Tag: KICKSTARTER

The Diaspora blog announced today that private alpha invites are now being sent out. The invites are being rolled out slowly, first to those who donated to the project through Kickstarter, followed by people who have requested them at joindiaspora.com, which is the main website for the operation. Diaspora.com, at the moment, is still an ad-ridden, cash-parked domain masquerading as a "luxury ...

Search Google for "stock photography" and you will get an endless list of results. There's no shortage of sites trying to make money off the work of stock photographers, and apparently no shortage to drab sites and blogs who seek out the stockiest images, despite the fact that it all looks like the same clip-art that was used in 1996. Finding truly good images usually requires a lengthy search ...

It's pretty amazing what $6,000 USD can accomplish when there are enough people willing to work for free. That's how much the pilot episode of Pioneer One cost to shoot, and the entire amount was raised at Kickstarter. The series is the latest indie-project to be brought to the P2P universe by VODO, which stands for VOluntary DOnation. VODO works to bring indie films -- that wouldn't otherwise be ...

There's been a lot of buzz lately about Diaspora, with its being called "the new Facebook alternative" and getting treated like some sort of social networking Holy Grail for privacy. It even set a record for start-up fundraising site Kickstarter by raising over $170,000 in pledges. Everyone seems pretty excited about the prospect of some magical new social network that will be private, secure, ...

With the latest privacy debacle on Facebook, users leaving the site are looking for somewhere to go. Diaspora has popped up as an open Facebook alternative, and people are getting behind it in a big way. The new service is funded by donations through crowdsourcing site Kickstarter, and supporters have backed Diaspora to the tune of $118,000 and counting. It's already the biggest Kickstarter ...