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Notes"But what makes it really fascinating is that it’s the democracy of the Internet in action. In an industry like comics, where the mainstream print publishers are losing readers, here’s a webcomic that’s directed at about as much of a niche audience as humanly possible — a parody of D&D done with stick figures — that’s not only found an audience, but has mobilized them into a fundraising effort that’s raised $264,000 in eight days, just to get collections of it back in print. And if those readers are big enough fans that they’re willing to do that much for the strip, odds are pretty good that they’ve got the books already, and are doing it so that the strip will be there for newer fans to enjoy."Chris Sims at Comics Alliance marvels at the power of fans.
As of this moment, Order of the Stick has raised over $331k and is on track to become one of Kickstarter’s 10 Most Funded projects of all time.
Mind. Blown.
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Ours, too. (via kickstarter)What can we learn from Kickstarter? Experiment. Get Your Ideas Out There. Know Your Audience.
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NotesWatch NYCEDC’s video on how Brooklynite and Green-Eco evangelist Anselm Doering founded and took EcoLogic Solutions from his apartment, to the Varick St incubator, to the Brooklyn Navy Yards as a thriving business. Discover how Anselm made it here in New York City.
Aside from the fact that we just love stories like this, it validates the importance of the business incubator. Good ideas need real-world places to help them move from paper to product.
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Triggered by the financial crisis of 2008-09, in 2010 Droog began purchasing items from liquidation auctions—unused items that are functional yet for whatever reason left behind. Ranging from handkerchiefs to dog baskets and ceramic cups, over 5000 items were reclaimed into a collection of 19 new products.
The next step in this endeavour is “New is the new new,” an upcoming model in collaboration with companies that enables them to make use of their dead stock, re-directing the creativity of designers into a more systematic and serious use of leftover inventories around the world.
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Our friends at Random House Children’s Books have generously agreed to donate one brand-new book for each new follower we gain on Tumblr, Facebook, and Twitter this week. Those books will go to thousands of schools and programs serving kids from low-income families across the country.
Please Re-blog!
To learn more about First Book, please visit: www.firstbook.org
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Project Aura by industrial design students Ethan Frier and Jonathan Ota is a bicycle safety lighting system. The system is made up of rim-mounted LEDs that change colours based on how fast one rides thus being self-powered (by a front hub dynamo). The project is designed to address the issue of night-time cycling accidents. Admirable and clever.
(via Core77)
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“Gamification is marketing bullshit, invented by consultants as a means to capture the wild, coveted beast that is videogames and to domesticate it...”
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For February Fashion Week 2012, Ace Hotel New York will partner with Martin Greenfield Clothiers to present a pop-up tailoring studio in The...
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NYC’s rise in the tech scene is listed as one of Mashable’s “6 Important Startup Trends that Defined 2011”
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Angry birds time tracker from Michal Migurski, technology head at the always-brilliant Stamen
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Reinventing Urbanism in a Time of Economic Crisis
Manuel Castells, University Professor and Wallis...
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Not a full-fledged diploma — that’s still a possibility only for the 10,000 or so students...
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Without a doubt, this is our favorite freewheeling photograph of the late, great Christopher Hitchens, whose passing we can barely...
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I found out three weeks ago I have cancer. I’m 49 years old, have been married for almost 20 years and have two kids. […] We’re good people, and we...
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The Ingenious Business Model Behind Coursekit, A Tumblr For Higher Education | Fast Company
At universities, educational software largely means...
