{"ancestors":[{"id":"111882137019067972","created_at":"2024-02-06T02:18:48.639Z","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"unlisted","language":"en","uri":"https://toolsforthought.social/users/boris/statuses/111882137019067972","url":"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris/111882137019067972","replies_count":6,"reblogs_count":2,"favourites_count":1,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003e@chuqvr@fosstodon.org \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://indieweb.social/@jeff\" class=\"u-url mention\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003ejeff\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://mastodon.social/@andrewabernathy\" class=\"u-url mention\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eandrewabernathy\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e thanks for all the reactions here.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet me know if this hits:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHi all, I’m building software for photographers. It does x, y, z. I’m looking for 100 members to join my software co-op.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first year will be $500 and we’ll determine priorities together.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs we add members, or individuals or businesses contract us to add prioritized features, the price will likely go down. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI’ll write some long form and ask for more feedback ;)\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"Ivory for iOS","website":"https://tapbots.com/"},"account":{"id":"111243333718206142","username":"boris","acct":"boris","display_name":"Boris Mann","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":null,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2023-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eWeb tinkerer. Building my \u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/tags/SecondBrain\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eSecondBrain\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e on the web for 20+ years, from blogging to wikis to TFTs and beyond.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeliever in \u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/tags/OpenSource\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eOpenSource\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/tags/DWeb\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eDWeb\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e Commons Networks\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/tags/TiddlyWiki\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eTiddlyWiki\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e for my FoodWiki \u003ca href=\"https://foodwiki.bmann.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003efoodwiki.bmann.ca\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/tags/Obsidian\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eObsidian\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e for editing my main site running \u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/tags/Jekyll\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eJekyll\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://bmannconsulting.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ebmannconsulting.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBridged Bluesky account \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca 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class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eboris\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e I'm not $500 optimistic that 1) all the features I truly rely on would actually be priorities and would arrive in good enough form in non-distant future; 2) that the UI would be \"good enough” for me; and 3) that it would succeed at all.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(This is obviously one of the biggest issues with creating consumer software: you're doing without income and gambling that what you're creating has a (viable) market. And it’s the same problem when working on major version paid updates.)\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"account":{"id":"111421106471364431","username":"andrewabernathy","acct":"andrewabernathy@mastodon.social","display_name":"Andrew Abernathy","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":true,"group":false,"created_at":"2018-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eInterface designer at the Omni Group, after a career as a programmer. Hobbies include photography, some (sea) kayaking and outdoor exploring, but all too often TV wins out.\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://mastodon.social/@andrewabernathy","uri":"https://mastodon.social/users/andrewabernathy","avatar":"https://toolsforthought.social/avatars/original/missing.png","avatar_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/avatars/original/missing.png","header":"https://toolsforthought.social/headers/original/missing.png","header_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/headers/original/missing.png","followers_count":351,"following_count":377,"statuses_count":6228,"last_status_at":"2026-04-10","hide_collections":false,"emojis":[],"fields":[{"name":"pronouns","value":"he/they","verified_at":null},{"name":"homepage","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://andrewabernathy.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eandrewabernathy.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2026-04-10T16:13:27.997+00:00"},{"name":"pixelfed","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://pixelfed.social/@andrewabernathy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003epixelfed.social/@andrewabernat\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehy\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2026-04-10T16:13:28.283+00:00"},{"name":"home location","value":"Seattle, Washington, USA","verified_at":null}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[{"id":"111243333718206142","username":"boris","url":"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris","acct":"boris"}],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}}],"descendants":[{"id":"111882307301725715","created_at":"2024-02-06T03:02:06.000Z","in_reply_to_id":"111882266986999747","in_reply_to_account_id":"111243333718206142","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://mastodon.social/users/andrewabernathy/statuses/111882307276100893","url":"https://mastodon.social/@andrewabernathy/111882307276100893","replies_count":1,"reblogs_count":3,"favourites_count":1,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eboris\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e I think that question is \"are you willing to buy software from a co-op”, in which case the answer (for me) is sure, absolutely.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf the actual question is \"are you willing to pay a subscription fee for software from a co-op and if the co-op drops the software (or raises its price to some obscene level) then you can no longer use even your old version”, then it being from a co-op doesn't make me feel any better.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"account":{"id":"111421106471364431","username":"andrewabernathy","acct":"andrewabernathy@mastodon.social","display_name":"Andrew Abernathy","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":true,"group":false,"created_at":"2018-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eInterface designer at the Omni Group, after a career as a programmer. 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