If you are interested in my work on the civic health of metropolitan areas and community engagement please check out my Linkedin profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamjball/
I can be contacted at bill@tinkerfarm.net. I also make project posts to Bluesky and Instagram. My professional life is in my Linkedin profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamjball/
Growing up in my father’s and grandfather’s wood shop I was always going to be a tinkerer. Although I was mostly known for “decommissioning” my toys (usually with a hammer) to see how they worked, and got a C in house wiring in Junior High metal shop, I eventually figured out how make stuff that actually functions. Ok a bit of smoke still comes out once in a while.
Meanwhile I earned a Ph.D. in Political Science and enjoyed a career as a professor. Now I am extending my professional experience in the classroom with my hobby passion for working with digital design and fabrication, building makerspaces, and assisting maker fairs.
This site contains a mix of projects with complete instructions and less fully documented work meant to spur other ideas. It is also a repository of materials for courses and workshops that I teach; and generally my additional career as a mentor of makers.
Feel free to make use of whatever you find. Anything I created on this site is Creative Commons Noncommercial unless otherwise specified.
The best way to reach me is email to: bill@tinkerfarm.net.
