The Idea Foundry and open source lovin’ at Ohio LinuxFest 2009

Here are the fruits of fellow iFers’ hard work on the Steampunk Trophy Clock presented to Dr. Douglas McIlroy on September 26, 2009. The Columbus Idea Foundry had been commissioned to design and build the “Good Geek Award” for the 2009 Ohio LinuxFest. Highlighted in the list below are the team members and their contributions to this amazing piece:

Alex Sutula – Woodworking, case, drawer and post assembly
Maggie Kennedy – Design, metalworking, etching and assembly
Scott Hepner – Metalworking, assembly
David Kennedy – Concept art, design, etched illustrations
Alex Bandar – cheerleader, organizer, and a general pimp daddy (the last bit is a direct quote from David K )

Congrats you guys and congrats to the “Good Geek” recipient Dr. McIlroy! Words simply cannot do justice to this clock, so please check out the pics at the end of the post. Alex likened the experience of the trophy presentation to one of the most iconic award presentation scenes in geekdom. Wish we all could have witnessed it – I can almost hear the John Williams music now.

In addition to the Steampunk Trophy Clock, Alex Bandar gave a presentation at OLF about community workshops, and how a project – like the Steampunk Trophy Clock – could be enhanced by adopting/implementing “open source values” in DIY’s. The talk was a big hit, and the iF made may good connections to similar community groups in the area. Congrats to Alex!

Pics from Alex: