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You can also read a blog post at http://thintz.com/essays/butter-camp-launch http://thintz.com/essays/butter-camp-launch, which details how I went from nothing

You can also read a blog post at http://thintz.com/essays/butter-camp-launch http://thintz.com/essays/butter-camp-launch, which details how I went from nothing to launch in about a day.

mbenjaminsmith 16y ago
I've coded a few things in 24 hours or so. It's really fun. But that doesn't mean you've got an interesting product on your hands. My thoughts: I would use this as a native app on BB or iPhone if it were very, very easy to use. I see the use case being you whip it out after you make a purchase and update it. That means it would have to load fast independently of network conditions. I don't really want a webapp for that. At best that would be browser -> bookmark -> login? Ouch. If you're targeting budget minded people, which of those would tolerate a recurring fee? I would probably pay 10$ once for the software (if the UI was really good), but I can't imagine paying $120 a year for something that's supposed to save me money. To put it in perspective, you can get basic quickbooks for $120 a year. No, it's not simple, but will buttercamp do my taxes? It would have to have real utility to charge that much.
- thecombjelly 16y ago
  For me I don't need anything to do my taxes. Quickbooks requires way too much effort for me. I have a hard time sticking to a budget when I need to put forth a lot of effort to do it. Thanks for the feedback though.
  - mbenjaminsmith 16y ago
    I agree. I don't use software for personal finances. My point is that you can get a lot of tool for $120 a year. I too would probably use a tool like this if it were simple, very mobile and cheap(er). But I would definitely want to be able to do something with all of that data since I've taken the time to type it in. What about having a few export formats? It would be easy enough to dump it to xls or csv on demand.
    - thecombjelly 16y ago
      Good idea. I hadn't really thought of that. Although I was going to add some analytics. Exporting to csv would be even simpler. Thanks a lot.

You can also read a blog post at http://thintz.com/essays/butter-camp-launch http://thintz.com/essays/butter-camp-launch, which details how I went from nothing to launch in about a day.

mbenjaminsmith 16y ago

I've coded a few things in 24 hours or so. It's really fun. But that doesn't mean you've got an interesting product on your hands. My thoughts: I would use this as a native app on BB or iPhone if it were very, very easy to use. I see the use case being you whip it out after you make a purchase and update it. That means it would have to load fast independently of network conditions. I don't really want a webapp for that. At best that would be browser -> bookmark -> login? Ouch. If you're targeting budget minded people, which of those would tolerate a recurring fee? I would probably pay 10$ once for the software (if the UI was really good), but I can't imagine paying $120 a year for something that's supposed to save me money. To put it in perspective, you can get basic quickbooks for $120 a year. No, it's not simple, but will buttercamp do my taxes? It would have to have real utility to charge that much.

thecombjelly 16y ago
For me I don't need anything to do my taxes. Quickbooks requires way too much effort for me. I have a hard time sticking to a budget when I need to put forth a lot of effort to do it. Thanks for the feedback though.
- mbenjaminsmith 16y ago
  I agree. I don't use software for personal finances. My point is that you can get a lot of tool for $120 a year. I too would probably use a tool like this if it were simple, very mobile and cheap(er). But I would definitely want to be able to do something with all of that data since I've taken the time to type it in. What about having a few export formats? It would be easy enough to dump it to xls or csv on demand.
  - thecombjelly 16y ago
    Good idea. I hadn't really thought of that. Although I was going to add some analytics. Exporting to csv would be even simpler. Thanks a lot.