Notations For the W-End: On Kickstarter Projects (An #Outsiders Newsflash Special w/Updated Notations On the NFC Ring)

It has been quite a busy time for us here @ #Outsiders as we continue to be on the prowl to assess projects we've decided to back.    We're eagelry awaiting the arrival of the NFC Smart Ring and the $ 9 Computer--although the folks at Rasperry Pi have done a "one up" which we hope all enjoyed reading up that our founder's "The Daily Update" featured in a recent edition here in #Outsiders. We will continue to keep all informed..."watch this space'!! 18 Production update, Pre-Orders available on the store! Posted by John McLear ► Play video Full length video update Hey guys, TLDR; Production 7 days behind but we will still be shipping in December.  Over 2k free rings shipped to makers.  Pre-orders of 2016 rings available exclusively on the NFC Ring store! Production update Hey guys, we're 7 days behind on our production schedule due to the last batch of blanks arriving a week late.  We're doing QA inspection on the 30th of November so assuming everything passes we will begin shipping to the UK from the factory on the the 1st of December.  Assuming it takes 7 days in transit we can expect to see the rings on the 9th of December at the latest and we can begin packing and shipping right away. We have put a lot of prep work into ensuring we're ready to ship as soon as rings land.  We will be able to process about 500 ring orders a day and have already put on extra staff and resources to ensure we don't have any delays at our end.  It's going to be tense waiting on the package to land from China but we're fully setup with automated custom fee handling and other things to ensure everything goes smoothly.  The risk of course is customs decide to do additional inspections, that would be a huge bummer so fingers crossed.... Remember that extortionate £9 shipping rate?  Well that amount means we can ship with speedy shipping options greatly including the likelihood you will have your rings for Christmas!  Europe and the US usually takes about 5-10 days so assuming we begin shipping on the 11th rings should begin landing in the UK on the 13th and oversees on the 16th. Hacker Rings A few updates ago we announced we were giving hacker spaces access to free QA fail rings and the uptake was mind blowing.  We shipped over 2000 QA fail rings and we're now pretty much sold out!  Thanks for this guys, hopefully our maker friends will begin creating even more awesome stuff like theKeyduino (which is currently on Kickstarter). Pre-Orders are now live If you have friends who missed out on the Kickstarter and wanted to pre-order to get their ring ASAP they can do this on the NFC Ring store..  1 Wow! Posted by Pierre Charlier Hi everyone! We're now one week after the campaign launch and the goal is already 90% reached! Thank you for your trust! We really hope to reach the goal by the end of the week, and then we may celebrate properly! As requested by many of you, we created the DUAL pack. It is exactly the same as the SUPER pack, but without the relay shield. Don't hesitate to back it or change your backing if you're interested. For any other request, join us on the official KeyDuino forum :http://keyduino.forumsactifs.com/ Thanks again for supporting us, you're amazing! KeyDuino Team

27 A C.H.I.P.'s Best Friend is it's Software Posted by Next Thing Co.

C.H.I.P.sters! The air is getting colder. December is nigh.  C.H.I.P.'s software is due!   Alex, everyone’s favorite German particle physicist turned software lead, and Ben, PocketC.H.I.P. backer and newest member of team NTC, have been hard at work architecting the official C.H.I.P. operating system. Take a look! https://vimeo.com/146851574 Building an operating system for C.H.I.P. requires some heavy duty driver work.  Maxime from Free Electrons abandoned the French countryside and joined us in sunny Oakland, CA to make sure we’re on-time and feature rich.  Maxime aime le C.H.I.P. Alex aime les Free Electrons. Want the C.H.I.P. OS background? Git it! SHIPPING UPDATES Meanwhile in China, Gus, Wynter, and Vanessa have spent much time setting up our first C.H.I.P. v1 mass production run (much more later). December C.H.I.P.s are on schedule to be shipped in December.   Want your C.H.I.P. shipped to you instead of someone who is not you? Submit, update, or verify your shipping address through BackerKit at chip.backerkit.com. January C.H.I.P.s are still on schedule for January. February C.H.I.P.s in February. March C.H.I.P.s in March. PocketC.H.I.P.s and the HDMI & VGA adapters are still on schedule for May. If you are curious when your Kickstarter reward is scheduled to ship, please check your pledge. Pre-order announcement comming very, very soon! mmmtc (much much more to come) \(•◡•)/ - everyone at NTC (especially Alex & Ben) and alsoMaxime . 28 Give Thanks. #GetCHIP on CyberMonday. Posted by Next Thing Co. C.H.I.P.sters! You should be the very first to hear some very exciting new news... C.H.I.P. Pre-Orders Open at getchip.com at 7 am EST onNovember 30th, otherwise known as Cyber Monday, marking the first time since our Kickstarter campaign to #GetCHIP(and/or PocketC.H.I.P.)!  Rest assured, pre-orders will ship after Kickstarter rewards are fulfilled.  We want our early C.H.I.P.sters to get their C.H.I.P.s first. But wait, there's more! Cyber Monday only, C.H.I.P., the world’s first 9 dollar computer, will be C.H.I.P., the world's first 8 dollar computer.  Just use promo code GETCHIP at getchip.com! (BTW, if you check out getchip.com before the sale you can sign up for the pre-order announcement. If you've already signed up for the pre-order announcement, you're good!  No need to sign up again!) https://vimeo.com/146868496 We’ve issued a statement to the press, but we decided to have a little bit of fun with it.  See below.  This, apparently, is what a press release looks like. We're so thankful you're on this fun little adventure with us.  Stay tuned! mmmtc \(•◡•)/ - Everyone at NTC (especially PocketC.H.I.P.)

The Friday Musical Interlude: Adele Sings "Skyfall"

As we are "Back Online", it is once again time for the Friday Musical Interlude as our team chose Adele as the Artist of the Week with this selection we hope all enjoy: 

As We Are "back Online": A Special Edition of "Notations From the Grid" On The Divine & Circumstances....

It is the day after thanksgiving in the United States.    We here at #Outsiders have hit the ground running as we have been on the prowl with a number of initiatives   forthcoming pver the ensuing hours.  

 As we look forward to release our Friday Musical Interlude selection featuring  Adele later on today (and we released one to "ordinary faces earlier) , we wanted to share this "Notation From the Grid" with this profound thought from the great Rumi which is simple yet ever so profound: 

I looked in temples, churches and mosques. But I found the Divine within my Heart.~ Rumi
Posted by Rumi on Thursday, November 26, 2015

Our team also embraced this we got here @ our Virtual Studios that goes to the heart of what a Vision of the Possible is that we are grateful to +Jonathan Huie for this as we are "back at work" in underscoring a simple crucial fact:  we have to remember that to create the vision of the possible, there are 

There are no hopeless situations; there are only men

who have grown hopeless about them.

- Clare Boothe Luce 

You may not seem able to change some outer circumstances

but you can start by changing your inner experience of life and yourself.

- Joy Page

It's not the situation that's causing your stress,

it's your thoughts,

and you can change that right here and now.

You can choose to be peaceful right here and now.

Peace is a choice,

and it has nothing to do with

what other people do or think.

- Gerald Jampolsky

Eventually we all have to accept full and total responsibility for our actions,

everything we have done, and have not done.

- Hubert Selby Jr.

On the Eve of Thanksgiving in the United States...

We here @ #Outsiders have decided to go "dark" for Thanksgiving week here in the United States to reflect upon our World.      Our team will be "on the prowl" though with the daily twitter curation on our key "hastag" watches including #Daesh, #India, #China, #uselections, #Europe & #americas as we gear up for #COP21 (The United Nations Climate Change Conference) and formally launch "NASIIM".

As we go "dark" for thanksgiving week, we wanted to feature this from +Jonathan Huie that underscores what we must be thankful for and simply underscore the need to do our best and do what we can to make a difference--it is ever so critical not to forget 

especially with the profound challenges we are faced with.

From all of us to all in the United States, Happy Thanksgiving as we step back to be ever so thankful and appreciative as we ask all never to "stop thinking about tomorrow"

Notations For the Week-End: An Update On "Blocks"//One of our Kickstarter Projects

One of the projects we were fascinated with was "BLOCKS" which is a "modular" smartwatch.   They are ready to go.     We wanted to report on the latest we received here @ Our World Headquarters and we look forward to providing further updates on it:

11 All time top 15 technology projects on Kickstarter Posted by BLOCKS Wearables

Dear Blockers, It has been an incredible 38 days! Thanks to your phenomenal support we passed 5,000 backers, $1,600,000 in pledges, and built an amazing community! This means BLOCKS is now in the top 15 technology Kickstarter campaigns worldwide and top 3 technology Kickstarter campaigns in Europe of all time.  In this time we have learned a great deal about BLOCKS from you and we hope that you will continue supporting us in the coming months. That said, be assured that we are committed to spend our days, nights and weekends to bring the best smartwatch on the planet to your wrist.  BLOCKS is all about giving the power of choice back to the users. With that, we would like you to be involved in the next steps of BLOCKS development. Soon, we will be sending a survey to ask some important questions. Do continue to ask us questions and give your insightful ideas here and via our social media channels - on Facebook (www.facebook.com/chooseblocks) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/chooseblocks). Thanks to all of you again for your incredible support!  Working hard (day and night) on building your future smartwatch,  The BLOCKS Team

	Great news! Thanks to you and 5,062 others, BLOCKS - The World's First Modular Smartwatch has been successfully funded. Your pledge has been charged, funds will soon be transferred to the creator, and they’ll begin working on their project.
	BLOCKS - The World's First Modular Smartwatch by BLOCKS Wearables Visit project

The Friday Musical Interlude: ColdPlay's Ink :-)

It is once again Friday and time for the Friday Musical Interlude.   For this week, we have chosen ColdPlay as our artist of the week and we hope all enjoy this selection as we wish you all a fabulous Friday and a fabulous weekened:

View Of the Week: On Designing a Life

Our team is pleased to present this "View of the Week" about an uplifting message from the great Jim Rohn for this special edition of "View of the Week" as we remember the art of the possible as we hope all consider tweeting this to their followers--our founder did it earlier today: 

How to Go From Making a Living to Designing a Life by Jim Rohn After having struggled for so long, it took a shift in attitude for my family and me when success started to happen. When I started making a little extra money at age 25, my mentor Earl Shoaff taught me to also let it serve as a new inspiration for lifestyle. It's about changing your life as well as changing your skills. Learn how to design your life.

"Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.” —Jim Rohn Tweet this

Notations From the Grid (Special Edition): The Anonymous War Explained.....

As we noted in our comments, we would be on the prowl to get a sense of the war that Anonymous is waging--this is the latest courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald via the Washington Post:

Anonymous' 'war' on Islamic State explained The online cyber war narrative is much more complicated than it

Thought(s) For the Week

For this edition of Thought(s) for the Week here in the #Visions Channel, What +Jonathan Huie noted in this latest series was so poignant to mention:

It is important to expect nothing,

to take every experience,

including the negative ones,

as merely steps on the path,

and to proceed.

- Ram Dass

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

- Socrates 

We will only understand the miracle of life fully

when we allow the unexpected to happen.

- Paulo Coelho 

Notations From the Grid (Special Edition): Anonymous Declares War (Updated)!!!

Our team was made aware of this by our founder as these activists take on their latest foe--we will be on the prowl to see how their efforts are going: 

Anonymous declares war on ISIS Activist hackers preparing to unleash waves of cyber attacks on Islamic State following the attacks in Paris last week. Metro.Uk is reporting that these cyber warriors have identified 900 Daesh-Iinked accounts and they have been suspended--here is the link on their declaration:

Notations On Our World (Special Edition): On #ParisAttacks as Waleed Aly calls for unity among Muslims and non Muslims

As our team has been assessing the aftermath of #ParisAttacks, we ran across this fabulous clip that has gone viral that our team felt was quite appropriate to report as our newsflash special in this respect.--he's absolutely right on as we all strive to overcome the darkness to create the ultimate Vision of the Possible.

Notations For the Week-End (Special Edition): On #ParisAttacks & Beyond

As we write this, we are monitoring updates from Europe as SkyNews is reporting live on the victims and the aftermath.   129 People have died and 99 are still in hospital.

Parisians are gathering at the Place De La Republic to honor the fallen.  . One of the fallen is a 23-Year Old Student From Cal State Long Beach, Nohemi Gonzalez..     Maddona in Sweden said it best last night during a concert when she noted, "...They want to shut us up...we will never let them."   We here @ #Outsiders echo this sentiment in the strongest possible terms we could muster.

At the G20 Summit, the leaders led a minute of silence to honor the victims of Paris and Ankara.   Condementations have been forthcoming from the entire world.   France has declared 3 Days of National Morning--we here at #Outsiders have decided to go dark for the next 48 hrs in honor of all the victims of all the wars as we leave you all with this image of Paris and the Jewish Prayer for Peace that Corey Robin noted in his blog which we have noted below for reference: 

May we see the day when war and bloodshed cease,

when a great peace will embrace the whole world.

Then nation will not threaten nation,

and mankind will not again know war.

For all who live on earth shall realize

we have not come into being to hate or to destroy.

We have come into being

to praise, to labor and to love.

& a Muslim Prayer For Peace:

Merciful God, You made all of the people of the world in Your own image and placed before us the pathway of salvation through different Preachers who claimed to have been Your Saints and Prophets. But, the contradictions in their teachings and interpretations of them have resulted in creating divisions, hatreds and bloodshed in the world community. Millions of innocent men, women and children have so far been brutally killed by the militants of several religions who have been committing horrifying crimes against humanity, and millions more would be butchered by them in the future, if You do not help us find ways to reunite peacefully.

IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE COMPASSIONATE, THE MERCIFUL, look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the controversial teachings of arrogance, divisions and hatreds which have badly infected our hearts; break down the walls that separate us; reunite us in bonds of love; and work through our struggle and confusion to accomplish Your purposes on earth; that, in Your good time, all nations and races may jointly serve You in justice, peace and harmony.  (Amen) 

We shall overcome!!!

Notations From the Grid (weekend edition): A Thought 4 the Week

Wishing all a joyous weekend.....

The Friday Musical Interlude: Paul Winter Performs Common Ground....

It is time again for the Friday Musical Interlude here in Outsiders.    We hope all enjoy this selection as Paul Winter Performs Common Ground:

An #Outsider Newsflash (special edition): On Our KickStarter-Backed Project Updates

We have been eagerly awaiting updates from a number of our +Kickstarter -backed projects we just received from the teams--Watch This Space for updates:

15 "3D Print your own NFC Ring" packages have shipped Posted by John McLear

We have shipped the backer levels of "3D Print your own NFC Ring" (£5 and £10). We included QA fail rings in those people who bumped their pledge to cover this. Next up on our schedule is getting Ring Orders info from you guys and shooting out a production update.  Expect to see an email soon! The NFC Ring Team! 10 Dev Team Diary No.5 - Why Prototypes Are So Important Posted by Matter And Form Inc. In this installment of the Dev Team Diaries, I give a status update on Bevel's hardware and share an important lesson in hardware development: always verify your design with physical prototypes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kowyVjMvHn0 Tell us what you think and leave comments (we love them!) Until next time, Drew.