"Forget injuries, never forget kindness" - Confucious
GK FAQ, OK? LOL
What is this? GenerateKindness.org gives away free Generate Kindness stickers to anyone who asks. It's a way of reminding others (and often oneself) to generate kindness.
Who's behind it? Just a few goodhearted people who want to see the world be a kinder place.
What's the catch? None. Ask for a sticker. Get one. Support the site if you feel so inclined.
Who pays for all this? Kind people on the interwebs make donations. The founder covers what he can.
Get Stickers
There are several ways of getting a sticker. In order of expedience:
2) Make a donation donors get a big GK sticker + a few smallies
3) Send a SASE to:
Ian Rhett
c/o Generate Kindness
912 Cole Street #273
San Francisco, CA 94117
4) Request online please note: because demand is greater than donations, online requests may take quite a long time to be fulfilled. If you really want a sticker, send a SASE, and send some stamps if you want to help!
THE IDEA
People ask for stickers, get stickers, put stickers somewhere, people see stickers, go to website, ask for stickers, and on and on forever.
The vision is to have a million stickers reminding people everywhere to be kind.
For now, our priorities are to send stickers first to people who donate, then to people who send SASE's. We send stickers to people who fill out the form on the website with whatever funds are left over from printing costs.
GK pix
Can you believe we have NO pictures of GK stickers? People keep saying they'll send 'em, but so far, we've seen exactly 1 picture on the entire interwebs of GK stickers in (in)action. Upload your pics and Tag them with GenerateKindness here:
Get GK stuff
Pretty soon, we'll have a nifty widget from CafePress that'll put our entire webstore into this little box, but for now, we'll just invite you to check out our CafePress store and buy some stuff. Proceeds pay for printing and shipping stickers.
The Backlog
119,175 stickers have been requested. about 30% from outside the US. We're working on a dynamic calculation, but printing and shipping all these stickers will cost something like $15k-$20k.
Sending stamps with your SASE is a great way to help out, since most of the cost is postage.
Buying something from The GenerateKindness Store
is the best way to support GK - gets us some $ and it also gets you some cool gear.
Hi there! Where are you coming from?
(Tuesday, June 16, 2009:
9:57 PM) <<
We got a huge spike of traffic yesterday and while the analytics gives me some idea of where people are coming from, there's a big chunk of people who are "direct referrals" meaning that you didn't click on a link in a forum or on a website somewhere, but instead maybe followed an email link, or typed the URL in directly? How'd you hear about GK? Leave a note in the comments, please!
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Hi - well I was reading in the forums at Slickdeals.net and a link to your free stickers came up.
To me, that is a real compliment to see your link in the freebies section of any website since kindness & love are two of the greatest gifts you can give anyone.
And, btw, thanks for the kind offer of the stickers!
A friend of mine posted your link on Facebook. Why don't you have a Facebook page? Or do you, and I am missing it in my search??
Thanks for the offer of stickers! I am going to put one on my car, one on my mother's car, one in my cubicle at work and give the other two to friends! I will send you pix!!
Hi I found your link on Absolute Portal. I am really glad that you are a kindness generator. There should be more of you in the world. Thank you again.
Found you through a nifty Myspace application. I'm a free-stuff whore, so naturally the app that I found you on was Free Stuff Times, haha. Anyhow, I love this idea. I tried to order some stickers, but when I did a page full of html codes came up. I don't know if my request went through or not, but the html, I assume, is a problem that should be fixed ;]
Gonna keep track of places Kindness shows up on the web. check these out, drop 'em a line and tell 'em Generate Kindness sent you. Touch Someone
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A legend Generating Kindness
(Tuesday, March 10, 2009:
3:21 PM) <<
I got to see Richie Havens at the Napa Opera House last week, and it was an incredible show. the magic happened AFTER the show, however, when my hosts (one of whom had suffered a stroke a few months earlier) took to the elevator instead of following the crowd out the back of the hall. We'd no sooner pressed the down button when the door opened and a bewildered Richie Havens walked into our waiting arms. Fortunately, my dear friend Miss Elaineous was armed with GK stickers (I can't believe I didn't have any with me at the time), such that I was able to give it to Mr. Havens, who said he'd put it on his guitar case.
Havens was the opening act at the original Woodstock, and to my view, was the tipping point of the Woodstock festival. His last song, "Freedom" was improvised and electrified the crowd - it was an electric moment that rocked the crowd. He's still holding it down, and it was a thrill to give him a GK sticker - thanks to Elaine!
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A minor major update
(Wednesday, February 18, 2009:
5:34 PM) <<
just did an update of the site, using a new navigation which I think is a better user experience. What do you think?
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This has nothing to do with your post, but I would like to send you a SASE and have no idea where to send it. Care to let me know? Thanks!!! Oh, and awesome idea!!!
Nearly lost it
(Saturday, February 14, 2009:
3:50 AM) <<
Just overwrote a file I've been working on over the last several months as part of the intended redesign and thought I'd lost months worth of work. I'd just bought a PHP Development Environment (a programmer's tool) for my iPhone, which cached a local copy. I seriously was about to lose it, realizing that I'd just ruined months (in time, not effort) and probly 50 hrs of work, just like that.
But! Thanks to the Mides iPhone app I'm back in business. Sorta. I'm stuck at a place I can't get beyond, programming-wise (I'm kind of a hack), and have been writing up requirements for the bit of code I need, and having worked on THOSE for an hour or two, to have thought I'd lost a ton of work because of an exhausted oversight royally blew.
It's Random Act of Kindness Week
(Wednesday, February 11, 2009:
7:11 PM) <<
Believe it or not, humankind has collectively agreed that it's Random Act of Kindness week. Now it's just a matter of getting the word out. What are you doing to generate kindness in the world? I know what *I'm* doing :D
Want to support Generate Kindness in generating kindness? Do a google search for "Random Acts of Kindness Week" (I've done it for you - just clickit!) and post a comment with the URL www.generatekindness.org on blogs that talk about RAKweek.
Request your stickers if you haven't yet. (best if you send a SASE)
GK FAQ, OK? LOL
