oops. CF on the brain. it's http://www.360whisperings.com
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 11:06 AM, John Wilker <[email protected]> wrote: > For those that don't know me, I'm John Wilker, co-founder of > 360|Conferences (360|Flex, and 360|iDev). Tom Ortega and I have created a > new venture to go along with our community oriented conferences. > 360|Whisperings (http://www.cfwhisperings.com). For those of you who own > Amazon Kindles you know that Whispernet is the delivery medium for purchased > content. > > We've created a site where people can come and browse the available content > and instead of subscribing for all you can eat, simply purchase the articles > that they want. Subscriptions are great, but you have to get your money's > worth. We're looking to go more the iTunes route, for a buck or two, get the > same quality article you would from a pay site or journal, knowing it's > quality content, and not have to pay for the content you don't want or need. > > We're not just going to be limited to the Kindle (and the iPhone/iTouch > technically) but that's a good turn key place to start. Our goal is to offer > content in as many formats as we can (PDF, ePub, Mobi, PRC, etc) so that > everyone can get access. We'll take care of editing and marketing the > content and reporting on sales. The split is 60/40 us, in exchange for the > stuff I just mentioned. Our conference sites will link to and highlight > content as well as the primary site itself. I know it seems like small > change, and it is to start, but the more articles we get, the more momentum > this offering builds. > > We've got a few folks signed on right now, coming up with article ideas. > We're hoping to get a few more folks for the "official" launch so that we've > got a good library set up and ready for folks. Why subscribe to sites and > journals, and have no idea how much value you'll get from the content? Just > pay for what you want. We're looking for technical content on any topic; CF, > FLex, Flash, AIR, Java, etc. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:321886 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
