[Liverpool] How? WHY? DIY! Festival of DIY Technology

[Dan Lynch]

Sorry for the mass posting, thought LUG folks may be interested in the this
event. I'm also involved in organising so if you want to help out or find
out more give me a shout. Thanks :)

Dan

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*How? Why? DIY! Day is a open festival of DIY technology and art, presented
as a hands on friendly car boot sale. Artists, designers, entrepreneurs,
makers and hobbyists will show the public how to use technology in their own
way and on their terms.*


*Venue:* Old Rapid Paint shop on Renshaw Street, Liverpool
 Date: Sunday 22nd August

*How? WHY? DIY! Day presents - *

* a** family hands on day plus activities for the older child in all of us.*



Bring the family and get a hands on with *Drawbots*, *Drawdio*, *Wii Phonics
* and the fantastic *Nintendo DS Orchestra*. Come and build your own Drawbot
or make music with the excellent Drawdio system and create a tune on your
DS.

*For the older child*

Do you believe in ubiquitous computing? Then *working with Arduinos** *is
for you - find out how the world of computing is changing through the use of
this open-sourced prototyping platform used by creative technologists around
the world, we have practical examples of Arduinos
<http://www.arduino.cc/>in action.

Come see our *Make and Mend your PC* section, where we will demonstrate how
to take PC's apart and put them back together and for the more adventurous
we have an *Ubuntu Install Area** *- where you can be guided through the
process of installing this Linus operating system on your machine.

Or for the Muso - get involved in some *music hacking*; take that electric
guitar or keyboard and see what you can do to make it screech and groan in
ways never envisaged by the designers - ear plugs are recommended. *Soldering
Irons will be in action!!*



If you have an hour to spare then some of our free workshops might be ideal
for you.........



*Blogging - a how to guide
*Come and learn how to Blog from one of the regions’ top cultural
bloggers. 1 Hour Workshop Booking
Link<http://how-why-diy.defnetmedia.com/2010/08/03/blogging-%e2%80%93-a-how-to-guide-2/>

*Working with WordPress
*Your free out of the box website – save yourself the heartache of creating
a traditional website and produce one in minutes for little or no cost. 1
hour workshop  Booking
Link<http://how-why-diy.defnetmedia.com/2010/08/03/free-workshop-working-with-wordpress-2/>

*Podcasting
*Use open source software to record audio to add to your website and give it
added dimension. Plus a look at Feeds, Audioboo, Soundcloud, and Libsyn. 1
hour workshop  Booking
Link<http://how-why-diy.defnetmedia.com/2010/08/03/free-workshop-podcasting/>

*Live Streaming with video
*Live Streaming Video is easy and you don’t need a degree in media to do it.
We will talk through upload speeds, the best free services, cameras and
other equipment. We will be looking at services such as Qik, Ustream,
Livestream. 1 hour workshop Booking
Link<http://how-why-diy.defnetmedia.com/2010/08/03/free-workshop-live-streaming-with-video/>

*Social Media
*Get yourself connected – exposing the myths of Facebook and Twitter, plus a
look at how you can interconnect your web presence. 1 hour workshop Booking
Link<http://how-why-diy.defnetmedia.com/2010/08/03/free-workshop-social-media/>

 *Create your own Fanzine with Paul Tarpey, DEFCON Fanzine
*Create in one day what your friends will be reading all week. How to create
a fun and satirical zine – bring your creativity with you. Write, photograph
and layout. NB: This will be an all day activity.  Email for details -
defnetmedia at gmail.com

 *Write and record a radio play in a day
*Ever wanted to write a radio play – Learn how to construct your short piece
and record it there and then. NB: This will be an all day activity. Email
for details - defnetmedia at gmail.com





*Early Taster* - if you would like to get an early taster of next weekends
fun then head down to the Museum of Liverpool this Saturday the 14th for a
Music Hacking day, where local Liverpool bands situated throughout the
building will be offering an opportunity for a quick hands on experience.
More.... <http://soundnetwork.org.uk/>



*Sponsorship:* If you or your company would be interested in sponsoring a
section of the day let us know.

*How? Why? DIY!*

Acknowledges the support of Shops Up Front through Catalyst Media (Nerve
Magazine), Open Labs for their kind donation and everyone else that is
already involved.

*Finally....*

How Why DIY <http://how-why-diy.defnetmedia.com/> is a network and an event
- it presents Ignite Liverpool <http://igniteliverpool.defnetmedia.com/> and
Social Media Cafe Liverpool <http://socialmediacafeliverpool.wordpress.com/>and
now How? Why? DIY! Day - so why not join the How? Why? DIY!
network<http://how-why-diy.defnetmedia.com/>and get involved in our
activities.




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