Disrupting Myself: The Magazine

In the spirit of all the disruption I talk with guests about all the time on this podcast, I have an announcement. I’ve been the editor since October of The Magazine, an electronic-only publication that runs features intended for the technically minded curious person. Marco Arment, its founder and owner, and I came to an… Continue reading Disrupting Myself: The Magazine

Episode 25 Sponsors: Koopa.tv and Squarespace

Thanks to our fine sponsors for this episode! Koopa.tv’s new World 1-2 album and Squarespace — purveyors of drag-and-drop website goodness. World 1-2: Music from the composers of Mega Man, Silent Hill, Journey & more. Squarespace: Everything you need to build exceptional websites!

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Episode 25: Save the Kickstarter, Save the World! Greg Pak and Jonathan Coulton

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Click above to listen in your browser or download the podcast directly (MP3, 27 MB, 55 minutes). Subscribe to the show’s podcast feed to get every episode automatically It started as Twitter banter and turned into a blockbuster Kickstarter. The Internet’s Jonathan Coulton and the comic world’s Greg Pak have known each other since college.… Continue reading Episode 25: Save the Kickstarter, Save the World! Greg Pak and Jonathan Coulton

Crowdfunding’s Long History

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Mercurius Politicus posted about a fascinating antecedent of modern crowdfunding a few month: a 17th-century writer who raised funds to back a trip by foot from London to Scotland without begging along the way and then to produce a written account. The deal for subscribers seems to have been a copy of the book, although… Continue reading Crowdfunding’s Long History

Episode 24 Sponsors: Pixelmator and Squarespace

Thanks to our fine sponsors for this episode!  Pixelmator: Beautifully designed, powerful image editing for Mac OS X Squarespace: Everything you need to build exceptional websites! Squarespace offers a 10% discount on its service if you sign up after a free trial with the code newdisruptors5 during checkout.

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Episode 23 Sponsors: Briefs and Squarespace

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Episode 22 Sponsors: Briefs and PDFpen 6 by Smile

Thanks to our fine sponsors for this episode!  Briefs: Demo your ideas on the iPhone and iPad, without code. PDFpen 6: the all-purpose PDF editor for Mac, now even more powerful and easy to use.

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Episode 22: Modular Design with Craig Mod (Part 2)

Click above to listen in your browser or download the podcast directly (MP3, 22 MB, 45 minutes). Subscribe to the show’s podcast feed to get every episode automatically. (This is the second half of a conversation with Craig Mod. Part 1 is Episode #17: Everything in Moderation. In it we covered publishing and crowdfunding; in… Continue reading Episode 22: Modular Design with Craig Mod (Part 2)