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Sat, Sep 12 2009

Our Jobs Just Got A Whole Lot Harder
By ben kaufman at 9:55 am

Happy Saturday Morning!

So- Our jobs just became a bit more difficult. There are over 40 great product ideas currently up for evaluation and we can only choose one. It seems almost impossible given the quality of this weeks ideas.

I took a read of all the submissions when I first moved the project into evaluation this morning and I have to say: I am completely overwhelmed. The ideas this week have so much potential.

Your jobs as community members has never been so important, your comments, ratings & votes should be as accurate as through as possible, as we are relying VERY heavily on you to help us pick what’s next.

It would be unfair to be any one person’s job to have to say “this is the one best idea” but I strongly believe that collectivley, we can get there.

Exciting stuff. One of these products is going to sell hundreds of thousands of units. Mark my words, this week’s product is pure potential.
Sat, Sep 12 2009

Quick Tip: Managing The Overwhelming Amount Of Submissions
By ben kaufman at 1:11 am

As quirky begins to grow (congratulations to everyone on that by the way, we’re pretty excited here… if you couldn’t tell)… Managing 20 pages worth of names & taglines gets very difficult very quickly. We’ve have a few tools in place to make things easier, and we just want to make sure you’re using them.

On your project pages, you’ll notice two dropdown sorts. This will eliminate the clutter and allow you to get to where you want to be as quickly as possible.

Thats all we got for you at 1am on a ~~Friday night~~ saturday morning. Have a good weekend! We’ll have a few projects for you later today. Get ready for a busy evaluation project. (40+ ideas!)
Fri, Sep 11 2009

A New Quirky Record !!!
By nikki at 6:21 pm

Well, it’s just about 5:45 pm here at the quirky HQ and we have already sold 650 units of the PowerCurl. That’s absolutely insane. You all rock.

Thanks for your support and enthusiasm this week as we hit threshold on two products (remember Scratch-n-Scroll hit threshold earlier this week) and had our first crazy quick & quirky event.

Split Stick, DigiDudes and other updates will be coming again very soon! Hit us over the weekend if you have any questions…we’ll be here!
- Tags:
- p15,
- PowerCurl,
- pre-sales,
- qnq,
- quick & quirky,
- scratch-n-scroll,
- threshold
Fri, Sep 11 2009

That Was Quick! – Another to Threshold!
By nikki at 10:39 am

We literally just sold over 200 units of the PowerCurl in just over an hour. This thing is HOT.

PowerCurl hit the online store yesterday at 10:30 am and well, now it’s 10:30 am and we have already hit threshold. Fastest quirky product to hit pre-sales yet.

Good thing is …. you can still buy it at the low price of $9.99

Wow, we are seriously impressed and HAPPY over here at the quirky HQ. Those sleepless 38 hours have paid off.

Another quirky product off to manufacturing! Thanks to all our influencers!
- Tags:
- manufacturing,
- p15,
- PowerCurl,
- pre-sales,
- qnq,
- threshold
Thu, Sep 10 2009

Kickster: The Case That Makes A Stand
By nikki at 10:27 am

Yes, we know, one product in 24 hours seemed crazy enough. But never put it past the quirky to accomplish the seemingly impossible. We are happy to announce the launch of Kickster as well.

quirky’s kickster is an awesomely new case designed by the quirky community and apple enthusiasts worldwide within 24 hours of apple’s announcement of the 5th generation iPod nano. We designed this scratch resistant case with the maximum combination of beauty and function.

This case maintains a slim profile while adding a ton of functionality. We’re talking: hard plastic exterior, cord wrap, shock-resistant silicone core, as well as full body and screen protection.

Oh, but that’s only half of it. This case comes packed with a hand steadying video grip that transforms into vertical and horizontal kickstands. For more product specific details, check out the product’s page.

Also, please be kind: our render farm had a technical glitch circa 5 am this morning so there are currently only low resolution renders. We don’t have all the views we wanted to show you, but keeping to our promise, we have launched this product. We will be updating the images throughout the day. What we can promise you now, is this thing will be fantastic!

Commit to pre-sales now!
- Tags:
- kickster,
- p14,
- pre-sales,
- products,
- qnq,
- quick & quirky
Thu, Sep 10 2009

2 Products Launch in 24 Hours
By nikki at 10:27 am

Promises have been kept, or rather, exceeded. We did it – with the help of the quirky community who submitted 1106 individual contributions, we developed two products in 24 hours.

The first one is the Power Curl: a clip on cord wrap for Apple’s 60W and 85W MagSafe Power Adapter in just 24 hours. PowerCurl wraps both cords (plug end & MagSafe end) around the device and allows for easy and quick cord wrapping. The Curl, as we like to call it, makes it easy to unplug and pack up quickly without having to untangle your extension cords the next time you need to set you shop.

The included Curl clip enables the plug end of your cord to clip to itself just like your MagSafe end does.

Fear those heated power adapters no more – PowerCurl elevates the power adapter off the ground or desk for better air circulation and cooling.

Oh and we can’t forget to mention – we’ve quirkified this thing – it’s bright orange, super lightweight and dead sexy. You will be able to choose the 60W or 85W model prior to device shipping.

Come on and commit to this thing…its only $7.25 in pre-sales. And as always, you’ll earn influence for committing early. Wahoooo!
- Tags:
- p15,
- power curl,
- pre-sales,
- products,
- qnq,
- quick & quirky
Wed, Sep 9 2009

And Now The Real Work Begins
By ben kaufman at 8:20 pm

Just one hour after our product(s) got selected, the wheels are definitely in motion.
- Tags:
- p14,
- p15,
- qnq
Wed, Sep 9 2009

False notification – oops, our bad!
By nikki at 7:54 pm

Hey quirks,

We just realized that a false notification went out about an evaluation project that did not exist. This was a result of us transferring the second place winner into a brand new project. We apologize and will do our best to ensure this never happens again.

Thanks all!
- Tags:
- notification,
- products,
- q14,
- q15,
- qnq,
- quick & quirky
Wed, Sep 9 2009

quick & quirky got a little…well, quirky.
By nikki at 7:46 pm

We had an amazing amount of community participation for our 1st quick & quirky event. Over 80 ideas were submitted for the ultimate apple accessory.

The winning idea was the Matthew Toghill’s stand case for the new ipod nano. Thing is, there was a kick-ass runner up product that the entire quirky in house industrial design and engineering team wanted to move forward with as well.

So what did we decide to do? We couldn’t simply let Jeff Scholen’s cord wrap idea that go so much love remain just another gadget we wish we had…So we got on phone and called Jeff himself. We asked if we could move forward with his product even though it was second place. He was pumped to let us developed his product too.

So alas, we got a little quirky ourselves here…we’re making 2 products instead of 1!

The case for the new nano will launch tomorrow by 12:45 pm as promised and we will get the cord wrap to the online store as soon as possible as well.

Red bull is on its way to our office…stay up with us everyone…time to submit names for both these products while our designers and engineers are concepting these products away.
- Tags:
- p14,
- p15,
- products,
- qnq,
- quick & quirky
Wed, Sep 9 2009

Post Apple Event Notes
By ben kaufman at 2:46 pm

Software doesn’t do much to excite me– I’m a hands on tangible product type guy, as is most of the rest of the team here at quirky. So.. We thing the new nano + video is really cool, and has some great opportunity to build accessories around.

That said, it’s important to note that today’s event is not just for products related to apple’s latest gadget, but ideas for any type of apple add on / accessory that has been chilling in that head of yours for a while. With just over two hours left to submit, better get crackin’ It’s onto evaluation when the clock hit’s 5 eastern. Carry on.
- Tags:
- apple,
- p14,
- qnq