Makers

Book Review - Makers

Andy Warhol once said, “in the future everybody will be famous for 15 minutes”. Lately these words seem to be ringing true. Not only can every day Joes get noticed on the seemingly endless parade of reality TV shows, but thanks to the internet, garage inventors and tinkerers can spend time in a virtual spotlight too. O'Reilly publishers has a new book, website and magazine that celebrate these creative people and their sometimes wacky projects.

The book is Makers (first edition Dec 2005) by Bob Parks http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/makers ($16.95 on [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596101880/qid=1136160642/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-8363063-1286338?n=507846