What have two-plus years of lessened in-person contact meant for a community centered on the physical?
The Philly Maker Faire returned last Saturday after a pandemic-prompted hiatus. This event was smaller than its previous two editions, but still hosted about 50 makers, artists and inventors showing off their hardware and creative wares.
After doing my own walkthrough, I can imagine how easy it would’ve been to spend the entire day wandering around the Independence Seaport Museum. Between checking out seaport exhibits and tinkering with the vendors’ work, time flew by for this reporter.
Technical.ly asked new and returning makers about their thoughts on the Philly maker community — including what’s changed amid the pandemic — and why they wanted to be part of the faire. Here’s what seven makers said.
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Rob Bender with the Pennsylvania Lego Users Group…
