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The DigiDude Is Cheaper, But That Don’t Mean He’s Cheap

jess — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:56:33 +0000

Quirky’s DigiDude is so hot, he once made Ann Curry swoon. But even though he plays hard to get, truth is, he can be bought. In his glory days, his going rate was $24.99, but times are tougher. It’s a recession, ya know? Now, he’s just 20 bucks.

You heard it — we’ve decided to slash prices on the DigiDude from $24.99 to just $20! That’s $20 for one of Quirky’s best-selling products — a funky, portable camera tripod and key chain… with attitude.

Simply screw off your Dude’s head and pull out his retractable legs for the perfect on-the-go camera mount. Your Dude’s portability factor will let you say goodbye to shaky hands, blurry pictures, cumbersome full-sized tripods, and unnecessary camera gear forever!

Product specs:

- Mounts most point-and-shoot cameras and flipcams. If it fits in your pocket, it should fit on your DigiDude.

- Comes fully equipped with a keyring and retractable, adjustable legs so you can set your tripod’s height.

- The Quirky Community has certainly added some flair to this one. Choose from five dudes: Pinky Scorsese, Snot Buster, iChomp, BoltBot, and G-Bling-Money-Son.

Dare we say, “collect them all?”

Mosey on over to the Quirky store and pick up yours today! He may act coy at the beginning, but we promise he won’t say no.

Another Haiku From Robert Presar

ben kaufman — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:56:14 +0000

It is snowing more/

Our town needs a sunny day/

Pray on DigiDude.

A Haiku From Robert Presar

ben kaufman — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:37:29 +0000

Love my Digidude/

This guy holds my keys with love/

‘Tis my favorite.

Quirky Products Make Great Holiday Gifts

nikki — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:42:18 +0000

If you are planning to give quirky products as holiday gifts keep in mind that we can ship PowerCurl DigiDude, and Split Stick immediately.

As you may already be aware, Beamer, Scratch-n-Scroll, and Cordies will not arrive on time.

If you’d still like to give Beamer, Scratch-n-Scroll, or Cordies as a holiday gift, you still can!

We’ve made printable documents letting people know they have not been forgotten and that their awesome gift is on its way. You can print these out from each of the respective product pages or simply download them here:

Beamer

Scratch-n-Scroll

Cordies

Get your chrismahannaqwanzakkah shopping done on quirky!

DigiDude Instructions

nikki — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:42:04 +0000

Hello quirks,

We’re excited to get the DigiDudes into you hands over the next couple of days. Here is a video explaining how your DigiDude functions as a tripod. Of course let us know if you have any questions!

DigiDude – The latest to roll off the manufacturing lines

ben kaufman — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:46:59 +0000

For those who have pre-ordered mat poprocki’s digidudes: check your inbox for your order finalization email.

Digidude is on it’s way to HQ for fulfillment, and we should have it in your hands shortly after the thanksgiving holiday.

Congratulations to all for bringing yet another product all the way from sketch to store!

the latest DigiDude renders

nikki — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:41:32 +0000

Check out our latest images of the DigiDude family. These things are looking great!

To view the full family check out the DigiDude product’s page.

An Interview With Mat Poprocki: The Man Behind the DigiDude

nikki — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:46:48 +0000

As the DigiDude is being manufactured, we figured it was time to hear a few words from Poprocki, the original ideator of our portable tripod and keychain. Below is an interview with Poprocki:

1. When did you think of the idea for the DigiDude?

When starring at the submission form it hit me like a bolt of lighting. I was very excited about what just happened and went straight to the sketch pad / photoshop to materialize the vision. 12 hours later I was ready to hit submit.

2. Had you tried to make this thing on your own already?

I made a few of them out of clay (as seen in the photo), but I really want to be able to create molds at some point for some other ideas that I’m working on.

3. what do you do? (job-wise, ya know, when you are not on quirky)

I’m just trying to enjoy life and have a good time.

4. where are you from?

O.H.I.O… that’s how I roll.

5. who/where do you derive your creative inspiration from?

My friends and whoever I meet are a huge influence on me, I run all my ideas threw them first. Life experiences also play an important roll. But most importantly I generally feel connected to the universe and just let ideas flow from that.

6. What do you wish quirky had that it does not already?

I miss validated amps from the kluster platform, but it would be nice to see the sell count of a product even after it surpasses it’s threshold.

7. What store would you love to see your DigiDude in?

Urban Outfitters, Target, Wal-Mart, Best-Buy, or any kind of Super Store.

8. What is your favorite deli meat? What is your favorite cereal?

LOL, bananas for breakfast, and tofu or veggie patties in the sandwich please.

Getting Quirky With The Times

ben kaufman — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:18:43 +0000

Ahoy! We’re rockin’ out early on a Sunday morning here at Quirky HQ…..

Quirky, Marc Zech of Split Stick fame, and the Digidude are all featured quite prominently in todays New York Times Magazine. You can read the article right here on the interwebs, or run out to your local starbucks and grab a copy.

So, welcome to any new eyeballs that have found our little website from the Times… Thank you to Rob Walker for the great coverage, and congratulations to the entire community for the work done thus far– and the work about to be done in the coming weeks and month.

This should be a super fun week coming up, we have something interesting planned– not sure if it will work as good as it sounds in my cabeza, but we’ll give it a go anyway.

Shake & Bake
- B

I hate the sound of cutting styrofoam in the morning…

nikki — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:07:41 +0000

But am super pumped about our product prototypes!