From the Etsy Offices

This past week I made a quick overnight trip to be in the Etsy offices in person for a few important meetings. The shots above show some views of the office from my corner of the world and a little goofing around during off hours.

One of my favorite parts about the Brooklyn office is the fact it's dog-friendly. Each time I make the trip up I seem to be greeted by yet another new pup spending the work day in the office - that little cutie-pie above is Danielle's newest addition to her family, Miss Myrtle. She is a rescue dog from a puppy mill. Also, as you can see - one of my coworkers is out of the office on paternity leave so Christine and I decided to try his (armor gloves?) on for size.

City of Epic: An Exercise RPG

One of my friends, Kelly Maguire, who I not only took Craft and Materials studies classes with in art school at VCU but have also had the pleasure of working with at Etsy in the past is working on a new creative venture involving placing the real time workouts you're already doing into an interactive storyline with rewards to help keep you motivated.

They've launched the initial details on Kickstarter, so if you're curious check out the video above to learn more. If you'd like to help support the growth and development of the project, help both Kelly and her business partner, Catherine, by spreading the word via your social networks and/or get more directly involved as a backer right from their Kickstarter project page.

I'm looking forward to watching as the project progresses since I've always been a big fan of the creative projects Kelly has taken on - including her line of lasercut novelties, Everything Tiny, and her building of the popular Indie Craftshows Directory.

Good luck guys!