Ariel Meadow Stallings is the proprietor of several “offbeat” sites about weddings, home and life, and families under the rubric Offbeat Empire. She started the wedding site in 2007 to promote a book on creative alternatives for brides, which built an audience hungry for much more of the same. She obliged and has been building… Continue reading Wedding March to One’s Own Offbeat Drummer with Ariel Meadow Stallings (Episode 77)
Month: May 2014
Indie Ads on The New Disruptors
Hi, folks! This podcast is a labor of love, but it has hard and soft costs to keep episodes flowing: hosting, an audio engineer, my time, equipment, travel, and other expenses. So far, we’ve relied on a combination of advertising and patronage (collected via Patreon). We have had an array of wonderful sponsors this year… Continue reading Indie Ads on The New Disruptors
Freelance To Be You and Me with Katie Lane (Episode 76)
Katie Lane is an attorney who writes a blog called Work Made for Hire. She advises creative freelancers and artists on how to protect their rights and get paid fairly for their work. She recently took the plunge herself, going full-time as a self-employed person. We’ll talk about what led her into this specialized career… Continue reading Freelance To Be You and Me with Katie Lane (Episode 76)
Live in Portland: Book Reading and The Doubleclicks (Episode 75)
Listen in as The Doubleclicks, a geeky two-sister band, perform four songs, and four authors read parts of their reported features from The Magazine: The Book at our last live book event in Portland, Oregon. The event was held at Reading Frenzy, and features John Patrick Pullen, Alison Hallett, Chris Higgins, and Elly Blue. Sponsors… Continue reading Live in Portland: Book Reading and The Doubleclicks (Episode 75)
Threes A Magic Number with Greg Wohlwend (Episode 74)
Greg Wohlwend developed the popular game Threes with his colleague Asher Vollmer. Greg is a games illustrator and designer who was part of teams that made Hundreds, Gasketball, Solipskier, and Ridiculous Fishing. Threes is his breakout game — and has inspired lots of admiration, frustration, and imitation. He and I talk in this episode about the… Continue reading Threes A Magic Number with Greg Wohlwend (Episode 74)
Sailing in Brackish Waters with Maggie Vail and Jesse von Doom (Episode 73)
Maggie Vail and Jesse von Doom are the co-executive directors of CASH Music (Coalition of Artists and Stakeholders) a non-profit organization that brings an open-source approach to music distribution and production. CASH focuses on educating around those ideas through online resources, stakeholder events, and face-to-face workshops, as well as offering a software platform. Sponsors &… Continue reading Sailing in Brackish Waters with Maggie Vail and Jesse von Doom (Episode 73)