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CHANGEables

... ). What’s more, they’re used to tracking their progress in many areas, from education to physical fitness, and they seek the same level of real-time information from charitable organizations so they can see they are helping to move the needle. Just as they like to see how a Kickstarter campaign shares the story of its progress and hits its funding goals, they also like to witness the growing number of peers signing online petitions. However, there is a distinct difference between contributing to a ...

The New Age

... sort traditionally sported by AARP members as festival fashion, and hipsters of both genders are wearing socks with sandals. - SENIOR HOBBIES - KNITTING Knitting has exploded in popularity among all generations over the past decade, as demonstrated by cultural properties like Knit Wit, a Kickstarter-funded, biannual, print-only magazine about modern fiber artists, as well as the widespread proliferation of knitting guilds and meet-ups as a form of nightlife.SHUFFLEBOARD Brooklyn’s Royal Palms ...

Presence of Mind

... existence speaks to our culture’s increasing sensitivity to noise.IN PURSUIT OF SILENCEIn Pursuit of Silence is a documentary, currently in production, that explores “the value of silence, our relationship with sound, and the implications of living in such a noisy world.” The filmmakers raised approximately $77k from two separate Kickstarter campaigns.ORGANIZATIONConsumer interest in personal organization as a way to combat modern society’s visual noise is on the upswing, as evidenced by the phenomenon ...

Life Skills

... language where players use instruction cards to move their pieces (turtles) on the board. Parents set up a maze for their kids to navigate and collect jewels. Children then pick cards to tell their parent, who mimics the role of a computer, how to move their turtle. In doing so, kids learn logic and how to debug if they make a mistake. Demonstrating just how real the demand for Gen Z coding literacy is, Robot Turtles is the most backed board game in Kickstarter history. - PRODUCTIVITY - 30/30iOS app 30 ...

POP Trends

... #womenatlength to evangelize longform by and for women. Meanwhile, reader interest in outlets that prioritize lengthy narratives (such as Northern Correspondent, Matter, and Belt) has been demonstrated via Kickstarter funding. - LONGFORM SELECTS - “Be Bossy,” New York Magazine, May 2014. A profile of Sophia Amoruso, the 30-year-old CEO of Nasty Gal and author of #GIRLBOSS.“Who Killed Lois Duncan’s Daughter,” BuzzFeed, May 2014. The author of I Know What You Did Last Summer investigates her own daughter’s ...

Justifying Fan Fic

... -inspired romance, and hired a teen to adapt her One Direction fan fiction into a novel titled Loving The Band. Numerous other publishers are backing fan fiction, and avid readers are even funding works of interest on Kickstarter. As the line between extreme and mainstream fandom blurs, marketers in the entertainment space can consider hosting fan fiction contests, challenges, or designated open spaces where fans can submit stories about their favorite celebrities, characters, actors, and musicians. For ...

Culture Counseling

... is a Kickstarter-funded role-playing game that teaches players how to read and understand Japanese. The words they learn grant them weaponry in the game.ABC Family has found that its show Switched at Birth, which prominently features deaf characters, has inspired fans to learn sign language by pausing episodes and seeking external resources. - Help them prepare for adulthood in entertaining and meaningful ways - MTV2’s Jobs that Don’t Suck aims to help Millennials find the best job for them, by ...

POPscape

... popularity can nonetheless prove popular enough online to warrant a comeback (as was the case with the cancellation and subsequent Netflix revival of Arrested Development, or the Kickstarter-supported creation of a Veronica Mars movie). Similarly, indie music acts can now achieve conventional measures of mainstream success, due to fan-generated coverage and promotion. Just a few years ago, Vampire Weekend’s second album Contra (XL Recordings) debuted at Number 1 on the Billboard charts. More recently ...

Alt Pay

... the larger trends taking place across the Alt-Pay space. NEW WAYS TO PLAY - ALL-IN-ONE PAYMENT CARDS - Digital cards will soon offer an all-in-one alternative to carrying multiple debit, credit, gift, and loyalty cards. Coin met its Kickstarter goal of $50K in a mere 40 minutes, and is now accepting pre-orders for its all-in-one credit card solution.Amazon has filed a patent for a “dynamic payment card” that is programmable to access multiple accounts from banks and credit card companies, as ...

MEtail

... similar to that of crowdfunding platforms, where individuals can launch businesses with financial backing from supporters and future purchasers. Sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo let users raise money from investment-minded peers—aka, Venture Consumers (Cassandra Report, Spring/Summer 2013)—who believe in their proposed projects and want them produced. This model not only enables individuals to actualize their ideas, but also minimizes risk by helping them to quantify interest in advance of ...