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If you google 3bucksforbrendan right now, you’ll get more than just the site. The project is making the rounds of the blogosphere and something the cool kids call Twitter (apparently I need to join?). All of which is good. Here’ s the latest (and I know there’s a couple of supporters who I’ve missed for now - sorry!)

John Chow is apparently near the tops in internet marketing. Seems to be true, as mention on the site triggered a great boost in traffic to www.3bucksforbrendan.com, as well as many times 3 dollars. Nice to know the project is controversial, as comments range from the cynical (’screw him, tell him to go get a job like everyone else’) to supportive (’I gave him $10. He seems like a nice enough guy’). Nice guy? Thanks!

I’m pretty sure John triggered this post at Startsnakken (I will start snackin!), which, although in German, seems to be about the site. That would explain more than a few German donations today!

The buzz machine calls this project ‘crowdsourcing’, i.e. getting the resources from many to do something. Nice to know I’m on the cutting edge of marketing! And 7 Day Buzz wonders if I’m a scam, and has started a poll to help him decide if I get his three bucks. I love it!

Again, I know I’ve forgotten a couple of blogs that people have forwarded to me. Please reply to this post with ‘em if you can remember.

Cheers,
Brendan

Payment option is now up. It’s not exactly as I wish, but it’ll work for now. At least it lets people get 3 bucks to me.

Now all I have to do is figure out how to remove paypal notification emails! I can only imagine how annoying 30,000 notification emails would be! Of course, I really shouldn’t complain about the possibility…
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I have a meeting with my supervisor in about 20 minutes, and I am going to have to bashfully tell her that I haven’t got any more of my dissertation done because I’ve been asking people for 3 dollars each. It’s a good thing she’s understanding.

Some of the more unique components for the site are coming, but not quite there (for example, you might notice the Randomizer doesn’t actually randomize, it just keeps showing ‘Brendan is a Photographer’. Well, there are dozens more facts to get up there, once the tech stuff is right (I just pick the pretty pictures while more clever people help make it work…).

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It’s dusk as I coax Windows Vista into letting me access the net. It’s been a challenging 24 hours tech-wise. First my email server was down, then my ISP. It’s ok though, with Steve and Tess’s help, it’s coming together. Steve was good enough to walk me through setting up a site (and using Wordpress, which turns out to be pretty easy!) Tess is figuring out how to fit the Paypal donation function into the site in a way that presents well.

I’m going to add some content, so folks know what the heck is going on!

Cheers,
B