You may have seen them on t-shirts...or in the lobby of Yahoo! HQ in Sunnyvale. These, my friends, are the shoes off of David Filo's feet. While I will be conducting an interview with Filo sometime in the next few days, if luck is on my side these might be in my possession before the post is up.
How, you ask? Today is a great event at Yahoo! called the "Free is Good Fair", where Yahoo! is working with Freecycle to have employees bring in stuff they don't want or need, and in turn they can take stuff they want from what has been brought in by others. Think of it as Craigslist without money...or "one man's junk is another man's treasure". I brought in several things, including sneakers and some snazzy soccer cleats--all in great shape. My guess is that you too have some sneakers you can part with--donate them to Freecycle and let someone else get some use out of them...
If you happen to have sneakers that are beyond passing along to others, I offer the following suggestion--Nike's "Reuse a Shoe" program, where they take the materials from any brand of shoes and make them into baskbetball courts, tennis courts and other surfaces for kids to play on...Check out their website here or send them to: Nike Recycling Center c/o Reuse-A-Shoe 26755 SW 95th Ave. Wilsonville, OR 97070
Fabulous photo courtesy of the charming and omnipresent shutterbug Nicki Dugan
on April 29, 2008, 10:45 am