December 18, 2008 – 10:41 am
Timbuk2’s Natalie M is making us proud. She’s fundraising for Umthombo, A non-profit org based in South Africa that works with street youth in some of Durban’s roughest neighborhoods. Their ultimate goal is to change the way society treats and perceives street children in South Africa. There are five pillars in the Umthombo organization; the [...]
December 18, 2008 – 10:32 am
Crafty fan mail written on December 3rd, 2008:
To Whom it May Concern:
Hello, my name is Carlos A, and I love your Timbuk2 messenger bags. I am on my second one. This year I upgraded to a size XL. My first bag size large is now a bag for my tools, it is still in working [...]
December 16, 2008 – 11:30 pm
Reminiscing about our best of fan mail. This one is circa 2007.
First off, let me say I’m a big fan. My wife and I have several of your bags and really love them! I’m actually writing for 2 related reasons. My wife and I just had our first child, whom we’ve named Liev. [...]
December 16, 2008 – 3:06 pm
Back in October, Timbuk2 teamed up with Pop!Tech to create a conference neutral bag for the 2008 Pop!Tech conference in Maine. The bags were then donated to Peace Games. We recently received this thank you from the the Peace Games team members at Emmanuel College. All thank yous should be written in chalk (so long [...]
December 8, 2008 – 6:02 pm
What feeds the fire? What fuels the burn? What fills the tank? For Timbuk2 Finance/HR/IT it’s San Francisco Asian food. You too can be a high performance Finance/HR/IT machine if you carbo-load at one of Timbuk2’s choice Asian eateries listed below.
Tina/Finance – A toss up between Enjoy Vegetarian Restaurant and Kingdom of Dumpling, both in [...]
December 5, 2008 – 1:13 pm
Timbuk2 has been doing after-hours yoga in our SF factory for a month now and we’re all very pleased with our toe-touching ability. Our stellar teacher Erika Hollister is keeping us balanced so we don’t suffer from the ‘ol holiday freak out. Less ghetto photos to come
December 3, 2008 – 5:11 pm
This three-year-old likes to wear her Metro as a backpack. I can only imagine how jealous the other pre-schoolers are of this little goddess.
December 3, 2008 – 4:57 pm
A crafty Timbuk2 fan recently taught us how to rig an undercarriage for carrying bulky items outside the messenger bag. This is good because we all need a little more room in our bags! This customer - we’ll call him David - explained, “I’ve had a classic messenger for about a year. I carried [...]
December 1, 2008 – 2:08 pm
Timbuk2 is proud to celebrate World AIDS day today! To help raise awareness of the fight against HIV/AIDS, we’re handing out free condoms and information on HIV/AIDS in our SF retail store. The San Francisco-based non-profit organization, STOP AIDS donated the condoms and information. Established in 1985, the STOP AIDS project works to prevent HIV [...]
