Donate to Zed Shaw's Mongrel2 Fund

by petercooper • 16 years ago

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HNer4• 16 years ago

I never found any success with donations. Instead I'd suggest creating a new pain while solving a problem. So then you charge for that...

petercooper2• 16 years ago

Only a single data point, but in 2005 I had several thousands in donations over $several months for a basic online service (only a Perl CGI script at the time..!) and my buddies over at Phusion have had a crazy level of success with them: http://pledgie.com/campaigns/2975

Given Zed's stature, I doubt he will have problems getting enough donations to keep him sustained for a while even if it's not a permanent situation.

HNer4• 16 years ago

A 'few k' is a lousy return IMO.

technoweenie• 16 years ago

Even on my crappy OSS projects, I've been able to pay for a few sweet sushi dinners. WORTH IT.

gommm• 16 years ago

I've just donated a bit, I've been using Zed Shaw's work a lot over the years so it's good to try and help him have time to work on that :-)

pragmatic• 16 years ago

After reading the manual I had to donate.

1. Entertaining manual 2. Made me excited about a new technology for the first time in a long while.

greenlblue• 16 years ago

Gotta hand it to Zed, the guy never skimps on quality documentation.

Donate to Zed Shaw's Mongrel2 Fund

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