Bre Pettis - Innovation, Invention and All Things DIY
Bre Pettis
Bre Pettis makes things that make things. Passionate about invention, innovation, and all things DIY, Pettis builds infrastructure for creativity. He is a founder of Makerbot, a company that produces robots that make things, and a founder of NYCResistor, a hacker collective in Brooklyn. Besides being a TV host and video podcast producer, he has created new media for Etsy.com, hosted Make's podcast Weekend Projects, and has been a schoolteacher, artist, and puppeteer.
Bre Starts Things
Co-Founder - Makerbot Industries – Bringing creative robots to the masses - 2009
Co-Founder – Thingiverse.com – Sharing Digital Design - 2008
Founder – NYCResistor – Brooklyn’s Hacker Collective- 2007
Founder – I Make Things – Producer of tutorial videos to support the public’s playful and creative intelligence - 2006
Bre Creates Tutorial Videos
Video Producer – Etsy.com 2008
Video Producer – Make: Magazine 2006-2008
Bre Supports The Creative Intelligence of Young People
Art Teacher – Seattle Public Schools 1999-2006
Bre is an International Speaker
DIY Survival – Etech 2008
Rapid Prototype Your Life – Chaos Communication Congress 2008
Tools – ROFLcon 2009
Bre is in the Media
"The Face of American Invention."
Seattle Metropolitan Magazine
"Mr. Pettis was like Mr. Rogers, Mr. Wizard and Bill Nye ‘The Science Guy’ rolled into one."
Wall Street Journal
"Pettis, a tall and angular man with fashionably broken glasses, spends his days as [a] video producer."
Wired Blog
"Bre Pettis, offers a valuable reminder: 'Power tools are very dangerous. ... it’s just a good idea in general to keep your hands away from anything that could cut them off.'”
New York Times
Bre has Links
Bre Pettis - http://brepettis.com
Twitter - http://twitter.com/bre
Personal Blog - http:/brepettis.com/blog
Videos - http://brepettis.com/blog/category/things-video-podcast/
Hacker Collective - http://nycresistor.com
A Universe of Things - http://thingiverse.com
MakerBot Industries - http://makerbot.com
