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I think the kickstarter page could be improved. More details about the money and why you need it, what our donation will accomplish aside from the vague messag
by ForrestN 15y ago
I think the kickstarter page could be improved.
More details about the money and why you need it, what our donation will accomplish aside from the vague message about how more people get things done faster. How much are you paying yourself? How many other people?
More information about the end product (people are asking about OS for example), the timeline, and you and your qualifications to run the project. I gather you have been programming for a long time and work at Microsoft, but that doesn't prove you'll be able to deliver. For all I know you're a famous hacker, but not knowing that, not knowing if I can use the end product or when I will get it, and not being given a simple, compelling argument (rather than a detailed description of the idea) makes me less interested in participating.
That said I love the idea and really hope you are successful!
- mark_l_watson 15y agoTo your question: Chris is very talented and well known in the Clojure space: I use a few of his open source projects, good stuff.
- Tuna-Fish 15y agoYes, but that should be on the Kickstarter page.
- ibdknox 15y agoI just added this: And why should we believe you can deliver? I've been programming professionally for 8 years, during which I've built websites large and small (puma.com, newbalance.com, etc), helped design the future of Visual Studio, and released numerous open source libraries and frameworks. While at Microsoft I was the Program Manager for the C# and VB IDE where I spent countless hours behind a one way mirror learning how people develop things. Since then I've steeped myself in the world of startups and OSS. I worked with the guys at ReadyForZero to build readyforzero.com, created the Noir web framework, built the SQL abstraction layer Korma, and released a host of ClojureScript libraries to make client side development a breeze - many of which are now featured in the canonical books for Clojure. Even more recently, I built Bret Victor's live game editor after watching his inspiring "Inventing on Principle" talk. I have a history of building useful software and a hunger for making developers more efficient, as well as experience leading and shaping the the future of a billion dollar project.
- ForrestN 15y agoDefinitely an improvement! Great job.
- jmitcheson 15y agoFYI I personally found your experience on the MS Visual Studio team the most convincing credential, may I humbly suggest that you lead with that whenever possible. PS. Good luck.
- peterhajas 15y agoI agree, this makes me the most confident in the final product.