Dan Goldwater Instructables is a website specializing in user-created and uploaded do-it-yourself projects, currently owned by Autodesk.

A prototype version of the site, complete with the initial content of electronics, cooking, kiting, and bicycle projects, was released in August 2005 at the O'Reilly Foo Camp conference.

The original content focused mostly on such projects as building electronic or mechanical devices to solve common problems around the home.

The site allows uploading of photos, diagrams, video and animation to help explain complex terminology and mechanisms in clear and understandable terms.

[1] Instructables employs a full-time staff, and also has a volunteer group, who feature well-documented articles, welcome new users, and help out around the site.

If the content hits the home page or wins a prize in a contest, they can get one year free Pro membership.