Podcasts
The Rise of BrickLink (Transcript) LEGO Bits N’ Bricks, Feb 1, 2022
Working with customers as collaborators ⛑Tim Courtney of LEGO IDEAS The Get Together Podcast, April 8th, 2020
LEGO Ideas and the Building Blocks of a Successful Crowdsourcing Community Community Signal Podcast, February 24, 2020
Community Building - How LEGO built an empire with the help of its fans The Disruptors Podcast, May 6, 2019
Video
LEGO Ideas 10th Anniversary Panel at Skærbæk Fan Weekend 2018 October 11, 2018
Tim Courtney of LEGO Ideas - Brickworld Chicago 2014 June 13, 2014
Television
Vigil held for pedestrian killed in Oakland hit-and-run, advocates call for safety improvements
July 25, 2022
Tim Courtney is with a group called the "Traffic Violence Rapid Response Team." He said they formed the group to raise awareness about pedestrian and cyclist death and planned this vigil to highlight what happened and call for safety changes."We need traffic calming safety improvements on our streets and we need that now, soon," said Courtney. "Not five years from now ten years from now whatever. We need it done before another person is killed by a driver."
Quoted Articles
Bicyclist Told He’s the ‘People That Should Die’ for Blocking SF Street The San Francisco Standard, January 30, 2023
“I stopped in the gap between cones to keep the space safe for people and waited for her to pass,” Courtney said. “When she yelled, ‘You’re the f—ing white people that should die’ while behind the wheel and then sped off recklessly, I couldn’t let it slide. That demands accountability.”
SF Just Had Its Worst Year for Road Deaths Since Plan To End Them Began The San Francisco Standard, January 30, 2023
"In order to truly achieve Vision Zero [...] we need to make it impossible to drive fast and recklessly,” bicyclist and community advocate Tim Courtney said. “The way to do that is with physical infrastructure and safe-street design, including concrete and separated, protected bike lanes.”
How LEGO's great adventure in geek-sourcing snapped into place and boosted the brand FastCompany, February 2, 2012
“From the outside these may almost look like two different companies at work: Industry Leader Lego is a blockbuster machine, with Friends, Star Wars, and Lord of the Rings. Meanwhile “Quirky Startup Lego” expands the public’s notions of the brand with ReBrick, Architecture, Life of George, and Cuusoo. At the core though, they’re both motivated by the same two things; first, encouraging play and creative expression by as many people, in as many ways, as possible.” - Tim Courtney, LEGO IDEAS
Interview with Tim Courtney GlenBricker’s Review, March 19, 2013
Tim Courtney sat down with Glen Wadleigh, a top contributor to LEGO Cuusoo, at SXSW Interactive 2013 to be interviewed on his blog and answer pressing questions from community members.