Caption: The incredible MEEPs (Maker Expo Extraordinary Planners): (back) Darin, Ben, Ravi, Neil, Tyler, Agnes (front) Cam, Jen, Darcy, Tanya Happy Monday! It’s Tanya from the Maker Expo Organizing committee. One (easy) question for you today: What was your favourite MakerExpo moment or memory? (use the comments below) Here’s a handful that came to mind as […]
Ryan Gosling is here with us to recap 10 reasons why you should already be in Downtown Kitchener today: It’s FREE. And we’ll even send you home with FREE STUFF. There are fighting robots… and drawing robots, and LEGO robots… We have a kingdom made of cardboard. We have 35 different things for the kids to […]
Hello everyone, Cam here. The exhibitor team is thrilled to have a very new kind of activity at Maker Expo this year. Woot Suit Riot will be live podcasting all day from the 2nd floor. They’ll have a couch and everything, but let me introduce you to kwartzlaber and Concept Crucible podcast co-host Jim Tigwell […]
We get questions all the time about what our target audience is. Most often the question is something like “Is it just for kids?” The simple answer is that while there are LOTS of things for kids to do, Maker Expo is just as entertaining, inspiring and hands-on for adults. Let’s look at just a few: […]
The TL;DR: Maker Expo 2016 is only 12 days away. Sep10/10am6pm/Kitchener City Hall. DW here from the planning team with a short message: you are most definitely invited. It is, I think, notable that to put on a one-day event there are about eleven thousand things to do which keep us busy around the calendar […]
Thirteen days from RIGHT NOW Maker Expo will be under way. Have you taken a moment to check out the Exhibitors and Installations to make a plan for what you want to see? Well, you should. Let’s do some math: There are 73 exhibitors and vendors, 7 generous sponsors and 17 installations or workshops. That’s 97 different […]
Hello Everyone, Cam here. We’re less than 24 hours from the big event. By this time tomorrow the rain will have stopped and we’ll be in full swing celebrating Waterloo Region’s maker culture. In preparation for that we bring you an account of how our 2015 Learn To Solder badge came to be. Come, read […]
DW here. It’s no exaggeration to say that without our awesome volunteers, there’s no Expo. So when you see volunteers at Kitchener City Hall on Saturday during the Expo, please offer a high-five and shout “Thanks for volunteering!” You’ll know them by their t-shirts that say “volunteer” on the back. Ask them questions. Ask for […]
Eric Rumble, creator of Kitchener’s Night\Shift event interviewed me a week ago for a City of Kitchener newsletter. I did an installation of lit bicycle photos at night for Night\Shift a couple years back. Asked for a few thoughts on Maker Expo and event-making in general, here’s what Rumble said. We are all makers. This […]
Yesterday was Maker Expo boss Ben Brown’s birthday. All he wants for his birthday this year is for all of Waterloo Region to join us at Maker Expo on Saturday, September 19, 2015 from 10am to 6pm at Kitchener City Hall. Let’s all help make Ben’s birthday wish come true. Join us. We are all […]