Make: Technology On Your Own Time is not a book… exactly. It’s a cross between a magazine and a book. Mook? Magook? Boozine? Actually, it’s a mook, which is a hybrid of a magazine and a book. When I received it and quickly looked through it to see what it was about, I wasn’t too impressed. Still, I’m a reviewer and as such give everything a chance. It’s a magazine from O’Reilly, but not a typical one.

In my initial perusal, I think I wasn’t keen on it because I’m not into home projects partly due to the usual time constraints. When I was a kid, I enjoyed making things like model cars (yes, I am a girl) and a magnet out of a battery. I liked those science books where you did a project to make something happen. But the projects in the mook were not the simple projects I did as a kid.

Then, I sat down and carefully read it like I do when reading a book I review. Shortly, I became engaged and enjoyed reading the articles. Though I don’t plan to make anything (like I’m going to put a monorail in my backyard - yes, this is a real project), the stories and the writing drew me in.

[Make: Technology on Your Own Time, continued]