Ryan Pitts

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Ryan Pitts joined Kickstarter on August 26, 2009

Keep PastPages alive by palewire

The shifting homepages of major media sites should be saved so they can be studied.
- Journalism
- Los Angeles, CA
- 107% funded $5,370 pledged
- 125 backers
Funded!
The Viper: Full-motion flight simulator by The Viper Team

High school kids building a flight sim from a recycled Piper Cub fuselage. Cockpit done, working on software. Help us make it happen!
- Product Design
- San Rafael, CA
- 463% funded $11,578 pledged
- 383 backers
- Funded Apr 18, 2012
Funded!
Elevation Dock: The Best Dock For iPhone by Casey Hopkins

Undocking's a breeze and it works with cases. Built at a whole new level of quality with a beautifully minimal design.
- Product Design
- Portland, OR
- 1,952% funded $1,464,706 pledged
- 12,521 backers
- Funded Feb 11, 2012
Funded!
SAVORx- A Different Kind Of Spice Company (Really Different) by Pete Taylor

We Are Spiceologists. Help Us Change The Way People Flavor Their Food. Freshly Grind Your Spices At Home, It's Way Better!
- Food
- Coeur D'alene, ID
- 105% funded $12,710 pledged
- 142 backers
- Funded Feb 19, 2012
Funded!
Sweet & Stout: beer cupcakes, heck yes! by Jackie Mustard & Dylan Waidelich

Sweet and Stout is going from blog to bakery. We take a wide variety of craft beer and use it in baking our delicious cupcakes!
- Food
- Spokane, WA
- 125% funded $2,136 pledged
- 37 backers
- Funded Oct 10, 2011
Funded!
The Eephus League Baseball Scorebook Revival Project by Bethany Heck

My goal is the creation of a new baseball scorebook design that will fuel making scorekeeping a vital part of the gameday experience.
- Design
- Auburn, AL
- 270% funded $27,002 pledged
- 890 backers
- Funded Mar 22, 2011
Funded!
Great icons for mobile apps by Joseph Wain

Get 400 great icons for mobile apps. Exclusively on Kickstarter!
- Graphic Design
- New York, NY
- 574% funded $11,488 pledged
- 427 backers
- Funded Sep 13, 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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Ryan Pitts

Keep PastPages alive by palewire

The Viper: Full-motion flight simulator by The Viper Team

Elevation Dock: The Best Dock For iPhone by Casey Hopkins

SAVORx- A Different Kind Of Spice Company (Really Different) by Pete Taylor

Sweet & Stout: beer cupcakes, heck yes! by Jackie Mustard & Dylan Waidelich

The Eephus League Baseball Scorebook Revival Project by Bethany Heck

Great icons for mobile apps by Joseph Wain

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

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