Make: Volume 78

bat, are easily obtainable statistics that identify

truly great swingers. An exceptional batting

average is considered around .300, or 3 hits out

of every 10 at-bats. Following the same logic, the

maker equivalent would be about 3 successful

projects out of every 10 attempts. That seems

like a strange marker of success, doesn’t

it? Having only a 30% “success” rate sounds

less than ideal. However, the Make: Learning

Labs program showed me that, like baseball,

numbers like this don’t really indicate successes

or failures; there is a lot going on behind the

scenes of making that a mathematical equation

can never capture.

2013 was my first year ...