FYI after talking to some folk in the Ars Discord it's become clear that:
I would love for more people to feel welcome here, to see this forum as useful, and to post their creative endeavors. You don't have to be soldering or 3D printing to qualify. Making music, knitting, glass blowing, anything creative you're making qualifies.
To that end I'm considering a name change that's less cute and more direct. My top thought at the moment is "Maker Space". It's immediately understandable to anyone in the more traditional maker community, many people use their local maker spaces to build things, but if you're not familiar with the term it's I think more welcoming.
Also thinking maybe the Ars Lykaion is a better home for visibility.
I'd welcome any feedback/thoughts. Also, if you can think of examples of creative things Arsians do, or that you do, that would be nice to call out that would be great. Knitting and glass blowing specifically came up in our Discord talk, why I mentioned them, but the more examples the better really. If you created it I feel like it's fair game.
The only thing I'm thinking exception-wise is that pure programming already has a home here, so maybe keep software-only projects in the Programmer's Symposium.
a) the name of this forum is a little confusing/offputting to some
b) it's not clear enough that people can post projects in here that aren't "I made this with an Arduino" kind of level
c) having it live in the hardware forum is enforcing the impression of b
I would love for more people to feel welcome here, to see this forum as useful, and to post their creative endeavors. You don't have to be soldering or 3D printing to qualify. Making music, knitting, glass blowing, anything creative you're making qualifies.
To that end I'm considering a name change that's less cute and more direct. My top thought at the moment is "Maker Space". It's immediately understandable to anyone in the more traditional maker community, many people use their local maker spaces to build things, but if you're not familiar with the term it's I think more welcoming.
Also thinking maybe the Ars Lykaion is a better home for visibility.
I'd welcome any feedback/thoughts. Also, if you can think of examples of creative things Arsians do, or that you do, that would be nice to call out that would be great. Knitting and glass blowing specifically came up in our Discord talk, why I mentioned them, but the more examples the better really. If you created it I feel like it's fair game.
The only thing I'm thinking exception-wise is that pure programming already has a home here, so maybe keep software-only projects in the Programmer's Symposium.