CEP012 – Mixed Media with Becky Stern

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

• Her most recent project: Zodiac Embroidery


• Slack status updater


• Collaboration with Esetfanie and Naomi


• 13 ideas for LED diffusion


• Raspberry Pi peephole camera


• Becky’s recording setup


• Instagram


• Knitting


• How a sewing machine (bobbin) works


• Tools page


• Becky’s favoite knife


• All of the electronics posts on BeckyStern.com


• Becky Stern YouTube

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

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