Thank you Anita B, Jonathan Kapelus, Lourens Van Dyk, Calvin Dorman, Marcel Oudejans, Brendanjohn of the family Nash, Tracy Manning, Shani Judes for being a part of the very first FACE OFF meeting and for giving me the opportunity of sharing my vision for the Nu-buntu community!
Flip Charts are cool aren't they?
I learned that I have a lot to learn in communicating this idea and the feedback I got from you guys is invaluable!
Please connect with each other so we can keep the conversation going.
There will be more FACE OFFS until the 5th of May when we will launch this next exciting phase of OUR project. During that time I will perfect ‘the pitch’ so that project can make sense to more and more people.
With your help I know that my crazy dream will become real.
Much love to you all
GO TEAM!!!!!
Thanks for reading.
Much love
Adin
the No Money Guy
If you want to connect with me, here’s how:
adin.vanryneveld@gmail.com
071 220 9605
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Some people get famous in traditional ways like being really good at something. Like being a great artist, singer, musician, actor or sports star.
Some people get famous for doing something really great for the world. Like Nelson Mandela, Ghandi, Mother Theresa, Martin Luther King or Albert Einstein.
Other people get famous for doing stuff on TV in reality shows. These people sometimes don’t even have to be good at what they do, and can become famous for the sake of being famous. I’m talking about people like Paris Hilton (vomit), the Kardashians (more vomit), Ozzie Osbourne’’s kids, that slag Heidi Montag from Laguna Beach or that loser who didn’t even win Survivor, Jonny Fair Play from Survivor.
Then there are people who get famous doing interesting, meaningful, creative, random or even scandalous stuff online. This seems to be the latest trend.
Have you heard about the guy who traded One Red Paper Clip for a house? Kyle MacDonald started with one red paper clip and over a series of 14 trades from 2005 to 2006 had a house. This story inspired my friend Telana Simpson to do something similar with One Matchstick. She is trading for offices though, not a house.
What about the movie Julie and Julia…heard about that? It’s about a woman called Julie Powell who in 2002 wrote a blog about cooking Julia Child recipes for a year. Just been made into a movie with Meryl Streep as Julia and Amy Adams as Julie…which is nice.
Matt Harding is a guy who got famous for dancing around the world, badly. His site Where the Hell is Matt features plenty videos of him dancing badly in various parts of the world. People just loved the videos and they spread virally, big time.
According to TechCult’s Top 100 Web Celebrities a lot of people have become famous on the web for various reasons. At 100 is Alex Tew, who came up with a clever way to pay for college. His Million Dollar Homepage project is genius! He sold pixels on his homepage and made more than enough money to pay his tuition!
At the top of that same list is Tila Tequila, a stripper…oops I mean video star, who made a million friends on Myspace then ended up having her own reality show. It was a bisexual version of those lank-people-living-in-a-mansion-competing-to-date-one-person-type-shows called A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila. (quality viewing)
Why am I telling you all this?
Well, I have come up with a way to make My Right Arm the most famous arm in the world. It is also a genius way of living for 5 years without spending money. On the 5th of May 2009 I gave up using money, and have been successful in surviving since then. Problem is I am tired of just surviving…I want to thrive like everyone else.
To live without money I need to find creative ways to add value to people who will give me things or do stuff for me. Everything is an exchange right? I’ve learned that exposure is very valuable and that a unique sponsorship opportunity may the most valuable thing that I can trade with people.
People have been asking me what am I willing to do to live without money, and the answer is I’m willing to give My Right Arm…literally. Instead of selling pixels, I am trading space on My Right Arm. That’s right, I am giving branding opportunities to 25 people’s businesses or give me their product or service for free or buy me something I really need.
I have just started this campaign, but here are some videos I’ve got so far:
If you are reading this on Facebook, please watch this video on Youtube
If you are reading this on Facebook, please watch this video on Youtube
Now if you go and tell all your friends about this crazy idea of mine, then I can become a web celebrity too and it won’t be too long until there is My Right Arm, the movie. All that’s left is to answer the question…
Picture the scene: You and your mates want to go out for a night of fun, mischief, shenanigans, tom-foolery or maybe even some downright mayhem. But there’s a problem. You don’t want to get caught drunk driving, have an accident or worse. Sometimes the price we pay to party is pretty steep and it may be more than our credit that gets crunched!
Why not assign a designated driver? Seems fair enough, right? One of your crew takes one for the team so the rest of you can have a stress free party. But how do you decide who has to stay sober so the rest of you can ‘Phuza’ yourselves? You can only play Rock Paper Scissors so many times, right?
Well, I’m making it real easy for…I’ll be your DESIGNATED DRIVER! You see, I have been a non-drinker for almost 8 years and it just doesn’t make sense to me that people drink and drive…it’s just not worth it. I can’t think of a better act of friendship than getting you home safely.
I’ve wanted to do this for a while and now I’m finally doing it. Because I’m so excited about this project I’m starting immediately. What better night to have a designated driver than New Years Eve? Wouldn’t you and your mates love to celebrate the end of this decade without one of you having to ‘miss out’? With me as your DESIGNATED DRIVER there will be no need for ‘Ching Chong Cha’ tomorrow before you head out for you the party of the decade!
How does it work?
I drive my scooter to your house
We get into your car and go pick up each of your friends (max 5 people in the car)
I drive you to where you want to go and we party together (yes, me too)
When you want to leave I drop each of you safely back at home
I then drive home on my scooter
my scooter, ain't she cute?
What’s in it for me?
Feed me, hydrate me and get me into where ever you are going on the night…that’s all! As you probably know, I’ve committed living without money for 5 years, so this is a way for me to keep that promise.
Simply right? If this sounds like the idea of the decade, and you want me as your DESIGNATED DRIVER this NYE, please get in touch with me ASAP.
THIS OFFER IS VALID FOR PARTY PEOPLE IN CAPE TOWN ONLY.
Acting like a Cape Townian in Joburg / 5FM’ing / Carte Blanche / Travelling without money
I’ve been in Joburg since Saturdays and haven’t made too much of a noise about it. I’ve mainly been hanging out (chilling out) with my friend Jess at her parent’s AMAZING house in Wendywood (seriously, it’s ridiculous…her mom should have her own interior design show on Vuzu or something!) and doing a bit of catch up on emails and stuff.
Apart from that, Telana and I went to the ‘5 seconds to party’ party at the Carlton Roller Rink. You’d think that roller skating was would be easier than roller blading but you’d be wrong! Me and some 5fm jocks were not so comfortable on the rink…LOL
Was great to finally meet Claire from 5fm after many emails and phone calls – thanks for hooking me up with the tickets.
Then this morning we had a big meeting with Joy, a producer for Carte Blanche. Remember I wrote about my friend Lisa putting me in touch with her but saying I could only contact her after the 8th? [read post here] Well good thing I was in Joburg cos I got to meet her in person. The 3 of us (Joy, Telana & I) had delicious coffee at the Design Centre (I think it’s called) and talked about our stories.
It may be a little while before I am on Carte Blanche so don’t get too excited. Joy thinks (and I have to agree with her) that it is a little too early in my adventure for Carte Blance. However, here comes the great news, she loves Telana’s onematchstick project and is going to pitch it next year…HOW AWESOME is that? YAY!!!!! You see, more proof that if you are friends with me…good things happen!
Now, Jess and I are planning the latest no money mission - driving from Joburg to Cape Town without money. I spoke to the programme manager of 5FM, Vukile, and I hope to have 5FM to regular check ins with us so we can update you guys on our journey – more on this to follow…
Oh shit, in case you were wondering how I even got to Joburg without using money, watch this video:
On Friday I went to the 27Dinner with Telana and Mongezi. I love telling people about about my crazy ideas and I was really looking forward to seeing how the geeks would respond. I got one response in particular that I did not expect!
The gentleman featured in the video below was fine with me living without money for 5 years…but when he heard about my other goal he was rather skeptical to say the least! If you don’t know what I am talking about let me refresh your memory.
Living without money doesn’t mean I can’t earn money, it just means I can’t use any of it for my own needs…I have to give it away. In fact, my idea to live without money evolved out of my idea to give as much money away as possible. A few months ago, friend suggested to me over coffee that I should make my goal measurable – so I came up with a number…a really really BIG number!
R555 555 555.55
That’s right! Five hundred and fifty five million, five hundred and fifty five thousand, five hundred and fifty five rand and fifty five cents!
When I told the guy in this video that I was going to give so much money away…he didn’t quite believe me. Now that is quite understandable, I don’t expect many people to believe me (sometimes I even doubt myself…not often but it doesn’t happen often…LOL). What did surprise me though, was the degree of his disbelief and the lengths he threatened to go to if (and when) I do succeed. Intrigued…
Watch:
(if you are reading this on Facebook, try watching on youtube rather)
I hope you enjoyed this video…there will be more to come. Thanks Telana for playing camera person!
My new friend, Marnus Broodryk – the Beancounter - picked me up from Telana’s house last night at about 7pm. I met his colleague Christo and some of his other friends in Joburg.
We then went to have some aweome pizza at Pannerrottis and had a reasonably early night. We did this because Marnus insisted on waking up dawn’s crack to get on the road to Harrismith. (by dawn’s crack I mean 4h50am for me…even earlier for Marnus & Christo – I am still trying to work out if it is an Afrikaans thing, or an accountant thing or both but these okes are organised!)
Just out of Joburg we stopped for a brekkie at the Total garage…YUM!
Now I am sitting in one of the spare offices at the premises in Harrismith and guess what…I AM USING THE INTERNET - hallelujah!!!!! And, they are even gonna try fix my laptop for me after the launch tonight.
Ek is baie dankbaar vir hul gasvryheid. (I am very grateful for their hospitality)
Now, I reckon tonight is gonna be alot of fun…but before we do that we are visiting a home for handicapped children and an old age home – these Beancounters have a heart too – my kind of people!
If you want to know more about them, you can check out their fan page on Facebook or go to their website
I was getting a little nervous about the impression I was going to make at my first public talks…you see, the pair of jeans I have been wearing were getting more than a little tired and I needed a new pair.
How do you get a new pair of jeans if you don’t use money?
You get creative that’s how. More accurately, you do it with the enagagemnet of your friends. This is how it worked…
Anywau, just in the nick of time my friend TAMMY MISBEHAVIOUR came to the rescue and got me a new pair of jeans from YDE. Literallythe day before I left we met at the H2) front and did the deal…I was lank relieved – take a look at the pics of my old jeans to see why
So, now, MARNUS BROODRYK, the BEANCOUNTER who flew me up to speak at his launch, and TELANA SIMPSON, the ONEMATCHSTICK GIRL, who invited me to speak at her movie premiere, hopefully won’t regret their decision!
I love it when a plan comes together!
P.S. I’ve put some photos on Facebook if you wanna go see
At exactly 5:55pm it will be exactly 6 months since I began this adventure of living without money!!!!!
I am really stoked, relieved, inspired, amazed and grateful right now…you can not imagine what this feels like!
At the beginning, people thought I was crazy, they still thought I was crazy a few months in and I am sure there are a lot of people who still think I am crazy so what…I’ve done it.
The thing I’m most stoked about is that when I started I had no idea how I was going to pull this off and I still managed to make it this far!
So, now I only have 4 and a half years to go…EASY PEASY!
There are so many people that I could (and should) thank right now but I don’t have the time this minute. You know who you are – my wonderful friends who have contributed to and followed this adventure of mine – I am truly grateful!
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