IndieGoGo has the concept of Perks – incentives for people to contribute, these might be simply emotional: "We'll love you forever and you'll feel warm and fuzzy"; they might entitle donors to access to early product "Get a DVD of the rough-cut  of our movie"; or something else connected with the project, t-shirts, high-res images,…

This is me at the end of the line last year – sitting in Union Station, Los Angeles having made it coast-to-coast despite my constant doubts that it would happen. I'm starting to have those doubts again from time to time, but I look at myself there and see my shaggy unshaven self just off…

A wise friend just said to me when I was explaining what i'd been doing this afternoon, "I don't know what the laws are around squatting".  Neither do I, I suppose I should have at least given it some thought before I entered one, but you don't do you?  I mean I've never read the…

I learned, experientially, two important lessons during last year’s trip that I thought I already knew.  It turned out I knew the theory, but I needed some schooling in the practice. Firstly, I learned that more interesting things happen when I give up (the illusion of) control over what happens next.  The classic example of…

It's getting more and more exciting. Bits of corporate support and sponsorship are coming together, though no announcements yet. I've set up an IndieGoGo page for individuals to contribute and help spread the word.  If you want to help, of course a donation's great, but really really what I would love is if you could…

Download now or watch on posterous canalrain.avi (3636 KB) Originally posted on Lloyd’s posterous

I was heard to say: "So Social Art boils down to expressing ideas through the medium of human relationships…" yes, I think that's much handier than what I was struggling with before.  I do like to include a reference to beauty somewhere in there though.  I do like beauty. Originally posted on Lloyd’s posterous

I took the shortish walk from Westbourne Park to the Paddington basin along the canal this lunchtime. I took photos as I walked and tweeted spontaneous accompanying observations in a pattern of 5-7-5 syllables – so haiku in form if not in elegance – I think I'd warmed up a bit with the second one….

Tremendous bits of support coming in that I'll be able to talk about once they're confirmed.  However, while this is really really welcome, there's been much more response to help with kit than with direct cash support (to cover my overhead back here, some travel costs and contingency for daily subsistence).   I'm putting up…

How did that happen, it seems only a matter of days ago that it was four weeks to go.  Umm… yes… oh… I see… Back to work then! Originally posted on Please Look After This Englishman