Radar 24 #343
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Roadmap (what?)Next Three Weeks
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Twitter, and random issues I see that I can tackle. Also still getting used to my new machine. I hope to be able to contribute more soon 😄 If you do find anything to post to Twitter ping me! |
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Well, we're outta time to work on the Pivot, if we're going to get the work done we want before the Balanced Shutdown. I'm switching gears to that. Another new thing since last week: our competition with Bountysource (#316) has come to a head. @kzisme Can you work with these two links on Twitter this week? Bountysource puts pressure on us to deliver on product, and Balance Shutdown does not really help in terms of user-facing changes. Pivot is about user-facing changes, but they're nothing flashy. Could something like gratipay/gratipay.com#5 be a quick win for us vis-à-vis Bountysource? Should we fast-track something like that to stay competitive in the short term? Not that I have time, if we're to be ready for me to meet with the CPA next week. :-/ |
Then there are again, a couple of issues with Aspen
I've got some progress speaking with lawyers about how to receive money from Belarus. Now I just need a lot of time to validate all information and make a write up on that. |
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@kzisme Another post for Twitter? |
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@whit537 I'm going to reach out to a few FOSS org's this week and see if they know about Gratipay and such (and direct them towards out blog). Any suggestions on how to not sound like a sales-person? |
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@kzisme This is from Twitter, you mean? I would say definitely don't cold-tweet personal Twitter accounts. I think if you're communicating with project accounts it's probably okay. Also consider linking to https://gratipay.com/about/. |
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@kzisme What do you think about http://gratipay-or-bountysource.guide/ for Twitter? |
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Yeah, those are for Twitter. When speaking to other people ie: Openhatch how should I introduce the idea? I like http://gratipay-or-bountysource.guide/ - but my only concern is that some people may not even be aware of the launch of Salt, so we may be doing more harm than good. This is not to say that it can't be used or a great resource, but I think timing is important. |
Okay, your call. :-)
Maybe something like "Would you consider applying for Gratipay?" Remember that we can't promise anything, they still have to go through Team review. |
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I'll see what I can do and keep you posted :) |
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!m @kzisme |
Wish I had the time to learn this week. There's an $80 bounty on that one! Maybe I'm better off chipping $10 more into that... Support is still 0 for now. |
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@whit537 @mattbk How do bounties work? I have a general idea, but what has to be done to receive payment? EDIT: I also think that gratipay/gratipay.com#5 would be a quick win and it was a feature that I feel we are lacking. Although it does depend if we want to provide recurring (weekly) funds and one-offs (more like a one time donation) |
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Noting the irony ... #116. :-) |
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For Twitter, could keep reminding people that direct contributions help a direct economy that isn't ad-based: |
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Does AdBlock fit with Gratipay's values? https://getadblock.com/pay/ |
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It does unless someone wants to make a case that it doesn't. ;-) |
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And, of course, they'd have to apply first! 💃 I started getting my head back into gratipay/gratipay.com#3653 yesterday, the accounting refactor. I salvaged an orthogonal commit from there and made a PR, gratipay/gratipay.com#3785, and started thinking about what to do with the rest. I'm starting over on that work, reframing it in terms of the dashboard, which is currently moribund (we no longer use it for Team review after gratipay/gratipay.com#3484, and we don't really review ~users anymore (though we should double-check the implications of that—are we not charging some people that we should be?). What I want to show the accountant next week is an accounting application, a general ledger and chart of accounts. This will become the new heart of Gratipay as an application, and I'm approaching this in terms of writing an accounting web app to be parked at !m * |
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Yes, they'd have to apply, and they'd have to be open. I think they're pretty open: http://support.getadblock.com/kb/about-the-project/how-can-i-support-adblock |
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@whit537 One tweet posted. I'm trying |
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@whit537 Also would it be beneficial to post on HN in the coming weeks about Gratipay 2.0 and payouts and such? I feel it would be. |
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It still comes off to me as an attack. I would be more happy with something as boring as "Some comparison with our closest competitor". |
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@tshepang Tweet removed and re-tweeted a revised version. Thanks for the feedback! |
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Also after reading through http://coffeeonthekeyboard.com/bounties-and-tips-1204/ it does seem that most users looking at Gratipay Just some food for thought 🍔 Next post will be tomorrow probably about the above article Author is: https://twitter.com/jamessocol |
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Here's a dozen projects that should know about Gratipay: http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=744876426414b018c030e670a&id=0ff3704aaa |
Yeah, probably. I say go for it! :-)
It's supposed to be an attack, predicated on the idea that we're competing with Bountysource (#316). If we're not competing with them (#316 (comment)) then I think we should just talk about other stuff on Twitter. Also, @kzisme: https://gratipay.com/~kaytrance/ is false. That's a link to a ~user account, and the ~user doesn't have a Team. |
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Sorry, I meant https://twitter.com/typwrittr/status/602717349754568704 is false. |
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Will remove when I get home. I've been searching for people who tweeted
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Let's not forget https://gratipay.com/dashboard/1.0-payouts before payday this week. |
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I see no need to attack competitors. Am I missing something here? Why attack? You can still talk about how Gratipay is better without attacking (unless we are here having different definitions for the same word). |
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@tshepang Yes, let's drop the martial language, sorry. I mean, "Engage in direct competition." |
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Most recent Twitter post. |
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!m @kzisme |
To be approved, we are applying the same standards as new teams? |
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@mattbk No. For individual payouts the only criteria is that they provided some product or service (no "give me money for no reason at all"). It doesn't have to have been open work. You up for tackling that queue? |
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Okay, that's much clearer, thanks. I'm going through some of them now. |
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!m @mattbk |
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I'm working on gratipay/gratipay.com#3786. I've stumbled upon a nice pattern for improving our API and our software documentation at the same time. :-) |
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Majority are explicitly doing work. Others had already deleted their profile description, but from github pages and others they are involved in various projects that are work. |
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Cool. That's about what I've been expecting. |
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Newest Twitter post. |
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You could also chime in with this conversation, if you want: https://twitter.com/untitaker/status/644525326098395136 |
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Will do !m @mattbk |
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Building forms (e.g., gratipay/gratipay.com#3767) is interesting to me, but I'm not sure I understand how to build and then do the database I/O in Python/Gratipay specifically. Are there any resources out there about this? |
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@mattbk Best bet is to start with existing code that is close to what you want, and work from those examples. My hope and dream is the docs I've got going on gratipay/gratipay.com#3786 (comment) can evolve into what you need. |
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Alright, hitting pause on gratipay/gratipay.com#3786 in order to run payday: #344. |
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Before replying to this Tweet....We don't have any plans to move from PayPal? I had an inquiry reguarding us moving away from Paypal to avoid fees. I'm not aware of us moving away from that current model, but just wanted to check. |
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The hope is to get bank transfers back with something like Dwolla (not sure of status of that issue, @whit537). Right now you can't apply without a payout route, and the only payout route we have right now is PayPal. |
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What are you working on this week and why?
last week
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