As promised, here is a summary of the coverage so far: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmyCYc1cXUZodGMxbExYNVVsVDVkcU k2aTZPdHV5Qmc&usp=sharing
There should be lots more to come. Kind regards, Kevin Kevin Miller ~ ke...@runrev.com ~ http://www.runrev.com/ LiveCode: Everyone can code On 12/02/2013 17:17, "Mark Schonewille" <m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote: >Hi Kevin, > >Thanks for the e-mail, but it is yet another message to the already >existing LiveCode community. It isn't clear to me what RunRev is doing >to reach people outside this community and how we could help. Could you >elaborate on that? (I'd like to read a little more than "tell your >friends", "share on social media" and "we're open to suggestions"). > >-- >Best regards, > >Mark Schonewille > >Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering >Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com >Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer >KvK: 50277553 > >Use Color Converter to convert CMYK, RGB, RAL, XYZ, H.Lab and other >colour spaces. http://www.color-converter.com > >We have time for new software development projects. Contact me for a >quote. > >On 14 January, we suffered severe server problems. If you tried to send >an e-mail between 13 and 18 January and didn't get a reply, please try >again. > >On 2/12/2013 17:44, Kevin Miller wrote: >> Hi Team, >> >> We are now approaching the half way point on the campaign. We're a >>quarter >> of the way through funding. While there is often a spike at the end of >> Kickstarter projects, I think we have more work to do to keep building >> momentum! >> >> While the vast majority of the comments and feedback we've had on this >> campaign has been positive, there has been some confusion from a sizable >> minority. Reading the various comments on the campaign I think there the >> cause is the lack of clarity around the goal of "going open source" (not >> something which costs money), vs the "actual project", which requires >> development effort and thus funding. I'm not sure we have done as good >>a job >> as we could have in communicating that. I'm also not sure that the >>campaign >> has yet resonated as widely with those outside our customer base as we >> intended. I think this is probably the reason. >> >> So we've updated the campaign page today. The project has been retitled >>to >> "Next Generation LiveCode (Open Source)" so that we clearly communicate >>the >> project itself in the headline. We've reworked the text to state the >> benefits to the end user more clearly, asking questions up front which >> resonate with our target audience and then telling a simple story. We've >> talked about the ground breaking changes we're making and linked to the >>blog >> posts. We've moved the various pledge level graphics off to make the >>page >> easier to navigate. And we've put the licensing questions and details >>about >> the open source license into the FAQ. >> >> We have also added a £310 tier which is a 1 year commercial license (or >> extension to any existing license end date of 1 year) plus the previous >> tiers. This is in response to requests for a tier that just focuses on >>that. >> >> I hope these changes, when taken together with the two video updates we >>did >> at the end of last week (new top video showing you what you can do, and >>new >> intro to the longer video showing clearly our unique selling points) >>will >> help us to communicate better what this campaign is about! >> >> You can see it as a halfway point relaunch. >> >> I'd welcome your feedback on these changes. We can continue to tweak the >> page if necessary. We'll be updating the various press folk we're >>working >> with on the new messaging angle and redoubling our efforts to get the >>word >> out there and make our case! >> >> I'll be holding a webinar on Thursday at 5PM UK to take any questions. >>You >> can sign up here https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/297977402 >> >> Thanks so much for your feedback and support. More soon. >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Kevin >> >> Kevin Miller ~ ke...@runrev.com ~ http://www.runrev.com/ >> LiveCode: Everyone can code >> > > >_______________________________________________ >use-livecode mailing list >use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >subscription preferences: >http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
