Week Three Entry 10/19/14

John Grieco

“ Could it be possible? Her first thought when Jimmy called was that she’d made a terrible mistake by leaving the Merc, but if this was what the paper had come to, she had left just in time, even if her own life-raft was sinking, it had kept her afloat for a while.”

Excerpt From: Doctorow, Cory. “Makers.” iBooks. https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=53FBC78B36F00BF389830E420322DA54

“He sucked air between his teeth. “That’s what the whole freaking chain does on a top story, Suzanne. You’re outperforming fifty local papers combined.”

Excerpt From: Doctorow, Cory. “Makers.” iBooks. https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=53FBC78B36F00BF389830E420322DA54

This week I observed many students really grasping the possibilities of the technology that has been presented to them.  There has been an increased interest in the actual 3d printers, observing them as they print and even the sounds the printer makes.  This has led to a greater understanding of how to create more efficient 3d models and answered many students questions about why some models fail and others succeed.  Modeling has evolved drastically since week one and students are designing more thoughtful designs in comparison to the trinkets of the previous week.  The main idea from my observations this week is understanding your value as an individual.  My classmates are beginning to realize that they, like Suzanne, have to ability to be entrepreneurs and potentially have rapid prototyping abilities just as powerful as an entire factory or large corporation.