The latest episode in the increasingly unhinged behind-the-scenes account of a crowdfunding campaign. Running Kickstarter campaigns is like planting a garden. Each time you think, “This year I’ll get it right.” Instead, every year you simply make a different set of mistakes. In crowdfunding, unlike gardening, the faults and shortcomings are all my […]
The latest episode in my tragicomic behind-the-scenes account of life during a crowdfunding campaign. First loves and first Kickstarter campaigns are the same: clumsy, enthusiastic, uninformed, unforgettable. My first campaign set out to raise $8000 to travel around the world carving indigenous scripts. Think about that for a moment. Around the world, stopping […]
The latest episode in my tragicomic behind-the-scenes account of life during a crowdfunding campaign. As the AI debate rages, I started wondering about the Endangered Alphabets initiative that I’ll undertake if my current Kickstarter campaign is successful, and how it would be different with AI. My plan is to make ten carvings in endangered […]
The latest entry in my tragicomic behind-the-scenes account of life in a crowdfunding campaign. I may regret this entry, as it is both serious and political, but in this new chapter of my life I have vowed to be braver and more open. So here goes. In the middle of the night (when, […]
The latest in my tragicomic account of life behind the scenes during a crowdfunding campaign. Lying awake at five a.m. thinking about crowdfunding is not all bad. There I was, staring up into the darkness, when the muted buzz of my phone told me a Facebook message had just come in. And what a […]
This episode of my tragicomic account of life during a crowdfunding campaign connects with the themes in my new book By Hand, as I wondered whether I would do a better job of handling the stresses of a campaign if I wrote about them by hand rather than typing them on my laptop. One thing […]
The latest episode in my tragicomic behind-the-scenes account of living through a crowdfunding campaign. This is the first Kickstarter I have done while living outside the United States, and time is making a fool of me. I like to be up and moving early, especially if there is work to be done or […]
The latest episode in my tragicomic behind-the-scenes account of life in a crowdfunding campaign deals with something close to addiction. Addictive behaviour, I suspect, can inspire addictive feelings in others. Be warned. “I’m just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round/ I really love to watch them roll….” John Lennon A few years […]
The latest in my series of behind-the-scenes accounts of life at the helm of a crowdfunding campaign. There are those who like to plan fundraising campaigns down to the last penny ahead of time—goals, timeline, messaging and whatnot—but I am not one of them. To be sure, having a certain sense of purpose […]
Episode seven in my behind-the-scenes account of running a crowdfunding campaign. We’re starting the second week of the campaign, and as usual the initial surge of interest has waned and the gnawing sense of desperation is growing. The seasoned Kickstarter campaigner has several strategies to call on in this situation. The P.G. Wodehouse strategy: […]
