A summer of workshops at How Why DIY
It looks like we will be delivering over 30 workshops this summer to keep the young people of Liverpool digitally stimulated. We are working once again with Merseyside Play Action Council to bring our own workshops to the youth centres across the city. So young people will be paining with light, becoming citizen reporters , creating horrific toys (always popular) building websites many many more exciting activities that they will...
Open Source City….a call out
Late last year the members of How Why DIY wanted to create an event called Open Source City “Open Source City was originally a weekend micro-festival of open source sound & media practice for the 2008 Liverpool City of Culture Programme organised by SoundNetwork and folly” We tried and we failed to get it off the ground mainly we felt after examining the remnants of grant application forms that we had got bogged down...
How Why DIY update
Say goodbye to Buddypress Since we started the site back in 2010 we have always used Buddypress but now we have taken the decision to do away with the WordPress plugin as the traffic to the forum does not measure up to the amount of work we have to put in to maintain it and keep the site clean of spammers, in other words we were spending too much time updating it and not enough time developing the community in the real world –...
Barcamp Liverpool this weekend
If you’re not familiar with the Bar Camp concept they are participant led unconferences where the talks and discussions that take place are set by the people attending – anyone can and is encouraged to run a session on any topic they want so the whole event is driven by the conversations and interactions of the people attending. I have to say I am so converted to the idea of participant led unconferences (just take out...
What is a drawbot?
There are many things at How Why DIY that the family can get involved in, but making a drawbot is something that caters for all ages, and may appeal particularly to those who enjoy being creative with pen and ink. A drawbot is a drawing robot which is very easy and quick to put together, and always entertains any passers by. Using pens, paper cups and a few electronic bits and pieces you’ll be a seasoned drawbot inventor in no...