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CEP012 – Mixed Media with Becky Stern

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Welcome, Becky Stern!

Becky is an artist and content producer who works electronics into projects using a wide variety of media and construction techniques. Becky also teaches a class on electronics at SVA in NYC. She is a product manager at Instructables.

Show Notes

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  • 0:00 Introduction
  • 1:47 Becky Stern bio
  • 3:34 Building out ideas
  • 4:57 Learning new things
  • 6:36 Collaborations
  • 8:46 LEDs and light in projects
  • 13:20 #SampleCode
  • 14:30 What is a neopixel (WS2812)
  • 16:15 Teaching students
  • 19:55 Getting started programming
  • 21:20 Higher level programming projects
  • 24:20 Troubleshooting remotely
  • 27:00 Best practices for documentation
  • 29:20 Camera tips
  • 33:10 Creating documentation from photos
  • 36:30 Getting started crafting
  • 40:05 “Getting to blinky” for crafts
  • 42:15 Finishing projects
  • 45:40 Setting a schedule for projects
  • 48:30 Making things easy for your future self
  • 49:30 Tools
  • 53:25 Small workspaces
  • 54:00 Future projects
  • 58:40 Where to find Becky’s work
  • 59:20 Wrap up

Thank you for supporting The Contextual Electronics Podcast! Here’s how you can follow and help us grow:

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Welcome, Becky Stern!

Becky is an artist and content producer who works electronics into projects using a wide variety of media and construction techniques. Becky also teaches a class on electronics at SVA in NYC. She is a product manager at Instructables.

Show Notes

Time tags:

  • 0:00 Introduction
  • 1:47 Becky Stern bio
  • 3:34 Building out ideas
  • 4:57 Learning new things
  • 6:36 Collaborations
  • 8:46 LEDs and light in projects
  • 13:20 #SampleCode
  • 14:30 What is a neopixel (WS2812)
  • 16:15 Teaching students
  • 19:55 Getting started programming
  • 21:20 Higher level programming projects
  • 24:20 Troubleshooting remotely
  • 27:00 Best practices for documentation
  • 29:20 Camera tips
  • 33:10 Creating documentation from photos
  • 36:30 Getting started crafting
  • 40:05 “Getting to blinky” for crafts
  • 42:15 Finishing projects
  • 45:40 Setting a schedule for projects
  • 48:30 Making things easy for your future self
  • 49:30 Tools
  • 53:25 Small workspaces
  • 54:00 Future projects
  • 58:40 Where to find Becky’s work
  • 59:20 Wrap up

Thank you for supporting The Contextual Electronics Podcast! Here’s how you can follow and help us grow:

Video version of the podcast:

Audio version

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