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)
Community Supported Appliculture with Henry Smith (Episode 72)
Henry Smith is a games app developer, and the evil genius behind the addictive multi-player app Spaceteam. Spaceteam won oodles of awards, and it has the added benefit (or problem) of being free. Henry has an active Kickstarter to fund future development of free work over the next year. Sponsors & Patrons This podcast is… Continue reading Community Supported Appliculture with Henry Smith (Episode 72)
Wheels on Fire with Elly Blue (Episode 71)
Elly Blue is a bike activist, writer, and publisher, and has run more Kickstarter campaigns than nearly any other person or group. She is fiercely in favor of using bikes as a necessary mode of transportation — though it is not necessarily the ideal — and describes herself as a feminist bicycle activist. We talk… Continue reading Wheels on Fire with Elly Blue (Episode 71)
Puzzling Evidence with Chris Yates (Episode 70)
Chris Yates is a polymath. A sculptor, artist, woodworker, cartoonist, entrepreneur, dog-kennel assembler, musician, and more. He’s best known now for his handmade jigsaw puzzles. He’s on the show to talk about his zigzag path to making a niche for himself. Sponsors & Patrons This podcast is made possible through the support of sponsors and… Continue reading Puzzling Evidence with Chris Yates (Episode 70)
What the Outfoxed Says with Dylan Meconis (Episode 69)
Dylan Meconis is a prolific cartoonist who lives in Portland, Oregon. She constantly labors away at a mix between her solo work and projects in collaboration with others, including writing the script for Scott Kurtz’s popular PvP webcomic. She is part of Periscope Studio, which we’ve talked about in previous podcasts. We talk about building… Continue reading What the Outfoxed Says with Dylan Meconis (Episode 69)
See You in the Funny Webpages with Dave Kellett and Fred Schroeder (Episode 68)
Dave Kellett and Fred Schroeder created the movie Stripped about the past, present, and future of comic strips and their creators. Dave is the creator and cartoonist of two webcomics titles, Sheldon and Drive, and the co-author of How To Make Webcomics. He is one of a small but growing group of webcomics artists who… Continue reading See You in the Funny Webpages with Dave Kellett and Fred Schroeder (Episode 68)
Agile Was I Ere I Saw Ada’s with Danielle Hulton (Episode 67)
Danielle Hulton of Ada’s Technical Books not only opened a bookstore in Seattle in 2010, but recently dramatically expanded the size of the shop by moving to a new space. What led her to leap where others feared to tread, and how do you keep a bookstore current when ebooks seem to sucking readers away?… Continue reading Agile Was I Ere I Saw Ada’s with Danielle Hulton (Episode 67)
Crowded House with Joshua Lifton (Episode 66)
Joshua Lifton is one of the founders of Crowd Supply, a company that crowdfunds around products. They take a very different approach to preparation, funding, and follow-up than Kickstarter. Kickstarter just announced that it had crossed $1bn in pledges in its five-year lifetime. Of that, it’s disbursed nearly $850m. It’s on track to facilitate perhaps… Continue reading Crowded House with Joshua Lifton (Episode 66)
Made from Scratch with Jane Friedman and Manjula Martin (Episode 65)
Jane Friedman and Manjula Martin founded Scratch Magazine, a born-digital publication that tells writers what they’re worth and how the publishing industry sausage-making factory actually works. Jane has an extensive background as an editor, and may be best known for her decade at Writer’s Digest. Manjula is a freelance writer, whose work has… Continue reading Made from Scratch with Jane Friedman and Manjula Martin (Episode 65)
Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves with The Doubleclicks (Episode 64)
Photo by Jesse Kirk Angela and Aubrey Webber are the musical group The Doubleclicks, bringing geeky music to nerdy folk. The sisters never intended to form a band, but when Aubrey joined her sister Angela in Portland a few years ago, her cello coupled with Angela’s singing caused enough of a stir… Continue reading Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves with The Doubleclicks (Episode 64)