
Why We're No Longer Trying Flattr
Nearly a year ago now, I wrote this blog post about how and why The F Plus was trying Flattr to accept voluntary donations to the podcast. I explained my reasons for trying, and described the whole thing as "an experiment". That experiment has now concluded. Firstly, I want to start by saying that I recognize that a number of people did, indeed, push the Flattr button to contribute monetarily to the podcast, but not a lot. I also recognize that for the people who did, everyone who told me about the experience shared that they set up a Flattr account specifically for that purpose, and couldn't find other good sources to spread the wealth around to. That's unfortunate, because it…
Nearly a year ago now, I wrote this blog post about how and why The F Plus was trying Flattr to accept voluntary donations to the podcast. I explained my reasons for trying, and described the whole thing as "an experiment". That experiment has now concluded. Firstly, I want to start by saying that I recognize that a number of people did, indeed, push the Flattr button to contribute monetarily to the…

After a recent round of layoffs at Twitter, we had a conversation about what kinds of jobs would be expendable in the new economy. Then Lemon bought a domain name and banged this thing out in about a day. It's powered with javascript, and the full source is…
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- Jack Chick
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