In an earlier
post I linked to Bunnie Huang's blog, which describes (among other things) the manufacturing of his startup's hi-tech
Chumby gadget in Shenzhen. At
Foo Camp he and I ran a panel on the Future of China. In the audience, among others, were Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, and Guido van Rossum, the creator of Python. Jimmy was typing on his laptop the whole time, but Guido asked a bunch of questions and recommended a book to me.
Bunnie has some more posts up (including video) giving his impressions of manufacturing in China. Highly recommended!
Made in China:
Scale,
Skill,
Dedication,
Feeding the factory.
Below: Bunnie on the line, debugging what turns out to be a firmware problem with the Chumby. Look at those MIT wire boys go! :-)
