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Andy Baio

Portland, OR

Hi! I helped build Kickstarter and am a long-time advisor to the team. I've written about Internet culture on Waxy.org for ten years, like making geeky things (see: Playfic, Supercut.org, Kind of Bloop, Upcoming.org), and write a weekly column for Wired.

  1. Funded!

    Diamond Trust of London by Jason Rohrer

    A turn-based strategy game for two players about spying, bribing, and loyalty. A boxed-copy cartridge release for the Nintendo DS.

    • 114% funded $90,118 pledged
    • 1,305 backers
    • Funded May 26, 2012
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    The Jason Scott Documentary Three Pack by Jason Scott

    Help Jason Scott, creator of the computer history documentaries "BBS" and "GET LAMP", produce three more documentaries at once.

    • 118% funded $118,801 pledged
    • 573 backers
    • Funded Nov 12, 2011
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    "XMAS WITHOUT CHINA" - Documentary by Dwyers & Xia

    Chinese-American immigrant Tom Xia challenges the neighboring Joneses to celebrate Christmas without using anything made in China.

    • 104% funded $15,635 pledged
    • 165 backers
    • Funded Jan 10, 2011
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    Unlogo - The Corporate Identity Media Filter by Jeffrey Crouse

    Back by popular demand! Unlogo is a web service that eliminates logos and other corporate signage from videos.

    • 100% funded $4,035 pledged
    • 128 backers
    • Funded Nov 22, 2010
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    SAVE Blue Like Jazz! (the movie) by Steve Taylor

    A feature film based on Donald Miller's New York Times bestselling memoir, directed by Steve Taylor and starring Marshall Allman.

    • 276% funded $345,992 pledged
    • 4,495 backers
    • Funded Oct 25, 2010
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    Power Laces by Blake Bevin

    Power Laces- a cool piece of "Future Tech" that every kid of the 80s wanted, and can also improve the life of those with with motor disabilities.

    • 100% funded $25,024 pledged
    • 278 backers
    • Funded Oct 11, 2010
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    Babycastles & Showpaper: New Indie Games Arcade in Manhattan by babycastles

    Babycastles is an effort to provide a social home for the game development culture that has long been part of New York City.

    • 150% funded $9,008 pledged
    • 223 backers
    • Funded Oct 04, 2010
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    Game Trekking: computer games inspired by world travel by Jordan Magnuson

    I want to travel the world and make computer games about the things I see and experience; to use computer games as a form of travel writing.

    • 105% funded $5,266 pledged
    • 83 backers
    • Funded Oct 01, 2010
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    500 Friends of Reading Frenzy! by Chloe Eudaly

    Reading Frenzy is a tiny shop with a big mission: to support and promote independent media and artists. Become our friend and help us grow our dream!

    • 110% funded $5,547 pledged
    • 123 backers
    • Funded Sep 01, 2010
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    Pieces: An Animated Music Video by Ken Flagg and Emiel Stevenhagen by Ken Flagg

    "Pieces" is a music video by award-winning Dutch animator Emiel Stevenhagen featuring music by Ken Flagg, touring keyboardist for MC Frontalot.

    • 111% funded $3,356 pledged
    • 70 backers
    • Funded Sep 16, 2010
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    The Desert Island Supply Co: A Writing Center For Kids In Birmingham, Alabama by Desert Island Supply Co.

    The Desert Island Supply Co. gives students in the Birmingham area more opportunities to write.

    • 107% funded $21,460 pledged
    • 244 backers
    • Funded Aug 07, 2010
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    HAPPY - A Documentary by Roko Belic

    HAPPY is a feature documentary that takes us on an incredible journey around the world, exploring the power and mystery of human happiness.

    • 109% funded $36,238 pledged
    • 377 backers
    • Funded Jul 10, 2010
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    DEVIL MAY CARE by DEVIL MAY CARE

    Most people have heard Bob Dorough's music over the past 50 years without knowing it. Until now. A story for every artist who refuses to give up.

    • 104% funded $17,805 pledged
    • 222 backers
    • Funded Aug 11, 2010
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    Delorean Hovercraft by Matthew Riese

    I'm building a hovercraft based on the blueprints of a popular kit hovercraft, modified to look like a Delorean. I need funding to finish the project.

    • 102% funded $5,644 pledged
    • 150 backers
    • Funded Jul 20, 2010
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    Everything, By Everyone - a film about online creativity and entertainment by Nathan Kuruna

    Everything, By Everyone is an animation documentary about the evolution of the Internet as a medium for entertainment and a tool for creative people.

    • 126% funded $15,151 pledged
    • 231 backers
    • Funded Sep 01, 2010
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    Girlfriends: July 2010 Recording by Jerry Joiner

    This effort is to raise funds for the second Girlfriends album by Jerry Joiner in order to make it sound the best it possibly can.

    • 104% funded $286 pledged
    • 21 backers
    • Funded Jun 22, 2010
  17. I DIE DAILY: The Making of Matthew Barney's "Cremaster Cycle" by Matt Wallin

    I Die Daily follows artist Matthew Barney as he creates his "Cremaster Cycle". Interviews with Barney, cast, crew and others tell the epic story.

    Funding Unsuccessful (08/15/2010)
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    TAKEN BY STORM: A FILM ABOUT STORM THORGERSON AND HIPGNOSIS by Roddy Bogawa

    Real? Surreal? Iconic? The album art of Storm Thorgerson is so far deeply embedded in our psyche it's hard to believe it all came from one mind...

    • 106% funded $21,317 pledged
    • 80 backers
    • Funded Jul 06, 2010
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    Grassroots mapping the Gulf oil spill with balloons and kites by Jeffrey Yoo Warren

    We're hitting the beaches and hitching boat rides to make aerial images of the gulf oil spill's effects using cameras attached to balloons and kites.

    • 165% funded $8,285 pledged
    • 145 backers
    • Funded Jun 21, 2010
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    SAVE THE MOCKTOPUS, GET CUSTOM COMICS by Max Huffman

    I want to make cool comics and I need your help! Donate and get some of those cool comics.

    • 143% funded $1,430 pledged
    • 102 backers
    • Funded Jul 05, 2010
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    Montreal: 320 by Daniel Ferrara

    An independent short film from SUNY Purchase film grad Daniel Ferrara about a group of high school friends re-united in Montreal, Canada.

    • 213% funded $4,275 pledged
    • 43 backers
    • Funded Jul 03, 2010
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    Fred & Earl: a new animated web series by LeeRubenstein

    Fred & Earl is a new animated web series about a couple of birds that live in Brooklyn, NY.

    • 100% funded $3,015 pledged
    • 82 backers
    • Funded Jun 17, 2010