So back in the old days when we were running the Blink meetups Doug had this kit he made to introduce soldering and Arduino.
There was this one young lady who came and she was a bit reluctant to do the hands-on activity thinking it was too hard. Her name was Elgin. Doug and I insisted it was easy and she had a go at it.
She was ecstatic when the lights came on.
I came across her online yesterday.
She leads soldering and arduino type workshops in BC now and is a Masters Student in the School of Interactive Arts & Technology (SFU Vancouver).
https://twitter.com/keywordnew/status/985610674419073024
Here’s a drawing robot she made.
Hi @SimoneGiertz will you rate my shitty robot? 💩🤖 pic.twitter.com/6Sf9111MT7
— Elgin-Skye McLaren (@elginskye) April 6, 2018
I think it’s clear there is a great value in these walk-up activities!
Thanks Doug!