My advice for raising daughters is to spend time with them doing things you both enjoy. Mark Frauenfelder Read Quote
Human beings evolved opposable thumbs for a reason. The sense of reward you get from making something with your hands can’t be earned any other way. It’s obvious that people learn faster from ‘hands-on’ experience than they do watching someone else do something. Mark Frauenfelder Read Quote
In school, we learn that mistakes translate into bad grades. This unfortunate lesson gets burned into our brains, and we go through life shunning challenges that might end in failure. Mark Frauenfelder Read Quote
As the editor-in-chief of the do-it-yourself magazine ‘Make,’ I’ve met scores of dedicated makers. They come from all walks of life – rich, poor, young, old, male, female, religious, atheist, liberal, conservative. Mark Frauenfelder Read Quote
Forrest Mims is the author of the famous book ‘Getting Started in Electronics,’ published by RadioShack for many years. I bought the book in the 1980s and had a blast making the projects in it. When I was editor-in-chief of ‘MAKE,’ I asked Forrest to write a column for the magazine, called ‘The Backyard Scientist.’ Mark Frauenfelder Read Quote
Skillshare is a terrific online learning community for creative people. It teaches you new skills through well-made videos with great production values. I’ve been using Skillshare to teach myself Adobe After Effects. All the videos feature people who are professionals in their field. I love this site. Mark Frauenfelder Read Quote
Here’s one of my bad habits: when I go to someone’s house, I head straight to their bookshelf. Mark Frauenfelder Read Quote
My problem with mechanical pencils is that I break the lead tips constantly. Mark Frauenfelder Read Quote
The Cat Dancer is a 30-inch piece of wire with some little cardboard cylinders on the end. My cats go crazy for it. I stuck it on the wall with the adhesive mount, but I ended up taking it off so I could hold it and play directly with my cats. Mark Frauenfelder Read Quote
Ted Cruz is the Schroedinger’s cat of politicians. He is both eligible and not eligible to be president. Mark Frauenfelder Read Quote
