very true...its all Mktng gimmick....this strategy offers free publicity. See what happend to iphone4...huge hit after " Being left at a bar Accidently :D "
That's my point exactly. Don't wait. Send probes out every year. Because it takes so long for them to get to these places. A few may get lost on the way. Some instruments may malfunction. So better send out more. What would that cost? Half a billion dollars a year? Probably much less, because construction would get more efficient.
SEEKING FREELANCER - REMOTE ONLY: App is more of a personal events tracker... Basically its an Event Recording mechanism which stores events that are happening in Ones life. Able to log those events...data, images, videos.
So app should be able to manage his Data/images and videos along with different presentation styles like piecharts,slideshows (qwiki style) etc. Some one strong in Image, Video handling is required...
My webapp might involve experience in some PHP framework(may be Yii), MySQL + Redis, jquery.
Hit me up with ur portfolio at techeye101 [at] gmail
Its always better to invest in multiple areas. One is Angel investing (check with PG if he is willing to join you as YC partner :), one might be stocks of Google/AAPL (if I were you), Gold and some charity(increase your positive life Karma..as we call it in India)
Thats an inspiring story and informative tips..Iam on my way to build one small app. I am expect atleast half of your earnings. Thats also big for me... as pocket money. Waiting for your next part.
One more thing I dont understand is why people choose names like babyli.st, sleepyti.me etc. Is it not irritating to choose name including the extension?? Best way to type these would be to type the full name, move back and put DOT ;)
For some who wants to quickly go through the comments, it would be good to go through those comments which has more points. They are the most valuable comments and worth reading.
