Category: Thanks

Reasons to self-publish, or start your own niche publishing company (or not)

Reasons to self-publish, or start your own niche publishing company (or not)

Like any good uncorporation, breadpig aims to do things a bit differently. Last year, we published a tutorial for how LOLMagnetz generated $30,000 in profits (for charity, but profits nonetheless). Now we’re doing it for xkcd: volume 0.

Breadpig is a PyCon 2010 sponsor!  Stop by if you’re in Atlanta for the Python-fest

Breadpig is a PyCon 2010 sponsor! Stop by if you’re in Atlanta for the Python-fest

Steve and I had the privilege of giving a keynote at last year’s PyCon. Watch the video [steal slides here] for Steve’s gripping account of the switch from Lisp to Python, see him artfully respond to questions about why reddit’s search is so unsatisfying, and hear me get asked if I’ll sponsor PyCon the following [...]

LOLMagnetz had a strong 2009 – better than even 2008 – thanks to some help from ThinkGeek

LOLMagnetz had a strong 2009 – better than even 2008 – thanks to some help from ThinkGeek

We’ll be publishing a 2009 Breadpig, Inc. profit & donation recap shortly, but there’s an overdue “Thank you” due for ThinkGeek. For giving breadpig yet another feature in their catalog (I think this makes three times? Awesome!). We couldn’t have given away $15,000 in LOLmagnetz profits last year if it weren’t for ThinkGeek, proud distributor [...]