At Flattr, we believe in artists and creators, and understand that the internet should be a place to foster and support creative talent with exposure, accessibility and financial reward. The internet is not the only place to support artists and creators. We want to help in real life, sponsoring shows and events that showcase inspiring … Continue reading The Flattr Roadshow: Join us!
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In March this year Flattr team went to the SXSW Interactive Festival at Austin, Texas. It was good fun (links to blog posts from that time below), and the panel where we discussed micropayments and Flattr was very well received. Simply going again to enjoy the discussion and concerts is not enough so we need … Continue reading Vote for our crowdfunding panel at the SXSW 2012 conference
As part of our SXSW amusement plan we asked several street artists to display Flattr QR banners instead of their normal tip jars. We found it a little risky, but our primary aim was not to fill the busker’s wallet straight away, but to develop some curiosity. It was successful; many people stopped to scan … Continue reading SXSW Part 4 – The Buskers
Demotix was one of our panel partners at SXSW and now that they’ve joined the Flattr Community, we'd like to give you a deeper look at their system. Meet Demotix Freedom of speech and freedom of information are the two principles behind Demotix. Their aim is to provide a platform where people “on the street” … Continue reading SXSW Part 3: Demotix
As we mentioned in Part I of our SXSW Behind the Scenes posts, the first aspect of our SXSW strategy was to "Educate" attendees and participants about Flattr, its benefits and even more broadly about "Rewarding Creators and Crowdfunding". To achieve this, we were fortunate enough to have been invited by the SXSW organizers to … Continue reading SXSW Behind The Scenes Part 2
Yee-haw! We're back from Texas, full of BBQ (and iPads!) We told you in a couple of blog posts back that we'd be in Austin, Texas for the South by Southwest Interactive Festival, and it was great to see some of you there. Here's a quick recap of what a great experience and setting it … Continue reading Flattr Rocked SXSWi
You may have seen on our corporate blog the quick recap of how much awesomeness we had at SXSW last week, well read here for some behind the scenes "chattr" and fun gossip. Prior to arriving in Texas and even before boarding our flights from Malmo, Tallinn and London, we had a few ideas in … Continue reading SXSW Behind The Scenes: Part I
Around Flattr SXSW has just started in Austin, Texas, and Flattr’s joining up with Thingiverse, Readability and Demotix to talk about rewarding creators and crowdfunding online on 12th March. The team has many things in store to promote Flattr at the event, which we will discuss in a separate post next week along with a … Continue reading Weekly Review: Short stories
We're going to SXSW Interactive next week where myself, Joel and Eileen will host a panel about social micropayments and rewarding creators. We'll be joined by our friends from Demotix, Thingiverse and Readability which should make a good chat. We'd love to say hi to those of you that are also in Austin, so please … Continue reading We’re going to SXSW
Lately it's been a bit too quiet around Flattr. But that's just because we've had so much stuff to do! The things that have been happening, have done so behind the scenes, kinda. Firstly, the money calculation - we've been playing and tweaking with it. It's almost perfect now, and we've been trying and testing. … Continue reading Big news, what’s going on here?