| Endless Possibilities!

My immediate thoughts on the Kickstarter site was to resurrect the game project, absolutely. Then I just started thinking about all the different artsy/creative things/stunts/projects that could be done, some just for the sake of doing them.

There are a lot of interesting projects on the site already, like the guy who is going to write and publish 52 short stories, one a week, for a year. The contributors get to offer ideas, character names, plot twists, etc. for funding the project and in effect sort of collaborate with the author along the way. Kinda neat.

How about "100 slaps in the face", a video project that for every 5 dollars funded, the subject will ask a random person to slap them in the face, video it, edit it, then publish it somewhere.

How about "You tell me which songs to mashup", has a vote list for low funders, and for higher paying supporters, a write in for any song they want. Then make the album of mashups, and release it. (of course licensing would make this impossible, I'm just spitballin' here).

How about a "Choose your own adventure-style" book/ebook/online-book that allows your supporters to vote/determine the directions characters and plot lines will go and see where the story ends up. Publish it on lulu.com, and see what happens.

These are things I just threw together as I typed, but you get the idea. It seems like an interesting funding/collaborative tool that has some neat potential and power for those who have a strong enough, and compelling enough, idea and can leverage people they know (their network, as it were), to buy into the concept and make something happen.

I dunno, prolly just one of those 'Eric's a dreamer' posts, but I really, really like my perceived potential for a site like this. Suck it, Dream Squashers.