Episode 1: Jayy Moss | Digi-Key Technical Content Creator — The BOM: Engineering a Path Forward
The BOM: Engineering a Path Forward

Episode 1: Jayy Moss | Digi-Key Technical Content Creator

June 7, 2022 · 53 min

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A self-taught maker from Compton shares how he built a career creating robots and why representation in hardware matters.

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In this episode

  • How a self-taught maker turned tinkering into a professional creative career
  • What companion robots are and why builders are drawn to them
  • Why accessibility and representation shape the future of the maker community
  • What open source technology means for people entering hardware from the outside

About this episode

Welcome to The BOM! This week, Majenta is joined by the brilliant self-described “tinker” Jorvon "Jayy" Moss. Jayy is a self-taught maker from Compton and the Technical Content Creator at Digi-Key (one of our Hackaday Prize Sponsors). He works with robots, droids, and gadgets, and over the past few years has been exploring the world of companion BOTS, which he spoke about with fellow maker Alex Glow at the Hackaday Superconference in 2019. Today, we are speaking with Jayy about his work as a creative innovator, as well as the importance of accessibility and representation in the maker community. Jayy has been featured in Make Magazine and on Adam Savage's Tested, spoken at several hardware conferences including Hackaday's Superconference, and is a judge for the 2022 Hackaday Prize.

We’re using this first month to introduce DesignLab’s Community. As a self-taught creative innovator, prolific maker, champion of Open Source technology, and an active member of the DesignLab community, Jayy is the perfect guest to kick off the podcast.

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The BOM is a Supplyframe podcast hosted by Majenta Strongheart, written, produced, and edited by Frank Driscoll and co-edited by Daniel Ferera. Executive producers are Ryan Tillotson and Tyler Nielsen. Theme music is by Ana Hogben, with show art by Thomas Schneider. Special thanks to Giovanni Salinas, Bruce Dominguez, Thomas Woodward, Jin Kumar, Jordon Clark, Matt Gunn, the entire Supplyframe Team, and you, our wonderful listener

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