Dale Dougherty is the founder and CEO of Maker Media Inc., which
producesMake-magazine and the Maker Faire. He is also a cofounder
of O'Reilly Media, where he was the first editor of their computing
trade books, and developed GNN, the first commercial website, in
1993. He coined "Web 2.0" in 2003. In 2011, Dougherty was honored
at the White House as a Champion of Change through an initiative
that honors Americanswho are making significant contributions to
the fields of education and business. He lives in Sebastopol,
California, with his wife, Nancy.
Since 2007, Ariane Conrad, a freelance writer, editor, and coach
known as the Book Doula, has collaboratively authored seven
nonfiction books, including three New York Times bestsellers.
"Making is a new word for perhaps the oldest human endeavor—and
there has never been a better time in history to be a maker than
right now. Dale Dougherty is largely responsible for that. He
proselytizes, he gathers makers together, and he shows us new
roads, new landscapes, new philosophies of making. He prods us to
new heights, and when all else fails, he keeps writing the best
books on the subject. Dale is a maker's maker."—Adam Savage, cohost
of Mythbusters
"Part manifesto, part guidebook, the book is a good primer for
beginners and interested DIY types and might offer some new ideas
for those already involved in the current boom of makerspaces
in libraries, schools, and other community
centers."—Booklist
"A wonderful analysis and celebration of what it means to be a
maker and how important it is for our future."—Carl Bass, maker
and CEO of Autodesk
“Every movement needs its founders and its storytellers. In Dale
Dougherty, the Maker Movement has both. In Free to Make, Dougherty
tells us about the history, people, and projects that animate this
movement. Importantly, he shows us how making can change the
education of our youth and even lead them to make a better
world.”—Milton Chen, author of Education Nation; Senior Fellow,
George Lucas Educational Foundation
“This deeply insightful book highlights the profound role that the
Maker Movement is playing in catalyzing and shaping a new Big Shift
that will transform our economy and society. We are
transitioning from passive consumers to active makers, driven by a
desire to learn and achieve greater impact, and in the process
rediscovering our humanity. If you want to understand where we
are headed as a global society and why this is such a promising
direction, this compelling and exciting book is a must-read.”—John
Hagel, founder and cochairman, Deloitte Center for the Edge
"Free to Make captures what it means to be human: to imagine,
question, create, reflect, and try again. It's about making your
own experiences matter and sharing them in ways that help make the
world a changed place over time."—Mike Petrich and Karen Wilkinson,
authors of The Art of Tinkering
“Free to Make is a comprehensive treatise on everything Maker.
A leader of the Maker Movement since its inception, Dale Dougherty
describes the roots of the movement and gives great examples of how
it is changing lives and changing society. Free to
Make answers the very important question: In today’s society,
where we can buy anything, why make? A must-read for any maker or
anyone interested in becoming one.”—Brian Krzanich, CEO of
Intel
This is a truly inspiring book by one of the great progenitors of
the Maker Movement both here in USA and the world at large. Said
most simply, we think with our hands as well as our heads—something
we have forgotten in most of our current schooling. Free to Make
provides a way to reach the many of us that find learning by
sitting in a school room so boring. A sense of agency is the
key to learning, and making things is a route to agency.—John Seely
Brown, former chief scientist, Xerox Corp and former director of
Xerox PARC; coauthor of A New Culture of Learning and The Power of
Pull
"Free to Make is a profound and joyful journey through a movement
that is at once historical and profoundly
contemporary. Imbued with sixties’ sensibilities that
give rise to creative acts of genius, whimsy, and passion, this
book explores the ways in which the Maker Movement nurtures that
irrepressible human desire to create and inspire
others."—Margaret Honey, president and CEO of New York Hall of
Science
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