DIY workshop at CHI in Boston

CRAFT friend Leah Buechley writes in about an awesome opportunity: Daniela Rosner, Eric Paulos, Amanda Willams, and I will be holding a workshop called DIY for CHI (Computer-Human Interaction conference). The session will examine DIY communities & practices through a series of hands-on activities & discussions. Come spend some time with this great group of thinkers & builders! Apply to the workshop by submitting an instructable by October 23rd. From the site: People creatively repurpose and modify existing materials to produce new things. These techniques are sometimes codified and shared so that others can reproduce, reinterpret or extend them. This workshop will explore DIY as an important alternative design practice. Our investigation will serve to unearth design motivations and techniques that may inform innovative HCI... [read full story]