Howard Weaver

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Howard Weaver joined Kickstarter on August 26, 2009

XOXO Festival by Andy Baio

A festival this September in Portland, Oregon bringing together artists and toolmakers to celebrate disruptive creativity.
- Technology
- Portland, OR
- 135% funded $169,058 pledged
- 626 backers
"Snap Decisions: My 30 Years as an Alaska News Photographer" by Jim Lavrakas

This photo memoir recounts my career at Alaska's largest newspaper. I was blessed with the best job a news photographer could have.
- Photography
- Homer, AK
- 131% funded $7,870 pledged
- 131 backers
Funded!
Lee Malone - Get Us To The Converse Rubber Track Sessions! by Lee Malone

Lee Malone has been chosen by Converse Rubber Tracks! Help get us to the Rubber Tracks recording studio in Brooklyn & cut a 7" EP.
- Indie Rock
- Oakland, CA
- 106% funded $5,617 pledged
- 80 backers
- Funded Jan 24, 2012
Funded!
Hypothes.is - Taking peer review to the Internet. by Dan Whaley

An open-source Internet platform to crowdsource peer-review on information everywhere.
- Open Software
- San Francisco, CA
- 105% funded $105,786 pledged
- 791 backers
- Funded Nov 14, 2011
Funded!
Occupy! The n+1 OWS-Inspired Gazette by n+1 Foundation

n+1 and several talented associates have put together a quick history, analysis, and documentation of OWS. Now just need to print it.
- Journalism
- New York, NY
- 321% funded $6,432 pledged
- 312 backers
- Funded Oct 22, 2011
Funded!
WALdok :: Wall Plug-In Speaker/Charger for iPhone/iPods by Hern Kim

WALdok is a small speaker/charger dock for iPhone/iPods that lets you plug-n-play or plug-n-charge anywhere there is a wall outlet.
- Product Design
- Boston, MA
- 254% funded $76,491 pledged
- 760 backers
- Funded Apr 09, 2011
Funded!
Comix Journalism: Send Ted Rall Back to Afghanistan to Get the Real Story by Ted Rall

Cover travel costs for independent cartoonist/war correspondent to travel and live with Afghans. He report from Afghanistan and write a book.
- Journalism
- 103% funded $25,999 pledged
- 211 backers
- Funded Apr 05, 2010
Funded!
Robin writes a book (and you get a copy) by Robin Sloan

I'm writing a detective story set halfway between San Francisco and the internet. And the more people who reserve a copy, the better each one will be!
- Fiction
- San Francisco, CA
- 398% funded $13,942 pledged
- 570 backers
- Funded Nov 01, 2009

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Howard Weaver

XOXO Festival by Andy Baio

"Snap Decisions: My 30 Years as an Alaska News Photographer" by Jim Lavrakas

Lee Malone - Get Us To The Converse Rubber Track Sessions! by Lee Malone

Hypothes.is - Taking peer review to the Internet. by Dan Whaley

Occupy! The n+1 OWS-Inspired Gazette by n+1 Foundation

WALdok :: Wall Plug-In Speaker/Charger for iPhone/iPods by Hern Kim

Comix Journalism: Send Ted Rall Back to Afghanistan to Get the Real Story by Ted Rall

Robin writes a book (and you get a copy) by Robin Sloan

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