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by whit537 14y ago
> I think anonymous tips might actually not show this effect. Yeah, seems to be working that way so far.
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by whit537 14y ago
There's also the possibility that people are interested in it. ;^) Why should I pivot?
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by whit537 14y ago
:^)
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by whit537 14y ago
Yes, Gittip is crowd-sourced patronage. In another context I've said that Gittip will be born when the first person announces that they're depending on it for their livelihood: http://ryandeussing.com/blog/2012/09/24/chad-whitacre-gittip..
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by whit537 14y ago
Start here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4239247 The update is that I hung out with Flattr's bizdev, @gaiapunk, at #xoxofest, and we had a great time. I love the spirit and vision behind Flattr. IMO their hands are tied because the
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by whit537 14y ago
:D
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by whit537 14y ago
I added a +1 to: https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/126
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by whit537 14y ago
Are you kangasbros on this ticket? https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/126 If not let's add your +1 there as well.
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by whit537 14y ago
I love this because it's from an educator, not a programmer.
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Why I want to see Gittip succeed(peak5390.wordpress.com)
70 points by whit537 14y ago|41 comments
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by whit537 14y ago
As mentioned on your blog, you might be interested in this ticket: https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/165 The idea is to expand Gittip to encompass other ways of communicating appreciation.
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by whit537 14y ago
(P.S. It's hosted on Heroku.)
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by whit537 14y ago
Great thinking. Let's use the following ticket for tags / communities: https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/94#issuecom... I posted your edit to the projects / corporations ticket: https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/is
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by whit537 14y ago
Oops. Too late to edit. :^)
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by whit537 14y ago
Okay, your second-to-last paragraph sent me down a rabbit hole, from which I've emerged with this: https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/27#issuecom... The idea of associating individuals with groups (aka communities, projects,
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by whit537 14y ago
> [T]he last time i looked nearly all of the activity on gittip was django related. Quick rundown of the top ten, username - known for: whit537 - gittip davisagli - plone (python) readthedocs - readthedocs (python-centric) jnoller - psf
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by whit537 14y ago
> Most developers have high-end salaries, IMO. David Glick and I are currently the top two on Gittip, and neither of us have high-end salaries right now: http://blog.gittip.com/post/27072581481/i-believe-in-gittip http://glicksoftwar
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by whit537 14y ago
For reference, here's the Bitcoin ticket: https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/14 And here's the non-US payouts ticket: https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/126
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by whit537 14y ago
I scrambled and wired up DNS for gittip.org, but not soon enough apparently, sorry. :^/ Oh well, ready for next time. :^)
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by whit537 14y ago
They don't just use an open source piece of software (RoR), they use the open source community to build street cred that they then cash in to score their real customers. Don't get me wrong: I love GitHub. It's a fantastic product and an ins
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by whit537 14y ago
True, Sentry is a good example of a successful open source business model. GitHub itself is probably the best example of a company that's #winning at open source. They don't give their source away, but they give their service away. But it's
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by whit537 14y ago
> In fact, if played correctly, I could see it as an acquisition target of a company like Github. GitHub already has pages and wikis and is heavily invested in GFM and is killing it in the commercial market. Why would they want a non-Ru
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To beginning programmers: start with ASCII(gist.io)
2 points by whit537 14y ago|0 comments
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by whit537 14y ago
Love it. Thank you.
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by whit537 14y ago
Here's the ticket tracking the tax implications of Gittip: https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/96 TL;DR: It's too early to tell. We've started contacting tax professionals and don't have good answers at this point.
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by whit537 14y ago
Cool! Thanks for the link. :-)
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by whit537 14y ago
It did! Woo-hoo! Thank you people! :D Here's the page to connect a bank account if you have money to withdraw from Gittip: https://www.gittip.com/bank-account.html If you're not in the US then you should add a +1 here: https://github.com
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by whit537 14y ago
Automatic payouts landed last week (which was week 12 of Gittip). Reminds me to check whether the deposit cleared ...
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by whit537 14y ago
:-)
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by whit537 14y ago
Love the conferences idea. And the fact that you came up with it totally validates the "pretty smart grants" concept. :-)

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