Please, accept our apologies for the clunkiness of the teaser site. Once we launch the main site, which is built with RoR, I trust we'll pass muster w/ the pop-up blockers.
As for the notion of scantily-clad young ladies alienating segments of the populous from HappyFridays: the thought did cross our mind when we first set out to develop the project. We believe we've come up with a solution that addresses that problem. It'd be much easier to explain once you've seen the webiste. Are you guys interested in seeing a demo? On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:54 AM, Matt Aimonetti <[email protected]>wrote: > > Maybe kids running through a sprinkler or something would get the >> message across more universally and less offensively. >> > > That could also upset ecologists, alcoholics, people who can't have kids, > people who have kids! (j/k) > > I was also a bit lost when I reached finally reached the site (first > tentative was on the iphone (fail), then I opened the link on FF but closed > the windows thinking it was a popup ad :() > > However, the idea sounds really good. > > - Matt > > > > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:40 AM, Erik Pukinskis > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Hey Kris! >> >> I love that you're working on microdonations... it seems like an area >> full of opportunity! >> >> One thing I'm not super thrilled about though is the gratuitous use of >> scantily clad, sexually-compliant woman to sell things... even if it >> is "for a good cause". There's too much woman-as-sex-objects in the >> media already, not enough woman-as-people-with-ideas-and-autonomy. >> >> And I don't think it really makes your pitch very well anyway. As I >> understand it the young lady is supposed to represent "fun".... and >> you're sort of alienating large swaths of the population who don't >> necessarily see moistened sexually compliant 18 yr old girls as "fun" >> (gay men, straight women, feminists of all genders, people over the >> age of 40, conservatives, christians, etc...) >> >> Maybe kids running through a sprinkler or something would get the >> message across more universally and less offensively. >> >> With love, >> Erik >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 9:35 PM, Kristopher Schlesser >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi Patrick - >> > >> > I've got a project that I've been developing for over a year and a half >> and >> > have been wanting to present to the group for quite some time. We're >> still >> > in development, but I think the system's presentable. It's called >> > HappyFridays. You can check out our teaser site and some background >> info at >> > http://happyfridays.org >> > >> > Happy Fridays, Inc is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization >> whose >> > mission is to be the most efficient fund-raising entity on the >> internet. We >> > believe we've got an innovative approach that engages young people with >> a >> > fun online experience that will raise lots of money for many worthy >> causes. >> > >> > We've already earned the respect and support of some of the >> > highest-performing and most-respected non-profit organizations on the >> planet >> > like Breast Cancer Research Foundation and we're building steam every >> day. >> > >> > I'm interested in exploring the idea of open sourcing the ongoing >> > development of the project. If you're amenable, I'd love to present the >> > project to the group and see what everyone thinks. >> > >> > Best regards, >> > >> > Kris >> > >> > On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Patrick Crowley <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> We're meeting next week, and we need some speakers. >> >> >> >> Brad, are you still down for talking about Ruby 1.9? >> >> >> >> Everyone else... should we do lightning talks this time? >> >> >> >> -- Patrick >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > > >> > >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
