[ale] [OT] Hobbies and Market Research

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

Hi Leam,

Wow.  You don't want to learn MUCH do you?  I'm hoping to do a decent job at just 3 things I want to focus on and hopefully one or more will pay some money eventually.

Your project sounds cool.  You might want to consider accepting bitcoin and litecoin for funding.  They're really an up and coming thing in currency.  Of course, they're a threat to the big money people and may someday be illegal or too complex to legally use.  But, for now, I can send large payments or micro payments to anyone in the world with a bitcoin or litecoin wallet using a 40 character address.  The transaction is done in minutes to about an hour, is irreversable (good or bad depending on your point of view), and the fees are VERY tiny.  For example, I could send you 1 bitcoin, about $ 100, and it would cost me a dime.

Sincerely,

Ron



Leam Hall <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:

>Taking the hobby discussion one more step out with a confession and a 
>request.
>
>Confession: My real hobby is learning. Currently Chinese, Wing Chun, 
>(re-learning) C, Coursera course in Startup Engineering, Git, Human 
>Interactions for the Introvert, Javascript, Rock Climbing, basics of 
>business, and Swimming.
>
>I am continuing my education in scuba (most fun you can have with your 
>clothes on), PHP, Role-playing games, Bourne Shell scripting, Linux 
>Security, and having a moderately successful marriage.
>
>Later this year I'm lining up for some more gun smithing (1911) and 
>action pistol competition. May also go back to Italian and fiction 
>writing. Probably not going back to banjo or guitar, but the temptation
>
>is there.
>
>Somewhere in there my natural inclinations to mentor and encourage come
>
>into play with a lot of things. Learning how to do that better is
>always 
>a challenge.
>
>That's why I occasionally just curl up with a book and let my brain 
>shutdown. The "Jack Reacher" books are my current favorites, although 
>they tie into my own plans for fiction writing, shooting, and a few 
>other things.
>
>One of these days I'll learn to not add more stuff to my plate. Doesn't
>
>look like today is that day, however.   :)
>
>So, here's the request. I mentioned that encouragement is a big 
>motivator for me, and I'm in the Startup Engineering class. We're 
>supposed to make a project that gets crowd funded. While the project
>can 
>be a throw-away thing I'd rather do some market research and at least 
>find a minimally viable idea. That's where your help becomes vital.
>
>Right now my idea is to create a program that sends you daily 
>encouragement, a list of upcoming events for your contact list, and a 
>short list of people you've not made contact with in a while. All of
>the 
>technology is available; the challenge is to make it easy to use and 
>worthwhile.
>
>Technical goals are simple; the app must be secure- we will not harvest
>
>contact information for ourselves or others. It must be simple to
>import 
>contacts (Facebook, G+, Phone) and events without doing a lot of 
>technical work or typing.
>
>So, here are the questions that come to mind:
>
>1. Is this sort of thing something you would find useful enough to
>spend 
>1 hour to get and set up, and 5-10 minutes a day using to contact
>people 
>you haven't contacted in a while?
>
>2. What features would you want/expect?
>
>3. If there was an option for a more features, what would you want in 
>exchange for $2-4 a month?
>
>4. If you were a group; ALE, church, small business, what additional 
>features would you want?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Leam
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