Upcoming.org was an event website launched by Andy Baio in 2003 that was a unique platform for users to find, share and comment on events. It has open-source roots and was meant to be more alternative, separate from all the clutter of other event information sources. The website was sold to Yahoo, who took it down last year.
In a rare case of intellectual property altruism, Yahoo recently offered to sell the Upcoming web address to Baio for a “nominal sum.” He gladly accepted. And on Wednesday, he launched a Kickstarter campaign to revive the project. Within 90 minutes, donors pledged the $30,000 he needed, and the campaign is now at $59,767 and counting, with 23 days left to go.
Yahoo had done very little to change the site, and Baio is excited to explore different technology that exists now to improve it, including considering an app if the demand was high enough.
Source: http://www.wired.com/2014/05/kickstarter-upcoming/