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Re: LEGO appearances in the "maker" scene
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lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun
Date: 
Tue, 18 Oct 2005 03:14:30 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, James Wilson wrote:
Since I've started reading the Make Mazine blog (http://www.makezine.com), I've
run across more "out-there" references to LEGO.  There have been a couple of
LEGO computer articles, and an article about LEGO as a rapid-prototyping tool.
A couple of the latest:

An analysis of LEGO as a Long-Tail (niche-market) phenomenon.  Ldraw.org even
gets a link!

Ya but not a very good link, because there's nothing about the LDD parts library
or the fan efforts at Ldraw (that I'm aware of). Interesting article, I agree
with the thesis, the LEGO market does have long tail characteristics which the
company does exploit (and could do better at), but a bit too breathless and
lacking in basic research of references...

http://www.thelongtail.com/the_long_tail/2005/10/friday_fanboy_l.html

Thanks for sharing it!



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  LEGO appearances in the "maker" scene
 
Since I've started reading the Make Mazine blog ((URL) I've run across more "out-there" references to LEGO. There have been a couple of LEGO computer articles, and an article about LEGO as a rapid-prototyping tool. A couple of the latest: An (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun)

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