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How to use a personal SCRUM board

by Sam Feller

How to use a personal SCRUM board

update, Feb 18th, 2024 - since writing this post, I started developing www.merini.io, a tool that mixes the best of paper and physical scrum boards...

SCRUM-ish Notebook

by Sam Feller

SCRUM-ish Notebook

I've been trying to cut down on my internet habit in general. I really liked using Trello.com to manage a sort of scrum-ish to do list, but Trello,...

Working with Designers

by Sam Feller
Seth Godin's guidelines on working with designers are so good that I've copied them here verbatim. -source Here are four postures to consider in wo...

Brian the Lion

by Sam Feller

Brian the Lion

Brian the lion is looking for his next meal, but he learns the hard way there's no such thing as a free lunch. It explores themes of consent, finan...

Bus Sign Development Log

by Sam Feller

Bus Sign Development Log

Hi all! The Bus Sign is a piece of Dedicated Single Purpose Hardware, made specifically for connecting to the NextBus API and displaying when the n...

Bus Sign Progress 2

by Allan Vest

Bus Sign Progress 2

Things have been moving steadily along at AwkwardEngineer, which means lots of pictures of the Bus Sign project. Mechanical On the mechanical front...

Bus Sign Progress

by Sam Feller

Bus Sign Progress

I made great progress on the bus stop sign this week. In short, I have a fully functioning prototype. It now "works like" what a finished product w...

New Project: Single Purpose Hardware Bus Stop Sign

by Sam Feller

New Project: Single Purpose Hardware Bus Stop Sign

Hi all! I'm working on a new project right now, an installation piece for my living room that I'm calling the Bus Stop Sign. The plan is to use the...

The Mini Newspaper Project

by Sam Feller

The Mini Newspaper Project

Many of you know I'm a big proponent of "S.T.E.A.M.", namely Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. The "Art" is often the most important...

The How and Why of Organizing Your Hardware Design Project's Digital Files

by Sam Feller
This blog post is based on by own experiences organizing and managing a hardware design project for small teams with the goal of reaching small bat...

Introducing the AWK-106

by Sam Feller

Introducing the AWK-106

I promised that I'd have something new this week and here it is... the AWK-106 Flying Fun Plane! For now, it is a set of 100% free and open source ...

White House Maker to Manufacturer Summit

by Sam Feller

White House Maker to Manufacturer Summit

I'm at the airport, waiting to fly down to Washington D.C. for a Maker to Manufacturer summit at the White House, about what startups, entrepreneur...