Coders and Makers; Up Now

[mclaw666]

    I enjoy coding a lot; it helps me feel free.  I'm not bound to the pre-compiled software.  With the release of a lot of free APIs (Skype, Yahoo Messenger, Firefox addons), you can make just about any tool that you need to enhance your desktop.  I wish life could be like this (even though in some ways it has), where you can adjust the tools you have to fit your needs.  For example, you need a watch that plays mp3s, but small enough to fit on your wrist without looking bulky; so you find the watch, rewire its guts, add the mp3 interface, and you have your tool.  This, I believe, is what separates the makers from the users.  The users will go out and buy the system(s) they want that will fit their needs.  The makers will see the tools, and recreate a functional masterpiece to fit a design-specific goal.  While many are functional, some may be aesthetic, like changing your cellfoan faceplate to an etched-tin design.  I tip my hat to those makers.  I consider myself more of a project person, than a maker.  I do make certain things to fit my goal (usually for magic).  For example, I designed and sewed together a curtain for a non-standard window, with the fabric that I wanted, because I couldn't find exactly what I wanted, or some form thereof to modify.  But that's more of a project, than a make.  A maker takes a tool and transforms it; while it may function like a Nokia, the maker has made it his/her own.  Makers and Coders of the world, I commend you!

My software goal for now is to create an interface between my Nokia (I hope I can find an API) and my Google contact list.  With the release of the Google phone at least a year away, with no guarantee that it will be available for my service provider, this would get me closest to what I want: all my contacts in one place, easily transferable to my phone.

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