Preface

When we decided to collaborate with Eric Wilhelm and the folks at Instructables on a best-of book, we knew it was going to be fun and challenging, we had no idea just how fun and how challenging. We also had no idea how deeply interwoven we’d all become with the Instructables community itself.

The book you’re holding represents the enthused effort of hundreds of people. As the staffs at MAKE and Instructables were busy choosing our favorite projects, Instructables ran a contest so members could choose their favorites. Thousands of votes were cast. The top 75 can be seen starting on page 304. Projects chosen by both the editors and the community have a special “Contest Winner!” icon throughout the book.

Translating web content to a book ...

Get The Best of Instructables Volume I now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.