by Terri Willingham | Oct 28, 2014 | Creativity, Events, Libraries, Uncategorized
On Saturday, November 15th, the Eureka Factory joins in the at The Hive Centennial Celebration Open House at John F. Germany Library, at 900 Ashley Drive in Tampa. Designed by Steve and Terri Willingham, of the Eureka Factory, and located on the 3rd floor of the John...
by Terri Willingham | Oct 16, 2014 | civic engagement, Creativity, Libraries, Makers, Society, Theresa Williingham, Uncategorized
The Eureka! Factory has been chugging full STEAM ahead since Maker Faire Orlando, with more great projects and programs coming off the creative conveyor over the next few days. This past weekend, our 2nd annual ROBOTICON FIRST Showcase , sponsored by Bright House...
by Terri Willingham | Sep 10, 2014 | Libraries, Makerspaces, paradigm shifts, Theresa Williingham, Uncategorized
The journey to bringing the John F. Germany Library makerspace to life – a space now known as The Hive – has been a bumpy and sometimes complicated one, as new and untried journeys can be. It can be hard to create something no one’s seen before, in...
by Terri Willingham | Aug 4, 2014 | Creativity, Events, Libraries, Makers, Uncategorized
We had a great time meeting with a terrific group of forward thinking Tampa Bay Library Consortium members today, at the Bruton Memorial Library in Plant City, who came out for our Creative Programming for the 21st Century Library workshop. About 20 librarians,...
by Terri Willingham | Jul 17, 2014 | Creativity, Libraries, Makers, Philosophy, Society, Theresa Williingham, Uncategorized
The community that now calls the site home, is an amazing mix of wonder from around the world. Every day we continue to be amazed by the imagination, curiosity, and simple awesomeness of everyone who shares their creations with us on Instructables. The Instructables,...
by Terri Willingham | May 28, 2014 | Libraries, Makers, Makerspaces, Theresa Williingham, Uncategorized
“Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.” Ray Bradbury Google “Library of the Future” and you get 350 million results. Many examinations of the 21st century library include comments like “this isn’t your childhood...