Pozible is an all-or-nothing platform, all this money has been pledged, not donated. If I don’t get to $25,000 I don’t get ANYTHING. We have until noon on Thursday to make this work, or it’s all over.
I know you have all done so much, I feel so bad asking for more… but this is it. One last push. 48hours to raise eleven grand. Can we do this?
“Why would I love to be a Nomad in Residence? We live in this amazing digital world where anyone can communicate with anyone else instantly, no matter where they are. But anyone who’s ever tried to run a meeting over a videoconference line, or organize a team by email, knows that it’s never the same as face to face contact. You miss the nuances; the things that aren’t explicitly conveyed, but carry so much meaning. There’s still much to be gained through being there. I want to learn from Australia, and hopefully create some interesting projects together.
“Art on wheels with Fee Plumley? What’s not to love! One of the best places for conversations is the open road and collaboration and growth requires conversation: I’m so in on RBRT!”
Alex is a filmmaker, producer and roller derby queen. She has spent the last eight years based in Alice Springs and knows I have a yearning to learn more about Desert Culture.
Tom Scott, UK
More of ‘an eclipse tourist’ than Nomad in Residence since he’s already coming over to Cairns for the total solar eclipse in November. I contacted Tom out of the blue after seeing this video and then finding out he’s a Hackerspace/Maker type lad (he was one of Sky 1 HD’s Gadget Geeks). He’s agreed to come hang out on the bus while he’s in the country :)
3D Printing is tipped to be the future of manufacturing. For some people/sectors it could change everything. It might not be the most efficient solution for production runs in their thousands, but for making one-off parts, or prototyping your inventions, it’s an incredibly accessible and affordable resource. You don’t even need to be a fully-fledged geek to make it so. If you don’t have access to a printer you can use tools like Tinkercad to design your creation and then send it through to companies like Ponoko for it to be printed.
3D Printer (courtesy Hackerspace Adelaide)
Or, for #12daysofbusmas (4 days to go) I’ll help you design your special something and then send you a couple of 3D prints of it. Bear in mind your design needs to be achievable in contemporary 3D printing (I can’t print in Gold but I could print you a burrito, for example ;P) but we can discuss all of that as we go.
I know a lot of filmmakers & photographers. In fact this weekend I’m staying with some of them, so #12daysofbusmas is one for my fellow niche creatives!
Lighting equipment on the set of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, being filmed in its setting of New York City.
Locations for film and photography shoots are hard to find. You generally want somewhere that’s accessible, available, has patient owners, and an element of the unique about it. Well you won’t get much more unique than a bus designed by Geoff Cobham parked up in a fabulous Australian location of your choice!
For #12daysofbusmas (5 days to go) you and your film or photography production team can use the #rbrtOZ bus as a location for your film/photography shoot at any time of your choosing in the next 12 months.
You’ve probably guessed by now that I’m a bit in love with buses. So much so that today’s #12daysofbusmas reward (6 days to go) is that I’m going to knit a set of miniature ones.
Want one? ;)
knitted kombivan by Leah Sutton (not same as ours, but gorgeous nonetheless!)
The very excellent Sayraphim Lothian knits all kind of wonderful things without even needing a pattern. She’s a natural. When I tweeted that I had started knitting she gushed with abandon, clearly loving to be able to share her enthusiasm for the craft. It’s been really lovely to have someone so passionate to chat with about my new hobby.
Sayraphim has offered to teach me how to knit my own little logo (designed by the fab James Hutson) into a kinda of soft toy; something vaguely like the above (stunning) photograph that I found on Ravelry. She will be making it up as she goes along, then posting her instructions publicly on my reallybigroadtrip facebook page so everyone can play along!
Your #12daysofbusmas reward (6 days to go) is to own a limited edition hand-knitted #rbrtOZ bus. How cute is that?!
And here, as a taster, is a small person’s hat that I made in the last week (just so you can see I’m really gonna do this!):
