Eureka Factory in 2021 and Beyond
Since 2014, Eureka! Factory has been the premier consulting and design firm for public libraries in Tampa Bay and Central Florida, as well as for other organizations interested in developing creative spaces and programs in their facilities. You can see some our work...
Back for the Future: Makerspaces that Matter
When we first embarked on the library makerspace journey a few years ago, the concept was still relatively new. 3-D printers were all the rage, Maker Faires were the new state fair, and makerspaces in libraries were cutting edge. Six years down the road, 3D...
Chrome, Gmail, Google Tasks and Do It Tomorrow Streamline Tasks
Ever been just plain jealous of people who seem to get all their to-dos done on time, or even by the end of the day, and they can kick back and relax knowing they haven’t forgotten anything important. And that sense of jealousness become especially poignant when you...
Houston We Have a Solution!
As we ready to head to the FIRST Championship in Houston this week, we find ourselves reflecting on the journey on which FIRST has taken us. Our son's involvement in FIRST LEGO League, when he was 12, now well over a dozen years ago, led us to mentoring in FIRST Tech...
More Like Alex: A World Where Everyone Cares
“We should all be more like Alex. Imagine what the world would look like if we were. Imagine the suffering we could ease and the lives we could save.” President Barack Obama [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6r1kbQH8hI] There’s a lot going on – in our world...
The Year of Living Creatively
2015 was an amazing year for us here at Eureka! Factory, a year of self-realization and creative exploration, the year we learned we could make a living doing what we love, together, in the service of the common good. From the 2014 ashes of disappointment following...
The Foundry at Land O’Lakes Public Library: A Model of Community Driven Innovation
The Land O'Lakes Branch Library threw an appropriately grand party December 17, celebrating the Grand Opening of the Foundry, Pasco County's first library makerspace. The event was well attended by Pasco County government leaders, Economic Development Council...
Some Kind of Different
We gotta keep on keeping on Because if we don't do it nobody else is gonna But you know if we can't do it with a smile on our face You know if we can't do it with love in our hearts then children we ain't got no right to do it at all Because it just means we ain't...
Change by Intent & Design
“Impact is never about knowing all the steps ahead, but about taking one intentional step after the other.” ― Bidemi Mark-Mordi We had a wonderful time last week, at the first ever Library MakerFest. Hosted by the Tampa Bay Library Consortium and Novare Library...
It’s easy to be cynical, but it’s time to stop.
"It’s easy to be cynical, but it’s time to stop. Now is the time to accept the responsibility of citizenship." Doug Hughes Today, Ruskin postal worker Doug Hughes was indicted on six federal charges, including two felonies and four misdemeanors for an act of civil...
The Urgency of Doing
“I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.” Leonardo DaVinci - (maybe) In The Expanding Universe: Why the Maker Movement Matters, on the education blog, Maelstrom ("Spinning in the...
Shining our Light
"My family wants to say, can you all please, please stop the violence? Freddie Gray would not want this. Freddie's father and mother does not want no violence. Violence does not get justice." — Fredericka Gray, twin sister of Freddie Gray, NPR Almost exactly two years...
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