Kickstarter is “a new way to fund ideas & endeavors” Its a micro financing site where people can pledge money on different projects that people have set-up. You can pledge as little as 1 dollar and you might even get something in return, most times its a mention in the credits sometimes its a party when the project is launched.

Motivated people have started all kinds of projects, everything from creating a communal book, to getting funding to spend time building an offline wikipedia iPhone app. Project owners can leave updates for everybody about their project, or offer to communicate solely to their backers.

The whole system is neat and clean with the premis that if your financial goal is not met in your set timeframe, dollars to days if you will. Nobodys credit card gets charged. It’s up to the individual project owner to get people interested enough to pledge enough money so the project can move forward before their cut off date.

If you have a project that needs some micro funding I would suggest you head on over to kickstarter and sign up.

While reading through my Morning RSS ritual I came across a post on the mashable! blog. Specifically they were discussing the theory of Dunbar’s Number. While using winelibrary.tv ‘s own gary vaynerchuk as an example of somebody who is pushing the limits of self marketing and user interaction by the means of social media. Dunbar’s Number is something that I experience everyday (more on that sometime later). But its also great to see somebody who is so passionate about what they do talk about the way they use social media to help promote their brand. View the video below, then go back and check out Dunbar’s Number.