Colton Westrate (dr_fish)

Hello, I’m going to resist the urge to write a biography. Suffice to say that I don’t have an engineering degree and I am not skilled with electronics. I’ve watched Leo’s channel for a long time and would like to participate in this niche community from the start, though.

I’m a generalist with a background in IT and product development/PM with particular emphasis on textiles/sewing and packaging (including bulk liquid transport of all things). I’m decent with CAD and my 3D printer is typically extruding some weird experiment I’ve designed instead of a downloaded one. I don’t do social media, but here’s my Printables page and my YouTube if anyone wants to check out what I’ve shared.

Before it got bought and destroyed my “home” online was a site call The Tech Report. I was something of an unofficial community manager there and wrote for them occasionally as well. To this day I still host an annual BBQ that folks from mostly the US attend (>20 years now). So yeah, I’m big on real community.

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dr_fish
Welcome- let’s keep that spirit growing!

@dr_fish that’s awesome. subscribed to your youtube channel!

I feel your pain. All the old communities I used to belong to have either sold out or gone under. It’s really hard to have an online community without intrusive ads or free from spammers. We’re going to do our best to try to keep this as “real” and authentic as possible. Please spread the word if you know anyone else who would like to join!

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