Everyday Carry, or EDC, generally refers to small items or gadgets worn, carried, or made available in pockets, holsters, or bags on a daily basis to manage common tasks or for use in unexpected situations or emergencies. In a broader sense, it is a lifestyle, discipline, or philosophy of preparedness.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
LET’S GET REAL, PEOPLE. PLEASE.
New Years Resolution: no nato straps in 2011.
- buy Spyderco Persistance
- buy torx wrenches
- take Persistance apart
- organize neatly
- take photo
- something about process art
- ???
- profit
should’ve lined up the screws and pivot :<
Anonymous asked: Hey, I just started everyday-carry.tumbr.com Just wanted to let you know that I am not trying to take all your content at all, I just an trying to have fun posting things that I like with EDC, I also am thinking about creating a forum soon as well, Thinking if you want to be involved, Love the style of your work! I was thinking about having a link to your site as well on mine. I am letting you know that I am here to admire your work not to be a problem!
Hi there.
While I am flattered that you admire what I do here at everyday-carry dot com, I regret that I can’t say the same about your blog. It is one thing to start a blog about EDC, but your blog is almost an exact clone of all the work I’ve put into this blog over the past year. I originally didn’t mind the fact that you used the same name (hyphen and all) when you could have called your blog a million other things (Gear Cop’s EDC Blog! or something), the fact that you used the same layout and color scheme (at least it is a stock theme), a similar circular EDC item for your profile picture, the use of “Editor’s Note,” and the overall content theme of posting pocket dumps and product photos.
What does bother me, however, is the fact that your posts lack sources. Remember, EDCs belong to actual people who take the effort to share what they carry with the rest of the world. To take their photos without crediting them properly and asking for permission if under copyright to post on your blog is bad enough. When I started out, I made the mistake of posting some pictures from flickr or private forums without asking for permission. Without sources, you offer your readers nothing. How can they follow up on something they like if they want to know more about it if there is no source of information? But what makes what you’re doing really bad is that you’ve implemented ad space despite claiming to just be ‘trying to have fun’:
And for what? To try to profit off of content that isn’t your own? That picture in the screenshot is a copyrighted photo by mementosis on flickr with some restrictions. He allows redistribution of his work if for non-commercial purposes and if he is properly credited for his work (you dun goofed twice at this point). Furthermore, why bother with ad space if you barely have over two pages of content? Who is your reader base? Where would you even be getting clicks from?
I have thought about putting ads on this site, but deep down I still don’t like the idea of profiting off of content that is largely not my own. I still do everything I can to maintain professional blogging etiquette by properly crediting the source and not hosting full-res pictures of photos that don’t belong to me on this tumblr. Some people have told me I should be compensated for my work here somehow — at least for the hours of answering questions, doing research, curating pictures, editing and commenting on submissions, and providing my own reviews… and being the #1 Google result for search queries Everyday Carry and Every Day Carry, I potentially could have profited off of that. For now, I run this blog as a one-man operation in what little free time I have as an undergrad biomedical engineer to do one simple thing when no other blog like it existed — bring exposure to EDC and make it more accessible in an effort to promote preparedness. (There are some side-effects to this, such as an apparent ‘bridging the gap’ so to speak from the utilitarian EDC world to the fashion world somehow) I think my readers can sense this honesty and in turn, they actively comment and contribute knowledge and information that I can’t provide, further adding to what this site has to offer.
If you have any intention of expanding your blog to include forums and a community as well, I would say you’re off to a poor start. I strongly urge you to reconsider your goals immediately, and to at least establish your own identity. I know you have good intentions but you’re going about it all wrong. Right now, I’m sorry to say it, but your site just looks like a cheaper copy of this one.
Best of luck,
Bernard
Everyday I’m carryin’.
Everyday I’m carryin’.
Everyday I’m carrying doper shit than you.
You losers can keep totin’ moleskins.
Stuffin’ diaries in your back pocket.
I hope your older brother doesn’t find it.
And tell all the neighborhood kids about your crush on Eunice.
Yeah, I stay laced.
But I also stay strapped.
I always keep the biscuit on me.
It’s the only way.
I can get a holster fade on my New Cures.
And that machete ain’t for looks, kid.
This blade has spilled the blood.
Of a thousand ill placed Rugby patches.
A seam ripper is a man’s best friend.
Along with a smart phone and a ruler.
So you can measure your inseam.
And simultaneously tweet about trouser break.
On the motherfucking go.
The finest Cubans.
Are also accounted for.
Because you never know when you’re gonna run into Drizzy.
Light one up.
And politic about Ronnie’s newest Davie Z collabo.
These crushed velvet Red Wings ain’t gonna blog about themselves.
I could discuss snappin’ shots with this vintage joint.
And what estate sale I snagged these hater blockers at.
But you use digital.
And spend your allowance at Sunglass Hut.
So you’re not worth my motherfucking time.
katipunancowboy20110801 asked: What's your take on Rolexes? Are they negatively regarded much like Bose and Tag Heuer? Just wondering if you know of anything given I just saw this seemingly-tactical piece here: http://katipunancowboy.com/post/1456555431/youmightfindyourself-cue-ushers-u-got-it
I am no watch expert, especially in the higher-end range of watches, but AFAIK Rolexes are timeless and well-respected…
However, that ‘seemingly-tactical’ piece probably does not enjoy that same respect, as it’s one of those extra expensive limited edition collaboration pieces that fit a current trend.
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Survival Kit
Editor’s Note: CONGRATS ON THE TUMBLR RADAR. HAVE FUN SURVIVING IN THAT PERPETUALLY ADEQUATELY ILLUMINATED WORLD OF YOURS.
This Year I Will Try Not To… submitted by beaver-beaver
A Do Not Do Book for designers, this page reminded me of your hipster bag dump pet-peeve.
Editor’s Note: l o l this is gr9
submitted by romanmarquez
Old iPhone
Car keys, Budweiser bottle opener
Timex Dress Strap watch with J Crew Nato strap
Prescription Ray Ban New Wayfarers
Louis Vuitton wallet
Editor’s Note: Sorry to use this submission as an example but I feel this is just too much fashunz and not enough utility. It might just be because I read Timex, J.Crew NATO, Wayfarers and Louis Vuitton all at once. At best, the most you can do with this carry is crack open a beer or call a friend to borrow a knife, and the rest of your stuff isn’t exactly original or interesting. I’m using this post to demonstrate there’s a difference between the things you have in your pockets/wrist/face and EDC.
(At least you don’t carry a single boat shoe or a Gameboy cartridge protector :p)
digg user comments re: that Persona set on flickr that somehow is only getting popular now
Editor’s Note: ok now I will update with a serious post~
beaver-beaver asked: It's 2:13Am in Paris. I somehow made my way to this tumblr. Its EDC Porn. I love the mix of practical and tactical. A lot of times EDC is all Bug out and Zombies and just "extreme," it's nice to find a mix. I really hope there aren't anymore than 4 more pages or I will be up until morning. There is no real question there, just awesomeness.
Haha, thanks. Sorry — there’s just over a thousand posts on this blog that you’d have to look through.
As far as incorporating a blend of “practical” and “tactical,” which if I may add, aren’t necessarily the two extremes of the carry spectrum… Most things that are tactical are indeed practical. If anything the two extremes should be tactical and ironic hipster or something like that, where the latter just becomes more of a statement of some sort.
While I’m on the subject… I’m sure nobody would be interested in a pocket dump that is entirely personal in such a way it almost becomes selfish, like an attempt to disingenuously express “individuality” in a completely materialistic way. Take for example: Wayfarers, Burts Bees, Bus Pass (no wallet, cuz no money), Keys with an ironic keychain, crappy pens, A crayon or two (because im a kid deep down!!), A Sega GameGear (i keep it old school, dawg!), Inhaler, Pez Dispenser, Moleskin (skin of a mole), vintage (read: obsolete) phone + cell phone charm, fully frosted cupcake.
This really is in no way inspiring to other people within context of the goal here at EDC — to promote preparedness and self-reliance. I guess what I’m trying to say is that if you submit a pocket dump with the intention of solely showing off, as in, no room for me to comment or no source of inspiration for others, etc… It won’t get published. In the same vein, sorry to everyone submitting only phone/wallet/keys, I’m trying to keep this site relevant to the everyday carry culture and show that people carry more than just phone, wallet, keys…
