On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 11:42:20PM +0100, Alex Brelsfoard wrote: > Sorry for the slightly off-topic message, but I could really use some > feedback. > I'm trying to go live with a big new project (written in Perl), and I'm > using crowd sourcing to get it off the ground (http://indeigogo.com/modomhan > ).
indeigogo.com appears to be a typo-squatter. Presumably you meant indiegogo :-) If that's what you're promoting, then there's your problem! > I'm really keen on pushing the open source technology part, and the fact > that anyone who can program in Perl will be able to contribute to and help > define MoDomhan. But I'm having a hard time getting the word out. > > Is this just a really tough time? > Am I not doing enough (facebook, twitter, regular SEO, adwords, emails, > phone calls, projects.mefi, boingboing, etc.)? > Or is this simply a really crap idea?.... (I seriously dig this project > though) I have to be honest, I think it's a crap idea. But then, I'm not the target audience. Or at least, I'm not the target audience of *users*. I *am* the target audience if you want to get people to contribute code, but it doesn't scratch any of my itches. -- David Cantrell | London Perl Mongers Deputy Chief Heretic Compromise: n: lowering my standards so you can meet them _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
