The dates are yet to be confirmed but we have heard that it is going to be either Saturday 21st August or Sunday 22nd August

Venue: Old Rapid Paint shop on Renshaw Street, Liverpool

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