Lucy Bellwood is a Portland cartoonist who started her working life with a crowdfunding campaign. She’s a member of Periscope Studio, a loosely affiliated working space and collective of which I’ve interviewed other members. True Believer was the outcome of her Kickstarter project, and she’s built a career from there. Sponsors and patrons This podcast… Continue reading Into the Bellwoods with Lucy Bellwood (Episode 82)
Be Kind, Fast Forward with Jamie Wilkinson (Episode 81)
Jamie Wilkinson is the co-founder and CEO of VHX, a service that delivers movies online to the customers of filmmakers. They exist in sharp contrast to many video sites — operated by the likes of Amazon, Apple, and others — in that they only deliver films free of digital rights management, take a sliver of… Continue reading Be Kind, Fast Forward with Jamie Wilkinson (Episode 81)
It’s Like Money You Can’t Hold with Chris Higgins and Adam Cornelius (Episode 80)
Adam Cornelius and Chris Higgins are making the film Coined, about the rise of cryptocurrency. They previously worked together on Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters. Adam is a documentary filmmaker; Chris, a journalist. They’ve just launched a Kickstarter to fund Coined, and have shot quite a bit of footage already. We talk about what… Continue reading It’s Like Money You Can’t Hold with Chris Higgins and Adam Cornelius (Episode 80)
T Minus Zero with Gary Chou (Episode 79)
Gary Chou launched Orbital Boot Camp to accelerate people’s product ideas into reality in a 12-week intensive session. He knows from startups from his work at Union Square Ventures and The Product Sessions, but his particular interest is making sure that people with traditionally fewer opportunities are included. Sponsors & patrons This podcast is made… Continue reading T Minus Zero with Gary Chou (Episode 79)
I Never MetaFilter I Didn’t Like with Matt Haughey (Episode 78)
Matt Haughey founded MetaFilter, a well-moderated forum for discussions about interesting things that expanded to also answer questions. At just a few months over 15 years old, it’s a veterans of many Internet lifecycles. In the last couple of years, however, MetaFilter began to face an existential challenge, which we’ll talk about in this episode,… Continue reading I Never MetaFilter I Didn’t Like with Matt Haughey (Episode 78)
Wedding March to One’s Own Offbeat Drummer with Ariel Meadow Stallings (Episode 77)
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)
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)