Dublin Maker ran its first successful all virtual Maker festival on Saturday, June 19th. With over 40 exhibits showcasing live demos, pre-recorded videos, posters to check out, and of course, the most important part, meeting the Makers themselves. Over 300 people signed up to wander around our virtual Maker festival. Thank you all who joined … Continue reading →Dublin Maker 2021 – Looking Back
Hai, everybody! Vicky here, writing about my reflection looking back as a member of the Dublin Maker team as their Maker Advocate. My role wrapped at the end of June and it’s been over 2 years since I joined the Dublin Maker Team as their Maker Advocate especially since my review blog post on life … Continue reading →Looking Back as Maker Advocate
In this episode we talk to Amanda Jolliffe from Microsoft Dreamspace where she brings us on her journey from her role in Dreamspace through to all the various activities that happened in the space before the Covid-19 lockdown came to their virtually hosted events including a TV programme broadcasted nationally! About Amanda:Amanda Jolliffe is DreamSpace Lead in … Continue reading →The Dublin Maker Podcast S2E6: Amanda Jolliffe & Microsoft Dreamspace
In this episode we are joined by Christine Campbell, Founder and current Managing Director of Anyone4Science co-hosted by Vicky Twomey-Lee and Jeffrey Roe. Christine brings us through her journey on how Anyone4Science was born. She has such a vast wealth of experience and knowledge that we were jotting them all down and we hope you … Continue reading →The Dublin Maker Podcast S2E5 – Christine Campbell (Anyone4Science)
In this episode, joining us (Vicky Twomey-Lee and Jeffrey Roe) for a chat is Dr. Rebecca O’Neill, telling us all about her role in Wikimedia Community Ireland, how to contribute to Wikipedia, and rest of Wikimedia’s family. And why people should also contribute to Wikipedia. What is “Women in Red”? Plus Rebecca is looking for … Continue reading →The Dublin Maker Podcast S2E4 – Dr. Rebecca O’Neill & Wikimedia Ireland
Dublin Maker Festival is going virtual this summer. We would like to invite our Maker community and friends to hear about your experiences and suggestions on how we can make this year’s event as memorable, engaging and interactive as past Dublin Makers. Have you attended a Maker-related event in the past year? What are your … Continue reading →Dublin Maker Town Hall
It’s Vicky here from Dublin Maker. I’m excited to announce that we are hosting a new event as a partner of a new Erasmus+ project called ASSESSMAKE21. This inaugural Multiplier event is for Educators, Makers, Makerspace facilitators and anyone involved in Maker activities. When: Thu Jan 28 2021 at 12:00 to 14:00 Details: assessmake21-ireland-multiplier.eventbrite.ie The event aims … Continue reading →ASSESSMAKE 21 Inaugural Multiplier Event for Educators and Makers
In this episode we talk to Mark Pickering from Jellylab (UCD). Co-hosts are Tomas Ward and Vicky Twomey-Lee. Mark is no stranger to Dublin Maker festival and also was one of our Maker-a-Day during Science Week 2020. We will be talking about how anyone can be a researcher at home and behind the scenes on how … Continue reading →The Dublin Maker Podcast S2E3: Jellyfish, punk microscopy & Making with Mark Pickering (Jellylab UCD)
📢 We are delighted to announce that Dublin Maker (and DCU) is a partner on an Erasmus+ Programme called ASSESSMAKE21 (thanks to Mairéad Hurley from Science Gallery Dublin for connecting us to Learnovate who is the main drive of the project). Maker Advocate, Vicky Twomey-Lee will be point of contact on behalf of Dublin Maker. … Continue reading →Dublin Maker partners in Erasmus+ Programme – ASSESSMAKE21
Joe is back with us and Tomas is our host for this episode on Music and Making. Last time Joe talked about synth music, and if you missed that episode, you can check it out here. In this episode, he will be talking about guitars, foot pedals and Making. Joe Timoney is a lecturer at NUIM, … Continue reading →The Dublin Maker Podcast S2E2: Music and Maker with Joe Timoney