Leather Camera Holster

What if everything you had was in a current phase of prototyping; you just constantly kept working over time to make it better based on the feedback from using the thing. For each thing you have you keep a prototype journal that contains:

a list of issues
a list of ideas
a change log
and a journal of what you did.

Another nice feature of having a constant prototype you are using, is you are able to compare what you have against other things you see, and then figure out how to update your prototype with those new features. For example, this post is a prototype (everything is a prototype), and when I see another post that has words in a more prettier layout, I can update this prototype post with that format; this gives consuming other media more purpose since you are on the lookout for things to improve your things.

Best of all, when your prototype breaks, you know how to fix it (I would hope) since you built it. You aren't at the whims of some company to fix your stuff, or just charge you for a new one. You just figure out why it broke, and make the next version that much better.

This line of thinking also got me thinking about the kind of stuff I buy. Don't buy stuff you can't tinker with; if you can't take it apart and tinker with it experiment with ideas, you are just putting yourself in some consumer mindset instead of a maker/experimenter/explorer mindset. This is where the initial idea of prototype everything came from; if everything is a prototype, then you'll be able to constantly tinker and fix the things you have instead of only having the option to buy a new thing every time you want something.

Prototype 1

proto1

This is a great prototype to have sitting around as I can test whatever I want to do on V2 on this first. Poor little thing is beaten up, but it's a great place to test out ideas.

Prototype 2

proto2

The initial placement of the magnetic clasp was in the wrong place (as you can see from the hole at the bottom). I ripped out the old bottom part and went to install the new one a few cm higher, and then I was like, "Hey, I can't use my tools in this configuration (unless I had a really tiny hammer I could use on the inside of the pouch)." So I came up with the great idea of putting everything in place, and then using a clamp to squish it all together. It actually worked pretty well.

Not sure if i'm 100% happy with the new placment, it actually works now but might be too high. Also the the top bend might just be too short and will need to be lengthened in the next version, but I want to actually use this version for a bit to see what other problems could have popped up.