Our friends at Green Mountain Coffee sent us a sweet care package that included Guatamalan and Breakfast Blend beans, a Bodum french press, reusable cups and authentic Vermont maple syrup! Thanks for making our day—and our breakfast—so delicious! We will be enjoying for weeks to come….
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Check out this awesome testimonial we got from our friend Jonathan Potter this week….”I bought my Zero medium bag at Interbike last year, the one with the sporty world champion stripes. And after about a year of use, my Rickshaw is still going strong, and now that the sun has kissed the evenings of the [...]
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“I’m crazy for Moleskine journals!”, writes Luis Cosio from Mexico. We just delivered a Folio to our first customer in Mexico, and he’s delighted, not only with the Folio, but our customer service (Kati is a star!), the stickers we included with the Folio, and a handwritten note from yours truly. In return, we received [...]
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We sent an email blast today announcing our Folio launch. If you didn’t receive it, and would like to be on our email list (which we use very judiciously), you can sign-up here.
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My pet project is finally a reality — our Folio for Moleskine journals is now live on our web site. First, kudos to Macy here at Rickshaw for completing the tedious task of loading all of the product data and photos so you can actually see what we have to offer. This product is one [...]
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SMITH magazine, an online journal, has published thousands of six-word memoirs. Apparently they adapted the idea from a possibly mythical challenge to Ernest Hemingway — write a story in just six words. I like writing haiku, so this sounded like a fun little exercise. Here’s my six-word memoir: Born to technology. Love making bags! I [...]
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I just finished reading a new book called “Design is the Problem” by Nathan Shedroff, and I recommend it as a good introductory survey of sustainability for designers. Not yet available on Amazon, you can order a copy directly from the publisher, Rosenfeld Media, for $36. Nathan is currently pioneering a new MBA in Design [...]
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Hi everyone. It’s been awhile since my bike ride to TED and the related flurry of blog updates, Facebook messages, Flickr photos, video postcards and tweets I posted along the way. All this social networking stuff is time consuming and exhausting! After TED, we just had to get back to work here at Rickshaw, making [...]
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Sunday, February 22, 2009 I’m writing from the Grafton Hotel on Sunset Blvd in West Hollywood, just about to walk three blocks to the Slumdog Millionaire Oscar Party (not the awards ceremony, mind you, but the pre, viewing and after party) at the ONE Sunset restaurant — hosted by Hewlett Packard. Thanks to Ken [...]
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Thanks to all of you who have read my Form, Function, Footprint essay. I received one comment from a friend and esteemed academic that made it clear I need to explain my definition of “footprint”. First, here’s the comment: Mark, I “get” the value of mnemonics like “3 Fs” but “footprint” doesn’t really do it for me. [...]
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