One of the reasons I enjoyed last summer's Mini Maker Faire in Evanston was that I met so many great people. Kathryn Born, author of today's guest post, was one of those amazing folks. She's a writer, consultant and entrepreneur based in Chicago. In the Beginning The computer program began with a mom who got her child a Mindstorms Robot, looked at the directions and had no will to figure the thing out. Her child was 8 at the time, had been ... [ Read More ]