1) I think that website building could reasonably qualify as cyberfunded creativity. Good design is certainly artistic; writing code is certainly creating; and we've pretty much established barter as an acceptable mode of "funding."
2) This site encourages people to network, trade skills, and promote each other's work; your idea qualifies for that also.
3) Regarding organization, it would probably be helpful for you to: * keep a list of projects in your queue, and * create a landing page for your webspinning so it can be added to our Links list here.
You might also consider giving priority to group projects over individual projects. There's one group project likely to develop soon, the CFC project database; and others for the future, such as the co-op site.
4) I'm hoping to put together a rather complex website later in the year. My coding skills are ... well, I have a blogging icon that says "There is now a Level 0." But maybe we could discuss possibilities.
5) Don't forget that some people have money to spend, even if other folks are broke. Allow for the possibility of both cash and barter.
6) Don't reinvent the wheel. The first few sitebuilding requests may require totally fresh builds. But after that I'll bet they start to stack, because people will want similar things: a site to post their writing, a site to post their art, a personal blog with space for ads and promotion, etc. You could tell people, "Okay, I have these standard scaffolds coded, and the visual appearance can be customized." That would save you work and help people understand what is possible. You might also consider making such scaffold code available to more skilled coders as long as they include your credit line ("Art server by Wetdryvac").
7) Regarding credit, certainly you deserve recognition and promotion for your work. I've seen webspinners use a text line, or a button that leads to their landing page.
8) As long as you are doing your best to be polite, and willing to help resolve mishaps, I think the social dynamics will work out okay. Tell us if the gregarious and enthusiastic folks overwhelm you, and we'll try to back off some; or holler if you want help navigating some social channel.
9) I'll go look at your preliminary site and see if I have comments for that.
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Date: 2009-07-03 04:09 pm (UTC)1) I think that website building could reasonably qualify as cyberfunded creativity. Good design is certainly artistic; writing code is certainly creating; and we've pretty much established barter as an acceptable mode of "funding."
2) This site encourages people to network, trade skills, and promote each other's work; your idea qualifies for that also.
3) Regarding organization, it would probably be helpful for you to:
* keep a list of projects in your queue, and
* create a landing page for your webspinning so it can be added to our Links list here.
You might also consider giving priority to group projects over individual projects. There's one group project likely to develop soon, the CFC project database; and others for the future, such as the co-op site.
4) I'm hoping to put together a rather complex website later in the year. My coding skills are ... well, I have a blogging icon that says "There is now a Level 0." But maybe we could discuss possibilities.
5) Don't forget that some people have money to spend, even if other folks are broke. Allow for the possibility of both cash and barter.
6) Don't reinvent the wheel. The first few sitebuilding requests may require totally fresh builds. But after that I'll bet they start to stack, because people will want similar things: a site to post their writing, a site to post their art, a personal blog with space for ads and promotion, etc. You could tell people, "Okay, I have these standard scaffolds coded, and the visual appearance can be customized." That would save you work and help people understand what is possible. You might also consider making such scaffold code available to more skilled coders as long as they include your credit line ("Art server by Wetdryvac").
7) Regarding credit, certainly you deserve recognition and promotion for your work. I've seen webspinners use a text line, or a button that leads to their landing page.
8) As long as you are doing your best to be polite, and willing to help resolve mishaps, I think the social dynamics will work out okay. Tell us if the gregarious and enthusiastic folks overwhelm you, and we'll try to back off some; or holler if you want help navigating some social channel.
9) I'll go look at your preliminary site and see if I have comments for that.