Speaker 1: I love being able to make stuff. I love being able to show it. I love getting feedback on it. I love being part of a community where people give me advice.
Guest: Dennis Forrester: get involved in the community aspect of it, no matter what level you're at in your craft, because it doesn't really makes no difference. how good you are at what you're doing. The community is there for you,
Tom: it's an extended family. these folks in it, I talked to them more than I talked to my own family, which I mean, all my family, what's left, is a thousand miles away anyway. it's a big family. And there's a lot of good people in it. And the good thing about it is it brings people from all different walks and all different viewpoints and just mails everybody together, you know, like a big melting pot.
Speaker 2: I don't have to do the heavy lifting anymore. Makers just they're naturally inclined to contribute and to fix and to build. And it blows me away that I don't have to be that guy anymore. All I have to do is stay in the background and just help a little bit here and there. And they just take care of it. They don't need to be told what to do. The men, the women. even the young kids, they're always in contribution. And that's a big thing. It's all about, this is how, I don't know, I think it's one thing in the world that works. We see all this chaos everywhere, we see chaos. But the maker community, it's cohesive, everybody gets along, even if they're from different backgrounds or even different political bents, we don't talk about that. We don't have time. We're busy making stuff. We're busy fixing stuff and we're busy building stuff. we're not just building for the sake of building, we're building for the sake of community.
Tom @createandconnectpodcast: how do you, as being referred to as the godfather of making, like what's your reaction to that?
Jimmy: Mm-hmm. obviously a little embarrassing. I did not come up with that myself. I don't even know who, for the first time, came up with that. I can't remember. It's been so long. But it's obviously an honor. When people say it, really is an honor. I'm proud to be called... It's better than being called the
Guest: Dennis Forrester: get involved in the community aspect of it, no matter what level you're at in your craft, because it doesn't really makes no difference. how good you are at what you're doing. The community is there for you,
Tom: it's an extended family. these folks in it, I talked to them more than I talked to my own family, which I mean, all my family, what's left, is a thousand miles away anyway. it's a big family. And there's a lot of good people in it. And the good thing about it is it brings people from all different walks and all different viewpoints and just mails everybody together, you know, like a big melting pot.
Speaker 2: I don't have to do the heavy lifting anymore. Makers just they're naturally inclined to contribute and to fix and to build. And it blows me away that I don't have to be that guy anymore. All I have to do is stay in the background and just help a little bit here and there. And they just take care of it. They don't need to be told what to do. The men, the women. even the young kids, they're always in contribution. And that's a big thing. It's all about, this is how, I don't know, I think it's one thing in the world that works. We see all this chaos everywhere, we see chaos. But the maker community, it's cohesive, everybody gets along, even if they're from different backgrounds or even different political bents, we don't talk about that. We don't have time. We're busy making stuff. We're busy fixing stuff and we're busy building stuff. we're not just building for the sake of building, we're building for the sake of community.
Tom @createandconnectpodcast: how do you, as being referred to as the godfather of making, like what's your reaction to that?
Jimmy: Mm-hmm. obviously a little embarrassing. I did not come up with that myself. I don't even know who, for the first time, came up with that. I can't remember. It's been so long. But it's obviously an honor. When people say it, really is an honor. I'm proud to be called... It's better than being called the
