Sites to document and share projects - Wevolver

[msizemore]

I just came across Wevolver which is a site to document and share an open source project. It looks like it merges file sharing and blogging, all organized by a tree diagram with branches for hardware, software, and others. I've used Upverter which is just for PCBs and obviously Github for software and some hardware design files. Any other good solutions out there?

[ZionPhil]

Wow. I have envisioned this for years. Not for projects, but for knowledge base repositories on research of a particular subject.

[msizemore]

I put my files for the reactive juggling ball project up on Wevolver just to check it out. Overall I'm pretty happy with it. It doesn't do version control right now but they are working on it.

I spoke with one of the founders today and he got us set up with our own group account "so you can start visualizing your community and the projects they work on" (see example here)

If anybody is already using the site and wants to get added then send me your info and I'll send it to them to get you added to the MakerHive group. If you have a project(s) that you've been wanting to share in an organized fashion, then sign up and give it a try. This could be a nice extension of the front page banner linking to members' projects.


It's a pretty lonely but good-looking group on Wevolver right now, so hopefully someone else gives this a try.

[jimustanguitar]

We should have a social media round table soon. There are so many cool sites to be a part of, but I haven't spent the time to understand the differences between them very well yet. What does Wevolver do that MakerSpace doesn't, and how is that different than an Instructibles post, vs sharing your files on ThingiVerse with directions, vs putting it on GitHub, etc...

We should all use the one that works the best for us, but I'd like to have a unified "brand" so that it's easier for folks to find all of our projects from The Hive in one place, you know? I definitely don't want to tell anybody which one to use and which ones not to use, but I bet that if we looked at multiple sites and compared them, we'd probably agree for the most part about which one our group should focus on. It'll be easier to support eachother too, kind of like how we have multiple people using each of 2 or 3 CAD program instead of 20 different ones with no overlap. 

What do you guys think?

[BeeAmaker]

Cool, I created an account so how do I join the MakerHive group?

[BeeAmaker]

May 7, 2015 14:46:53 GMT -5 jimustanguitar said:

We should have a social media round table soon. There are so many cool sites to be a part of, but I haven't spent the time to understand the differences between them very well yet. What does Wevolver do that MakerSpace doesn't, and how is that different than an Instructibles post, vs sharing your files on ThingiVerse with directions, vs putting it on GitHub, etc...

We should all use the one that works the best for us, but I'd like to have a unified "brand" so that it's easier for folks to find all of our projects from The Hive in one place, you know? I definitely don't want to tell anybody which one to use and which ones not to use, but I bet that if we looked at multiple sites and compared them, we'd probably agree for the most part about which one our group should focus on.

What do you guys think?

Most of the others you can't have groups (or do they). I like to have all our knowledge in one spot so people only need to search for "MakerHive" and they find us.

[jimustanguitar]

I like the groups part of it too.

[msizemore]

Sounds like a social round table strategy session is in order for tonight. If we talked it over and came up with a couple of features that would be really useful to the MakerHive then we could select a small number of sites to put our weight behind.

Ideally we should always be trying out new sites when they pop up, but not every site would get an official MakerHive presence.

[msizemore]

"Best (and only) Makerspace in North America as mapped out by Wevolver.com" May 2015


 

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[jimustanguitar]

Sweet! I'll create my quadcopter project over lunch and post it.

Let's make sure to use a "The MakerHive" tag on all of our projects so that they're searchable/visible together.

[bvandiepenbos]

I have wanted to put my NEMESIS printer project and other projects up for others on github but it is to confusing for me and it is hard for others to access IMHO.

My projects tend to get terribly disorganized so it is hard to post anything meaningful. Files, photos, drawings, hand written notes, etc. strewn over multiple computes and places...
Does wevolver do anything to help get/keep things organized??
Or is it just another place to put stuff and keep up with.

I have a terrible time keeping up with all the forums, fb, emails, etc. etc. already.

I am drowning in a sea of information.

[jimustanguitar]

I posted my quad: www.wevolver.com/jim.spencer/3d-printed-and-carbon-fiber-quadcopter/3d-printed-and-carbon-fiber-quadcopter-overview

I'll have to do a write-up of the individual parts and show them in the (empty) tree on the right side. That will be a cool way to link accessories and add ons that aren't necessarily mandatory. Things like battery holders and camera mounts that can vary.

[msizemore]

Jim, that is a gorgeous write up. If you post up the BOM and organize the parts into the tree format you ought to get featured on the Wevolver site alongside the inMoov robot and Shapeoko. I don't think they have a quad featured yet. 

As for Brian: Wevolver post or it didn't happen.

If anyone else does sign up, let me know so I can get you added to the even better-looking group.

[sgraber]

I'm on there now.

[BeeAmaker]

I like this site for BOMs, however its mostly just electrical but it does allow me to compare current lowest pricing from multiple suppliers.
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