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The tipping meme spreads Hey, Matt Goyer just introduced me to Fairtunes, which introduced me to Potlatch.net, which introduced me to The Tipster Weblog, which introduced me to The Tipster Client. [I just went back to Potlatch.net and followed links to MojoNation.net, which Salon describes as more a like a libertarian dream come true than anything else that's out there. It is nothing short of the first-ever encryption-protected, user-run, open-source, file-sharing marketplace.] All of which is all about The Perfect System Courtney asked for in the first place, and that I called for in a Linux Journal editorial. Little did I know it was already happening. More than coincidentally, I believe this is exactly the kind of phenom that Malcom Gladwell wrote about in his bestseller. It's also exactly what Eric Raymond wrote about in the book he both sold and gave away. This is going to change Everything. I love it. The billboard effect It looks like some eBay members really do give a shit about the company's decision to start selling advertising on its pages — at least judging from the four responses to my post on the eBay Current Issues discussion board. Another thread started on the Soapbox discussion board. That customer said The first ad I see ends my relationship with EBay! But so far there have been no responses. So I'm still not sure whether or not most people care. Or would care if they imagined an online world with no pointless advertising. Click-through rates for online advertising may be headed toward zero, but on an asymptotic curve. They'll never quite get there. And while they may work less than 1% of the time, more than 99% of the time we simply tolerate them, like the billboards alongside highways. I'm beginning to think that I've been underestimating that tolerance. Four years young
Today is Jeffrey's fourth birthday. Just kidding. He's not destructive. Just... well... noncompliant. Authority has no effect on him, and he has no interest in any authority other than his own. Anger (especially parental anger) makes him laugh. This also wins big points in pre-school, lemme tell ya. He's been that way since age 0, so I don't have much hope of changing it. And why should I? It'll be a mighty servicable trait when he's an adult. So will his sweet and affectionate nature. The kid gives an A-1 hug. That sorta makes up for the disobedient stuff. My favorite time of day with Jeffrey is bedtime, when he goes to sleep on my lap while we sit in a rocking chair out on the deck, looking at the stars, which he now knows as well as I do. The other day he said, "See? All the other stars move in a big circle around the North Star. Kind of like a clock, only it goes the other way." The simile was all his. So is his amazing soul. Dawn of a new business model Five words on Scripting.com: Lynne Siprelle: The Tip Jar. Why did I choose those, out of the roster of items on the page, as the first place to click? Because I was hoping somebody would take Courtney Love's Tip Jar idea and run with it. And sure enough, that's exactly what Lynne Siprelle is doing at her site, The New Homemaker, which serves as a kind of back yard fence for a substantial community of homemakers. She talks about it in today's Diary of a New Homemaker: In Depth, subtitled The Tip Jar — Going back to my roots for a new funding method for this website. What a surprise to discover, well into the piece, that the tip jar idea came from me (who got it from both Courtney Love and public broadcasting). Lynne has a poll running on her home page that asks "Would you voluntarily 'tip' TNH whatever you think it's worth to keep the site on the air?" The response, so far:
I don't know: 21.43% No: 7.14% Gets my vote, and probably some of my money, too. There are responses to this message:
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The kid is tall, handsome, bright, happy and lots of fun. He's also extremely physical and energetic, to say the least. He looks cute in the picture, but bear in mind that he's also tearing the head off a promotional penguin.
