Critiquing Crowdfunding: Introducing “What the Fund?”
I love the crowdfunding concept. I’ve backed two Kickstarter projects so far, and I’ve been happy with the results. I really like the product launch model: what better way to know your product is going...
View ArticleWhat the Fund? Episode 8: Four Quick Hits
In What the Fund? Episode 8 I take a quick look at four picks from the Kickstarter dead pool. The post What the Fund? Episode 8: Four Quick Hits appeared first on It's Fixed in the Next Release.
View ArticleWhat the Fund? Episode 9: Murder & Mystery, Easy Shopper, and FORN
Subtitle for this one is “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly” (in that order). The post What the Fund? Episode 9: Murder & Mystery, Easy Shopper, and FORN appeared first on It's Fixed in the Next...
View ArticleCatching up with “What The Fund?”
Slightly behind schedule I bring you What The Fund episodes 10 and 11. Back story on the posting delay is below, for those of you interested in a behind-the-scenes look. Findster is a set of GPS...
View ArticleWhat The Fund? Episode 12
Just because you can get a patent on something, it doesn’t mean it was worth the effort… The post What The Fund? Episode 12 appeared first on It's Fixed in the Next Release.
View ArticleWhat The Fund? Episode 13 – Superstition
This is the sort of small Kickstarter project that’s just perfect for crowdfunding. The post What The Fund? Episode 13 – Superstition appeared first on It's Fixed in the Next Release.
View ArticleWhat The Fund? Episode 14 – Movie on Me
When is an app not an app? Find out as I look at Movie on Me a crowdfunding project on IndieGoGo. The post What The Fund? Episode 14 – Movie on Me appeared first on It's Fixed in the Next Release.
View ArticleCrowdfunding: What The Fund Episode 15 — Dracula in My Car
Someone affiliated with this project sent a message to everyone they could find on Twitter, looking for advice on their crowdfunded project to make — I kid you not — Dracula themed car air fresheners....
View ArticleCrowdfunding: What The Fund Episode 16 — Vesthelm, the Open Sourcey CMS
New visitors may not know that I’ve spent a lot of time over the past decade or so working with open source content management systems. That’s why I found this project sufficiently irritating to cover...
View ArticleCrowdfunding: What The Fund Episode 17 — LoudMotor
Two things to learn from this one, the first is a pretty common theme: a lot of people who start crowdfunding projects haven’t bothered to do the slightest bit of research on their market space. The...
View ArticleFederal Election 2015, Stephen Harper and the Conservative Dilemma
Despite a number of philosophical differences, I understand why many Canadians support the idea of a fiscally conservative government that only offers the most essential of services in exchange for...
View ArticleThe Back of the Plane
I started sitting at the back of the plane because the probability of survival in a crash is significantly higher. To do this, I had to overcome considerable anxiety, since as it turns out I’m waaaaay...
View ArticleWhat is Passion Worth?
When I ask this question, I’m not asking it in the general context of something like creating art, where an answer is truly elusive. Instead I’m asking in the context of business: what is the value of...
View ArticleKeeping the House Cool, Old School
Today I’m keeping the inside of our house cool using a method I picked up many years ago: it was pretty cool and comfortable overnight, so early in the morning I closed all the windows, and pulled the...
View ArticleCreative Downloads: Everything Is Not Free, at Least Not Yet
A few minutes ago I didn’t know Sara Madison existed. Until an author friend shared her brilliant post “Dear Broke Reader: Your Sense of Entitlement is Killing Me” on Facebook. Readers of this blog...
View ArticleTheory vs. Scientific Theory
The video below has been around for a few years. It’s a great clip. The issue I have with it is that I think it supports people who already understand the scientific process, but it fails to fully...
View ArticleFix: Single File Tests Break in Netbeans 11.0 / PHPUnit 8.2
UPDATED 2019-07-22: Netbeans 11.1, released today, incorporates a robust fix for this problem that should survive future changes in PHPUnit. TL/DR: There’s a one line patch to PHPUnit below that will...
View ArticleOn the Rise of Hate
As we recover from yet another mass killing we hear a lot of smart people saying that the rise of hate is driven by a fear of loss of power. But they don’t clearly identify where that fear comes from....
View ArticleMorning Coffee
What I particularly like is the days when I’m standing in front of all the bits required to make coffee and there’s this internal dialogue: L: Okay, make coffee now.R: Wut?L: MAKE COFFEE!!R: How?L: Oh...
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My Test-Driven Design (TDD) Experiment
Photo by Helloquence on Unsplash Is a Test-Driven Design approach effective, even when working on a medium scale personal project? Yes, and here’s why. I’ve long been an advocate of Unit Testing in...
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