Archive for May 2008

girlygrass and comics

In comics, music/als, personal, queer on 9 May 2008 tagged comics, girlyman, indigo girls, jane's world, paige braddock with no comments

Tomorrow night my friend and cartoonist extraordinaire, Paige Braddock, is launching her new book, Jane’s World Vol. 8, up north at the Charles Schultz Museum. That alone would be pretty damn exciting, but it a fit of whimsy she asked Girlyman to come play at her book launch and they agreed. I remembered she called […]

the maker faire and the pop up alphabet.

In crafts, san francisco on 4 May 2008 with no comments

Le and I headed down to the Maker Faire today with every other techie-DIY-kid-or-kid-at-heart in the Bay Area. Now my head is spinning with projects and I can’t wait to jump in and start working in my newly organized and cleaned out studio area.
Tonight, doing some post-Maker Faire internet stumbling landed me on the Extreme […]

etsy’s transparency and community

In business, net culture on 1 May 2008 with no comments

Etsy made buying handmade goods online easy and awesome. Meanwhile they’ve nurtured a kickass community of sellers and buyers who are invested in one another and the site. I’ve admired how they communicate business decisions to their stakeholders through their blogs and town halls. I love that there’s this new breed of companies (flickr, […]