I'd be glad to hear some success stories on how you went about open sourcing a project.In what stage of development is it smart to put things out there? How do you make it easy for others to contribute? Have you ever just randomly released something only to later find out it's catching on?I'm personally more interested in the case of pet projects that become successful open source software,...
There have been countless discussions about SaaS with tons of examples and success stories. It seems like a good way to structure new software businesses.However, I wonder if there's anyone here who makes decent money selling software components or code "the old way".Please share your stories.(I'm also interested in hearing the buyer's side, so please mention useful code/software that you had...
My approach involves scheduled popups with questions that are really quick to answer. Right now I'm only asking myself "are you being productive?".
I just put it on github an hour ago: https://github.com/bbonf/productive It's probably too raw to be helpful to others, but I plan to improve it soon.
Using Google's 8.8.8.8 DNS server I get a "parked domain" style site on 208.73.210.85
A buying offer can be a smart way to probe the owner behind that privacy wall, who I guess most of the time is just a normal guy/gal...
I think we got the WHOIS privacy by default on NameCheap. We're not hiding from anyone - our names and profiles are linked on the bottom of the page. I would, however, advise domain owners to be wary of information registered, as they may find their home address and phone number propagated all across the web, mirrored by tons of whois/rtld sites, never to be removed again.