Ever since we’ve went “live” a couple of weeks ago, the interest in 100kGarages has been fantastic. The map is filling in and we now have Fabbers in 6 countries. If you’re a ShopBot owner and haven’t signed up yet, sign up quickly and maybe you can say that you were #100
Read more →Like all of us at 100kGarages, Duncan Rickelton of www.IdeasExist.com is a big FabLab fan. But Duncan has gone a little farther than most…he’s pledged $200 if 100 others will do the same, to buy a FabLab for a developing country. You can read more about it in his blog .
Read more →I guess there still is power in the Press…within 24 hours of the most recent email newsletter going out we had 11 new Fabbers sign up! Not on our mailing list? Sign up here to get all the 100kGarages news delivered to your inbox.
Read more →Our big news in this issue is that the first phase of 100kGarages is live! That means that Fabbers can “officially” sign up to be included on the Fabbers Map (no more “early adopters”!), and Makers can browse the map to find a local shop or post a job on the 100kGarages JobBoard. We’ve...
Read more →While we were turning on the new features in 100kGarages and moving services around, there was a short time during the process that all the 100kGarages email accounts were returning emails to their original senders. It wasn’t off for long but if you tried to send us an email on Thursday, Sept 3rd and...
Read more →The first phase of 100kGarages has just gone live, with full Fabber registration and profile creation for ShopBot owners and the JobBoard that Makers can use to find Fabbers to work with. It may still take a day or two for all the paths for the links to finalize, so please be patient if...
Read more →Things are moving along with 100kGarages on a lot of fronts…here’s the latest news: The big news is that the content is locked while the Ponoko guys work on the registration modules and the JobBoard. We’re looking forward to being REALLY live. Fortunately we can keep adding Fabbers to the map while David and...
Read more →LinkerLogs, the open design building planks that were unveiled at the SanMateo Maker Faire, have a new website at www.linkerlogs.com with file downloads and images of LinkerLogs creations. The LinkerLogs files are free and can be cut commercially as long their license terms are agreed to. As the popularity of LinkerLogs grows we’re sure...
Read more →We opened up the Fabbers Map to early adopters a couple of days ago and got a great response. So much so that we closed registration to help us sort out what worked (and what didn’t) and to refine the questions in the signup form to make it easier (for us really!). We’ve just...
Read more →We’ve just gotten back from the Maker Faire in San Mateo, CA, where 100kGarages generated a lot of interest. ShopBot Fabbers were introduced to it at the Camp on Friday, generating lots of interest (and lots of questions too!). And at the ShopBot booth throughout the weekend, we finally had a good option for...
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