Hanging out with
Mark and
Kelly we started
discussing ways to make money on the web, or more specifically, with
www.conman.org.
Mark and I are both programmers but with the upswell of the Open Source
movement, it's getting hard to actually sell software. The only way to
really make money in Open Source is service. Both Mark and I write
software, and even make it
available.
But since we give the software away, how to we make money from it? Well,
hire us to install, or adapt the code for your particular project. Sure,
if you have the time or the expertise you don't have to hire us, but with a
shortage of time or expertise, we're available.
Or by making this available I can become a well known webcelebrity and get
asked for talks and seminars (yea, right).
But making money off a website isn't straightforward, nor easy. And I'm not
expecting to make money (at least, directly) off this site. Indirectly,
yes. But not directly.
You have my permission to link freely to any entry here. Go
ahead, I won't bite. I promise.
The dates are the permanent links to that day's entries (or
entry, if there is only one entry). The titles are the permanent
links to that entry only. The format for the links are
simple: Start with the base link for this site: https://boston.conman.org/, then add the date you are
interested in, say 2000/08/01,
so that would make the final URL:
https://boston.conman.org/2000/08/01
You can also specify the entire month by leaving off the day
portion. You can even select an arbitrary portion of time.
You may also note subtle shading of the links and that's
intentional: the “closer” the link is (relative to the
page) the “brighter” it appears. It's an experiment in
using color shading to denote the distance a link is from here. If
you don't notice it, don't worry; it's not all that
important.
It is assumed that every brand name, slogan, corporate name,
symbol, design element, et cetera mentioned in these pages is a
protected and/or trademarked entity, the sole property of its
owner(s), and acknowledgement of this status is implied.