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Happy holidays, Phandroids! As always, people are starting the scramble for perfect gifts and I’m just now adding my own input to our 2012 Holiday Gift Guide. Some of my picks are a bit odd and unusual, but I think/hope you’ll appreciate that fact as it can be hard to find original and unique ideas.
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I’m kind of a crazy gift giver: most of my gift giving is done with what I like to call Inception-style wrapping. You’ll have to read my staff picks page to find out exactly what that means. While you’re there, you’ll find my gift giving is a bit crazy for other reasons, too. Among my top picks are an Android Watch that doesn’t run Android, a device whose entire existence I complain about constantly, and what amounts to a virtual IOU. Read on for the details, but I’ll share with you ONE of my top picks that I think is incredibly original and unique.
Why not hit up Kickstarter, find a few really cool and exciting projects, and become a backer on behalf of your gift’s recipient. You’ll most likely have to give them an IOU with the actual pledge printed on a piece of paper, but it provides a very unique gift experience and the person can track the progress from funding to fruition. It provides a VIP type of entrepreneurial feeling without requiring a huge investment. Not to mention, you can search specifically for Android related gifts or browse the entire collection of projects to find gift giving opportunities for everyone you know, from your little brother to your grandma.
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I’m also travelling a lot, so I headed up the “Gifts for the WORLD TRAVELER” section of the Gift Guide. I’ll likely add a few more as the holidays roll on, so if you’ve got ideas of your own, please leave them in the comments. I frequently travel for both work and pleasure, so this gift giving category is of particular interest.
Got good Kickstarter projects to suggest as presents? Let us know in the comments!
A Kickstarter item would be the worst gift I could receive. Imagine the disappointment if it never gets fully funded? Then I have nothing. No bueno.
I would have to agree with that. So many big name Kickstarter items end up becoming victims of their own success.
If Kickstarter is the worst gift possible… then you have a very peculiar set opinions.
Consider it part of the excitement. It’s like rolling the dice at a casino. And if it never gets fully funded are you going to be angry at the gift giver or be like, “oh well, it was fun while it lasted.”
It’s definitely a unique idea, and for the right person it’s a great one. Unfortunately, most people who I would buy gifts for likely would not know how to appreciate it.
This is the techno version of giving lottery tickets and just as tacky.
You could always visit Outgrow.me and get a Kickstarter project that’s already available!