Perplx posted:

I bet he picked that show to avoid hosed up fans too

maniacdevnull posted:

idk, the idea of worf having to hit up internet strangers for money because he doesn't have 28k seems kinda sadder. the man spent like 10 years on two tv shows and then went on to be in 4 movies

Lex Kramer posted:

Jonny 290 posted:

i've decided on a freemium model for my police dispatch mobile app, the paid version and free versions will be the exact same except the free version will occasionally notify you of a nonexistent fire at your home address

Markov Chain Chomp posted:

http://statpedia.com/staging/week-17/index.php/image/

Milkie Galore posted:

hrm

Milkie Galore posted:

yase

Milkie Galore posted:

is it on gust cos it blows

0xB16B00B5 posted:

Ian how do you feel about the new structure put in place by kickstarter?

http://www.kickstarter.com/blog/kickstarter-is-not-a-store

Ian McLean posted:

dude... I have not been saying anything because unixbeard said he would give me 10k if I shut up. That liar.

Hey JawnV6 can I pm you to get further information about how to implement this thing.

How do I get money from these superpac people you speak of?

Does one of you just have a bunch of bit coins I can have?

Seems like someone in these chat rooms probably controls that entire bitcoin economy.

Which person is the printing press managing inflation of these bitcoins?

Shinx posted:

put ur idea on a treadmill and see if it takes off

0xB16B00B5 posted:

it worked for wikileaks and that was led by a serial rapist

tef posted:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/crowdfunding-a-guide-to-what-works-and-why

Markov Chain Chomp posted:

http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/1630905008/statpedia/

Carthag posted:

poopslate

Ian McLean posted:

team leader is a programmer, the project manager is important, and so is the tester. I count 7 being paid.

The project manager used to be a programmer, and he helps a lot with design. The tester is an extra 12k a year. Research and worklfow analyst is constantly taking in feedback and also helping with design.

There is enough stuff that needs to be done to keep everyone busy.

This project needs a solid structure.

Like I said.... we can keep going with our shoestring budget, and another 20k of funding to pull us through the next year.

I didn't make this budget, but if this is what the team wants, and this is what they believe statpedia needs, then I trust their decisions.

I have pages upon pages upon pages of design specifications sitting on hold because limited resources.

These support roles such as tester, and analyst make the programmers lives easier. Would I like to see the programmers getting paid the most? Yes, but they aren't asking for more, so... what do I do. I think I am just sort of approaching it as an "if it aint broken, don't fix it." type attitude about this budget.

I don't have to worry about timesheets, or making sure people developing the priority stuff, scheduling team meetings. I can just innovate, read over the code, make small changes here and there, and continue developing the big picture statpedia vision.

Right now I do tons of testing, I am constantly designing stuff, innovating, worrying about this and that. I need to start dividing up the work I do.

Everyone likes working on statpedia, because it is different and interesting, so pretty much everyone is happy with it. I put myself in for $1.

8 people developing statpedia for 300k... I would say that is about as lean as you are going to find in this world.

Do I need 8 people? Yes. I could ramp up twice that and still have more stuff to do. I have no shortage of development.

Once again... 20k will keep us starving, but they will still help me even with that much.

Really all this comes down to facilitating development speed. With more money I can scale up. With less, I can scale down. This budget can be adjusted to any amount between 20k and 2 million without me worried about how to efficiently spend the funds.