Hello New Patrons! (And: What's Next?)

“July 2017 summary: +255 Patrons”

Wowzers McTrousers.

I’m absolutely humbled by the response y’all had to The Evolution of Trust! Sure, there’s the metrics (8 million plays, 5K retweets, 35K upvotes on reddit) but here’s what really matters: helping people think in systems, giving teachers a fun thing to inspire students, spreading a message of peace WITH practical action!

Again, sincerely, thank you all. :)

So! What’s next? I already mentioned it in the last post, but for all you new patrons (& a reminder for you ol’ patrons), here’s what I’ll be up to in the coming weeks:

MY LONG NOW TALK. I’m giving an hour-long talk in three days, titled “Seeing Whole Systems”! My talk will teach you the core ideas from complexity/chaos theory, and how to draw your own systems. The talk will be put online for free + I’ll post my slides a couple weeks afterwards!

THE NEW NEW EXPLORABLE EXPLANATIONS HUB. Oh jeez, it’s been 2 years since I last updated the site. Later in August, I want to finally get around to re-designing it, adding more examples, and writing tutorials on how to make an explorable explanation! If you’ve been inspired by my interactives, and would like to make your own... keep an eye open for the new new explorabl.es website! ;)

A PERSONAL "GAME JAM". I want to avoid the mistake of spending forever trying to top an unexpectedly-successful project. (a mistake I’ve made before) So, for the month of September, I'll make a whole bunch of small, short interactives! When it comes to being experimental, quantity can be its own quality.

A'ight, sorry for throwing the wall of text at you. Just wanted to say again, because I’m cheesy but also because I sincerely mean it every time: thank you all from the bottom of my heart. :)

See you next time!

<3,
~ Nicky Case