Here’s a photo of our booth on Saturday.
Maker Faire 2013 recap
Well, Maker Faire Bay Area 2013 is over and we have just about recovered from the long days and hot sun. We had a great time. A few folks stopped by to show us the wallets they bought from us last year (we’re almost getting used to people taking out their .retool. wallets and waving them at us in public places).
One of the fun things about doing a big show is interacting with people and helping them find the wallet style best suited for their needs. We love helping folks replace blown out wallets – we take our mission as a wallet rescue squad rather seriously.
This year we saw binder clips, rubber bands, and a hair elastic used as ‘money containment systems’. Our favorite by far, though, was this one made out of an old PBR carton:
Here’s the front…
…and here’s the back of the wallet.
It’s a basic sleeve style credit card holder covered in a layer of protective packing tape.
The only problem is that it was almost impossible for its owner to get the cards out. We were lucky enough to witness the process, which involved a considerable amount of shaking, tapping, and pounding.
And now the guy who made the PBR wallet is sporting one of our new Micro Mini Credit Card wallets with a flap that wraps around the cards. To get the cards out, you just pull on the flap – no shaking or pounding required.
The only thing that would make Maker Faire more fun is if we could actually get a chance to explore during the weekend. Fortunately for us many of the cool vehicles were slowly roaming around the grounds and eventually made their way around to us. Here are a few photos of what we (mostly) missed.
.retool. 