Michael Gundlach, the man who’s blocked 100 billion ads
Well, Michael didn’t exactly do it alone, he had help from around 5 million users who have downloaded his popular AdBlock for Chrome and Safari so far. Loved by users, definitely not loved by online ad industry, Michael was kind … Continue reading
Micropayments turn 3D
Blender, the free open source 3D content creation suite is available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License. This 3D version of the Blender logo is an example of the types of effects that Blender can … Continue reading
Science, podcasting and whiskey with Matthias Fromm
Passionated about podcasts and science — a great fit to start a podcast about science and researchers. I’m mainly concerned about the people who move into science and conduct research. I want to open up the world to the young … Continue reading
Kim Werker: Free vs fee in the crafter’s scene
This is a guest post by Kim Werker, a writer, editor, speaker, blogger, crafter and founder of the Mighty Ugly project. Over the last few years, the online crafts community has been having a conversation about free content, how it … Continue reading
24h live video broadcast marathon from New York
Our friends over at Bambuser are just about to launch an interesting 24 hours New York Challenge, broadcasted live, of course. They’ve given the company chairman Hans Eriksson a mobile, some tips on what’s interesting in the Big Apple and … Continue reading
Success of alternative funding for Alternativlos surprises show hosts
When two well-known German guys, Frank and Fefe, decided to launch a podcast called “Alternativlos” they scraped together some old spare recording equipment and started dissecting current affairs. Any topic is fair game for them, as long as it catches … Continue reading
Give those Android apps some love
I love my Android phone, absolutely love it. I also love free apps, but at the same time I want to be able to give something to the people behind it. There’s an abundance of them out there and some I … Continue reading
85,000 free tracks from independent artists – Libre.fm
In February the indie music site Libre.fm added a way for all artists using the platform to collect donations from their fans via Flattr. It’s time to review the service and some interesting artists. What is Libre.fm? They are the … Continue reading
Dan Lynch – a skeptic at first, won over by fan support
Musician, broadcaster and a self proclaimed geek Dan Lynch was skeptical at first about Flattr earning him enough to support his hobbies in any meaningful way. To his surprise it’s worked out better than he thought. I had a chat … Continue reading
What fun things have you used your earnings for?
I noticed that some people were sharing what they’ve used the money they’ve made with Flattr so I asked our Twitter followers to share more. Overwhelmingly the winner was “use it to Flattr creators I like” but some other interesting … Continue reading
