I think this is awesome and also an excellent opportunity to raise TW5 awareness in general to the public at large. Be sure to share Eric's indiegogo link out to your public circles! Eric, I just watched the hangout from yesterday and if there is anything I can do to help (Years of curriculum design experience) please do not hesitate to ask and good luck!
On Sunday, November 16, 2014 4:00:49 PM UTC-7, Eric Shulman wrote: > > Greetings All! > > As we well know, TiddlyWiki provides great flexibility to create a wide > range of purpose-built "web applications". However, as most people quickly > discover, there is also a lot to learn in order to take full advantage of > TiddlyWiki's powerful features. In order to address this, I plan to write > "Inside TiddlyWiki", a multi-volume series of "guidebooks", that will > illustrate the concepts, methods, and best practices for using TiddlyWiki > to build effective solutions for common, every day, real-world applications. > > With the recent release of TiddlyWiki 5 out of beta, NOW is the right time > to get this long-desired book project launched, and I intend to devote the > next few months, starting in January 2015, to uninterrupted, focused, > full-time effort writing, revising, and publishing book content. > Unfortunately, as an independent self-employed consultant, I also need to > ensure that I maintain a steady income to cover my month-to-month operating > expenses. To that end, I have put together an Indiegogo.com fundraising > campaign to provide basic income for several months while I work on this > major writing project. > > To learn more about my specific plans, and to make a generous > contribution, please view the "InsideTiddlyWiki: The Missing Manual" > Indiegogo.com page here: > > https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/inside-tiddlywiki-the-missing-manual/x/8816263 > > The campaign has a very modest initial funding goal to raise $7500 in 60 > days (by January 15th), so please contribute as much as you can, and as > often as you can. Also note that, unlike Kickstarter.com's "all-or-nothing" > funding model, this campaign is using Indiegogo's "Flexible Funding" model, > so that all contributions to this project still will be collected and > disbursed, even if the funding goal is not reached within the time alloted. > > Of course, the more funds contributed, the more time I will have to work > on writing. So, as the Holiday season approaches, be sure tell EVERYONE > you know -- friends, family, co-workers, and even strangers on the bus -- > that "InsideTiddlyWiki: The Missing Manual" is at the top of your gift wish > list! > > enjoy, > -e > Eric Shulman > TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios > > YOUR DONATIONS ARE VERY IMPORTANT! > HELP ME TO HELP YOU - MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO MY "TIP JAR"... > http://TiddlyTools.github.com/fundraising.html#MakeADonation > > Professional TiddlyWiki Consulting Services... > Analysis, Design, and Custom Solutions: > http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#Contact > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
