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Right now, 43 Folders is focused on an arc about how to improve the quality of your career and life by managing your attention in a way that allows you to work your ass off on the creative projects that matter most to you. This site will help you get out of a creative slump and make stuff.

Ars Technica— is Latin-derived for the "art of technology"—theyspecialize in original news and reviews, analysis of technology trends, and expert advice on topics ranging from the most fundamental aspects of technology to the many ways technology is helping us enjoy our world. They not only work for the reader who not only needs to keep up on technology, but is passionate about it.

We learn by failing and learning from it. Here you will find a scrapbook of illustrated examples of things that are hard to use because they do not follow human factors principles.

Is sister publication of Make magazine. CRAFT is dedicated to the renaissance that is occurring within the world of crafts. Celebrating the DIY spirit, CRAFT's goal is to unite, inspire, inform and entertain a growing community of highly imaginative and resourceful people who are transforming traditional art and crafts with unconventional, unexpected and even renegade techniques, materials and tools; people who undertake amazing crafting projects in their homes and communities.

Remember what you should have learned in your materials and processes course? Sure you do. Design inSite is the Designer's guide to manufacturing. Various manufacturing processes and materials are described as well as the products where they are used. The purpose of Design inSite is to inspire designers in their designwork to consider materials and processes which are new or unknown to them. By being aware of the new possibilities already in an early stage of the development process new and innovative products will emerge.

Digg is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web. From the biggest online destinations to the most obscure blog, Digg surfaces the best stuff as voted on by our users. You won’t find editors at Digg — we’re here to provide a place where people can collectively determine the value of content and we’re changing the way people consume information online

Science, Technology, and the future.

Gadgets upon gadgets. Wanna talk gadget?

Etsy is an online marketplace for buying & selling all things cool and handmade.
Their mission is to enable people to make a living making things, and to reconnect makers with buyers. Get your craft on and make a little money on the side or just shop for ideas and cool gifts.

Fast Company sets the agenda, charting the evolution of business through a unique focus on the most creative individuals sparking change in the marketplace. By uncovering best and "next" practices, the magazine and website helps a new breed of leader work smarter and more effectively.

A quote from the site reads " We were Geek before Geek was chic". I'm sure they were. Get your inner geek on reading and discussing everything technical from Apple to mobile hand held devices.

Gizmodo is a blog about gadgets and technology. They post about a variety of electronics, as well as all sorts of things gadget geeks might enjoy.

Instructables is a web-based documentation platform where passionate people share what they do and how they do it, and learn from and collaborate with others. That is geek for videos that show you how to do just about anything. You could easily loose a week of your life clicking through this site. You have been warned.

This is the online version of Make magazine which is the best hack, build, create, magazine on the planet. MAKE brings the do-it-yourself mindset to all the technology in your life. MAKE is loaded with exciting projects that help you make the most of your technology at home and away from home. We celebrate your right to tweak, hack, and bend any technology to your own will.

Proof that there are no new ideas. So what did the world first battery look like from 250BCE? Why not take a look.

Current and upcoming technology, automotive, home, technology, science news and a plethora of how-tos.

Cars, Gadgets, DYI, Military/aviation & space, gaming, environment, and scitech news. What’s coming? The future is here… and with pretty pictures.