Just to clarify this - I am working on a big project that I want to release end of the year. For the project to work, I need to get the word out to a lot of peo

Just to clarify this - I am working on a big project that I want to release end of the year. For the project to work, I need to get the word out to a lot of people. So I am making an effort to write stuff that is useful and interesting to people so that they will pay attention when I make my announcement. In the past I announced stuff and it died in the grave of silence - this time I want to make sure that I can get the word out. Sure, I could do all that without actually saying that I am doing this, but I want people to opt-in, pay attention even though they know what I am doing, and not because I am pretending to be a sage business man just to later spam them. I'm clear and upfront about it - I'll give you good information on the few things I know, in return when I announce my project, go try it out, be a beta tester or something. My current small projects are just stepping stones, and this is the path I have chosen to break into the big time. I tried it the other way - building soemthing and then announcing it - didn't work. Now I'm trying it by first building an audience, and then releasing software.