Crowd-funding for success
Fundraising is like pulling teeth. No one really enjoys it. But spread the pain around and it’s an entirely different feeling. That’s the thinking behind Kickstarter: crowd-sourced funding for creative projects. Microdonations and Kickstarter publicity have powered about 1,000 projects so far. Founder Perry Chen speaks about his site at 3:15 pm Wednesday (June 16). See nxne.com/i for details.
A democratic web future
Mozilla, the Firefox browser developer and open web advocate, has always marched to a different drummer. But with Drumbeat, it’s creating that beat. It’s a collaborative project that aims for an open, participatory, decentralized future online. Matthew Thompson talks about how Mozillians can shape the internet’s destiny at 9:30 am Tuesday (June 15).
Critic vs Critic
Who decides what’s good and bad any more? Is it newspapers like NOW or the Toronto Star, or is it sites like Yelp or Chowhound? Join nowtoronto.com editor Joshua Errett as he talks to local panelists about amateur critics versus the professionals.
