What are the costs involved making FromThePage a going concern? I see these five classes of costs:DNSInitial hosting billsMarginal hosting fees associated with disk usage, cpu usage, or bandwidth servedLabor by people with skills neither Sara nor I possessLabor by people with skills that Sara or I do possess, but do not have time or energy to spendI can predict the first two … [Read more...] about Money: Projected Costs
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Money: Possible Revenue Sources
Let's return to the subject of money. If I thought the market for collaborative manuscript transcription software were a lucrative one, I might launch a business based on selling FromThePage (If you wonder why I keep referring to different software products, it's because I'm trying out different names to see how they feel. See my naming post for more details.)I sincerely … [Read more...] about Money: Possible Revenue Sources
Money: The Current Situation
For now, FromThePage has followed the classic funding model of the basement inventor: The lone developer — me — holds a day job and works on the project in his spare time. This presents some challenges:At times my job occupies all my spare time and energy, so I accomplish nothing whatsoever on the project for months on end. This is no tragedy, as the job is really very … [Read more...] about Money: The Current Situation