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Robin Sloan

San Francisco, CA

Born in Illinois. Grew up in Michigan. Learned to write in Florida. Now I live in San Francisco. I also blog at Snarkmarket (link below) with my pals Tim and Matt.

  1. Work Sucks by Dalan McNabola

    Sometimes we get caught in a routine that we can't break out of. This is a film about making a decision to be happy.

    • 28% funded $2,256 pledged
    • 61 backers
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  2. Forage Kitchen by Iso Rabins

    Forage Kitchen is the first Co-working space for food. A hub for the Bay Area food community, and a home for artisan food makers.

    • 16% funded $25,372 pledged
    • 435 backers
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    Double Fine Adventure by Double Fine and 2 Player Productions

    An adventure game from Tim Schafer, Double Fine, and YOU!

    • 834% funded $3,336,371 pledged
    • 87,142 backers
    • Funded Mar 13, 2012
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    "The Future of Work": A cross-country quest aboard the RVIP by Thor Muller & Lane Becker

    A coast-to-coast quest to discover and celebrate the future of work--a video series and traveling event.

    • 101% funded $33,907 pledged
    • 430 backers
    • Funded Apr 02, 2012
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    A Show with Ze Frank by Ze Frank

    In 2006 I created a show called "The Show with Ze Frank." With your help I'd like to start a new show. Same, same... but different.

    • 293% funded $146,752 pledged
    • 3,900 backers
    • Funded Mar 09, 2012
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    Take This Book: The People's Library at Occupy Wall Street by Melissa Gira Grant

    This is one story of the People's Library, as told to me by the librarians and patrons who built it.

    • 108% funded $10,838 pledged
    • 283 backers
    • Funded Dec 31, 2011
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    Computing: a Documentary of the Human Experience by Grady Booch

    A transmedia project engaging audiences of all ages in the story of the technology that has changed humanity.

    • 121% funded $30,329 pledged
    • 349 backers
    • Funded Jan 03, 2012
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    Dark Sky - Weather Prediction, Reinvented by Adam Grossman & Jack Turner

    Down-to-the-minute weather prediction for your exact location. Accompanied by stunning high-resolution radar animations.

    • 112% funded $39,376 pledged
    • 1,203 backers
    • Funded Nov 30, 2011
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    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.

    • 321% funded $6,432 pledged
    • 312 backers
    • Funded Oct 22, 2011
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    Border Town by Adam Rothstein

    Help our group exhibition of speculative work about border towns attend the Detroit Design Festival in September.

    • 149% funded $2,236 pledged
    • 66 backers
    • Funded Sep 21, 2011
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    Homing Where I Roam with Big Rig Dance Collective by Big Rig Dance Collective

    Remember that time, that place, those people, and all the strange and wonderful things that happened? This dance project is about that.

    • 266% funded $2,131 pledged
    • 30 backers
    • Funded Nov 01, 2011
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    VENUS PATROL: charting a new course for videogame culture by Brandon Boyer

    Venus Patrol is a new videogame website in search of beautiful things, from former Offworld.com editor and IGF Chairman Brandon Boyer.

    • 210% funded $105,398 pledged
    • 1,785 backers
    • Funded Oct 07, 2011
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    Beautiful Mechanical -- an indie-classical record by yMusic by yMusic

    Chamber music performed by insanely excellent musicians equally comfy in the overlapping Classical and Pop Music worlds.

    • 213% funded $10,681 pledged
    • 374 backers
    • Funded Aug 05, 2011
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    CXL - Feature Film - The 24 Hour Kickstarter. It is rad. by Sean Gillane

    With a unique mix of comedy, drama, and magical realism, CXL is a film that will pull your heart and brain inside out.

    • 100% funded $5,018 pledged
    • 70 backers
    • Funded Jul 07, 2011
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    Longshot Issue #2 by mat honan

    Longshot Magazine is a raucous experiment in harnessing new tools to erase media’s old limits. We create a print magazine in 48 hours.

    • 226% funded $17,007 pledged
    • 473 backers
    • Funded Jul 24, 2011
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    A History of the Future in 100 Objects by Adrian Hon

    One hundred objects from 2011 to 2100, from 'smart drugs' to the fate of the Arctic, in a blog, book and podcast

    • 195% funded $4,899 pledged
    • 109 backers
    • Funded Mar 19, 2011
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    Please help to make Y La Bamba's Next Record! by Y La Bamba

    Y La Bamba is a 7-piece band from Portland, Oregon that is hoping to record a second full length studio album this winter.

    • 104% funded $8,386 pledged
    • 146 backers
    • Funded Feb 27, 2011
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    The Shape of Design by Frank Chimero

    The Shape of Design is a short, accessible book about the creative process & the intersection of storytelling, craft & improvisation.

    • 415% funded $112,159 pledged
    • 2,109 backers
    • Funded Mar 02, 2011
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    LAMP by Olga Nunes

    LAMP is an album by Olga Nunes-- and it's also a story built around the music, told through letters, art installations & film.

    • 234% funded $7,028 pledged
    • 223 backers
    • Funded Dec 10, 2010
  20. The Iranian Avocado Quest by Jason Rezaian

    Did you know that less than 1% of Iran's population has ever tasted an avocado? We're going to change all that with Iran's first working avocado farm.

    Funding Unsuccessful (11/13/2010)
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    My First Earthquake Destroys a Recording Studio by My First Earthquake

    Help My First Earthquake, the nerd-rock foursome from San Francisco, make their dreams of album-recording & seismic-sonic destruction come true.

    • 152% funded $7,624 pledged
    • 181 backers
    • Funded Oct 23, 2010
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    GAMEFUL, a Secret HQ for Worldchanging Game Developers by Jane McGonigal

    Good games make us better and change the world. We’re the people making and playing those games. We need a Secret HQ.

    • 3,248% funded $64,965 pledged
    • 593 backers
    • Funded Sep 29, 2010
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    Help Musicians in Niamey, Niger Record and Promote their Music and Culture! by CarterCo Recording

    Help promote Nigerien music and culture by supporting Jamie Carter's recording trip to Niamey, Niger.

    • 147% funded $1,770 pledged
    • 42 backers
    • Funded Sep 19, 2010
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    Punk Mathematics by Tom Henderson

    Part math book, part online event, Punk Mathematics is an introduction to mathematical thinking for people who question everything.

    • 1,195% funded $28,701 pledged
    • 1,022 backers
    • Funded Sep 01, 2010
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    Foodprint LA: A Food-Shaped City by Sarah Rich and Nicola Twilley

    Foodprint Project is an event series exploring the ways in which food and cities give shape to one another.

    • 102% funded $5,107 pledged
    • 67 backers
    • Funded Aug 26, 2010
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