When Things Get Low, We Go High
It seemed wrong to send a text.
It was 2014. After five days of rigorous auditions, my paperwave band [Pulper] had finally settled on an incredible musician to play bass and backup typewriter. But we still had a major problem: how would we notify everyone who didn't make the cut?
Email seemed impersonal. A letter seemed overly formal. And I'm deeply telephonaphobic. We needed a high-impact way to deliver some real bummer news.
While taking a walk to clear my head, I looked to the sky in desperation—where I saw the solution to my problem, floating through the clear Austin sky: a promotional blimp.
As a full-stack developer with family connections to the dirigible world, it seemed like a Lady Fate was sliding directly into my DMs.
We skinned my Uncle Reg's blimp eighty-six times, charting flights directly over the homes of each and every failed Pulper candidate. Our efforts went viral, and both our band and our app shot to the top of their respective charts.
And just like that, FailBlimp was born.
Today, our fleet of customizable airships delivers messages of disappointment, dismay, and ill-tiding across the country.
“The star of this year’s SXSW... Uber for delivering devastating news in an ostentatious manner.”
Let's Blue Sky It.
Close your eyes and think about a blimp.
Chances are you're smiling.
Welcome to FailBlimp.
Good News For People With Bad News
Breakups
Diagnoses
Bankruptcies
- Layoffs
“Our process used to be so dry: thousands of small envelopes delivered across the country by common postal workers. But now every rejection feels like a celebration! ”
