Interaction Type: Garage

Rachel Aliana
2 min readFeb 13, 2019

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Tools of experimentation:https://www.pexels.com/photo/automobile-car-car-repair-classic-190537/

A garage is well known in tech culture as a place where great things are created. It is where Steve Jobs experimented with the Mac. It is a place of productive play.

There needs to be an invitation of the creator of new people into their garage, but once in there, it is a place of intimacy between the creator and what they show. For, a garage is littered with both successful and unsuccessful attempts. It is these failed attempts that aren’t seen outside of this experimentation place. This is a private venue.

The garage is an important moment in an entrepreneur’s trajectory, because it represents the movement from thinking about a problem and brainstorming a solution to making it real.

Makerspaces: City-Wide Garages

But many individuals do not have access to a private space to experiment to create solutions. Cities

Makerspace Urbana: https://makerspaceurbana.org

How to Build Great Garages

  • Safety to share ideas: You don’t feel like anyone around you will steal your ideas.
  • Continuity: You have a good idea of where the tools you need will be.
  • Freedom to fail: No weird idea will be judged.
  • Productive: You can

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Rachel Aliana
Rachel Aliana

Written by Rachel Aliana

Interaction Writer and CEO of Adjacent

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