Comments on: The Carsonified Journal

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:20:06 +0000

@Dane – Mike can answer that for you. His email is mike at carsonified daaaawt com :)

By: Dane Glerum

Dane Glerum — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:26:19 +0000

Hi Guys,

A bit after the fact I know (even the spam bots beat me to the post!) but I was just wondering who you used for the printing/packaging of the journal box and pencil/sharpener kit.

They look great.

By: A part of my life has been stolen - Carlos Matallín is a geek and a blogger

A part of my life has been stolen - Carlos Matallín is a geek and a blogger — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:59:35 +0000

[...] I couldn’t believe her. I took a quick look around and my bag was indeed stolen. I plunged into a feeling of powerlessness and fury. Why? Do you want to know what was I carrying that day in my bag? Yes, that bag. [...]

By: Steffan Williams » Blog Archive » Really Small

Steffan Williams » Blog Archive » Really Small — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:10:32 +0000

[...] Drawn on the very first page of my Carsonified journal. [...]

By: Anders

Anders — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:51:20 +0000

hmm… been thinking of maby going on a carsonified event for some time now, i think i will…

By: cheritycall

cheritycall — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:19:49 +0000

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By: Miiitch

Miiitch — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:58:30 +0000

Those are so nice! Oooh, now I want one!!

By: Carsonified » Blog Archive » We’re releasing 100 Carsonified Journals

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:14:04 +0000

[...] As soon as I blogged about the Carsonified Journals we created for FOWA attendees, we had a mob descend on us asking to buy them. [...]

By: Carsonified » Blog Archive » FOWD NYC - only two weeks away!

Carsonified » Blog Archive » FOWD NYC - only two weeks away! — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:49:02 +0000

[...] If you checked out our previous blog post you’ll have read about the journals that we gave away at FOWA London last week. The good news is that we’re packing a new bunch in our bags right now for all FOWD NYC attendees. They were beautifully designed by our very own Carsonified designer Mike Kus. [...]

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:32:38 +0000

Ryan and team Carsonified – here’s what I wrote on my blog:

“First of all, I would like to thank Ryan Carson, Jo, Kier, Elliott and everyone behind Carsonified ( http://www.carsonified.com ) for putting on a top event.. expo hall, mini university sessions and speaker sessions. Fantastic and well done to all!”

I’ll add – the FOWA bag was fantastic, not to mention the ‘Name badge stickers’, the massive name badges.. and the notebook journal inside the bag – great touches like this make a show fun to attend.

I’ve now uploaded 4 podcasts (over 30 minutes each) from FOWA 2008, featuring interviews from the show floor and sessions too (the view from the audience), come take a listen via the new audio player I’ve added to my site:

http://www.dsoundz.co.uk

(you will find it on the sidebar on the Tech:Casts player!)

enjoy the interviews and FOWA features! there’s another 2 podcasts to come… from Sam Downie’s Tech:Casts

Cheers :)

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:09:01 +0000

@Paul & @Wako – Thanks for the super nice things you said about us and the journals. *Really* appreciate it!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:09:00 +0000

@Paul & @Wako – Thanks for the super nice things you said about us and the journals. *Really* appreciate it!

By: wako

wako — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:55:32 +0000

What a gorgeous gift. I believe a really important aspect of sustainability is beauty. When a thing is beautiful, there is inherent value, and that means the thing will be valued and used–hence further along on the sustainable spectrum.

And the thought and personal care you put into the design is all about connection, about building relationship. Says a lot about your company… about which I knew nothing until now. But now I’m very curious!

All that high-level mumbo-jumbo aside, I have a huge stationery and bag fetish, so I am very envious of the lucky (and deserving, no doubt) FOWA attendies.

By: Paul Smith

Paul Smith — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:04:40 +0000

Ok I have to admit, I came across this article when I was searching Technorati for articles about things compostable, to chime in about my company’s leaf based plates. But never you mind that, I am super impressed by the effort, creativity and generosity you put into this whole effort! You deserve all the goodwill that I’m sure this and other things you do generate.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:47:41 +0000

How long before one shows up on ebay? moreover, how much will it go for? :)

By: Bill Biwer

Bill Biwer — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:28:42 +0000

Simply gorgeous! Wish I could have attended the event, maybe next time…

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:22:19 +0000

Thanks for the really kind words everyone! Really, really appreciate it. I know the team works so hard, so it’s nice to hear.

By: Ian Cleary

Ian Cleary — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:54:19 +0000

I absolutely very totally love mine… I was really taken with it and when I saw it was personalised I was blown away!

My daughter has mine now as she fell in love with it (she’s 6 and promises only to use it for very important words and pictures) and my wife has clung onto the numbered one that came in my conference pack…

I am in danger of starting to sound like a stuck record, but everything I’ve seen you guys touch is golden, and having seen how hard the team worked… above and beyond guys!

Awesome work Carsonified-superhero-team!!! Human is absolutely the right word :-)

By: Jamie Rumbelow

Jamie Rumbelow — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:43:44 +0000

Somebody had left one on the floor, so I grabbed it. Waste not want not!

Since then, it has been fantastic. It felt really nice to receive them and I have been using them for everything.

Everytime I read all the quotes and stuff I want to cry :)

Thanks all you guys, FOWA was Fantastic.

By: Barry Frost

Barry Frost — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:57:45 +0000

Are you planning anything similar for FOWD in New York?

I couldn’t come to the event in London and would love for this to become a new feature of Carsonified conferences so that I can get one too!

By: David Petherick

David Petherick — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:30:12 +0000

Beautiful object, which I presented intact to my wife (the bag) and to my daughter (the journal).

They both want to use the other’s gift, I want to thank you for that, and I uploaded a photo of my journal which you might enjoy – http://www.flickr.com/photos/also/2944154116/

A great touch, and a great event, thank you Ryan.

Regards, and thanks, David

By: Carsonified gave out personalized journals for all attendees of FOWA | K3NDALL | Seattle web marketer

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:53:18 +0000

[...] Ryan Carson and his crew at Carsonified continue to make the web a human place. They recently put on the Future of Web Apps conference in London. As a Thank You gift to all of the attendees, they created a journal. This isn’t your everyday Moleskin journal. It has a human touch, and very little Carsonified branding. They were thoughtful all throughout the design. It came with a pencil, rather than a pen to ensure the analog usage of the journal. They included a jute bag (that is completely compostable – Nice touch), to carry the journal in. And to top off the human touch, they included hand written notes to each of the attendees. [...]

By: TomDeleu

TomDeleu — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:37:59 +0000

Nice. So much better than your average throw-away-conference-goodie-bags!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:12:22 +0000

@Paul We used Jutexpo

By: Paul Sturgess

Paul Sturgess — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:00:43 +0000

Please could you tell us the company you used to get the jute bags made. :-)

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:40:00 +0000

We’d never sell these – it goes against the whole reason we made them :)

By: Jason Sadler

Jason Sadler — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:17:16 +0000

Ryan & Team – great job with the give away. You guys are doing great work and this is a nice cherry on top. I think you guys should sell these as I am sure you have a large audience willing to buy who can’t attend FOWA events.

By: James McDonald

James McDonald — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:41:32 +0000

I love it, really wish I could have made it this year. Unfortunately due to some money related issues I couldnt! FOWA next year FTW! :)

By: Richard Lingard

Richard Lingard — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:26:18 +0000

Thanks for a great couple of days, guys. Truly inspirational stuff. And I’m using my lovely Carsonbook as a scrapbook for great design ideas…hope y’all approve. Thanks again – Rx

By: f6

f6 — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:24:49 +0000

I can’t go to the FOWA, maybe I can buy it online??? :)