Thursday, March 08, 2007
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A few months ago I blogged about Paul Sheriff's experiment with selling content on the web, though something he calls the Inner Circle.

Like all such experiments, there are lessons to be learned. And any good experiment will evolve over time based on feedback and observation. Recently, Paul changed his pricing model from a recurring subscription, to a one-time fee for a lifetime membership. While I know a fair number of people did go for the subscription model, I think Paul decided to continue the experiment by trying a different model, and this is it.

I know Paul recently put a framework for accessing data, configuration settings, cryptography, exception handling and key management online there, so he's not only doing articles and webcasts, but is providing code and components as well.

If you were leery of the recurring subscription model, you might want to take another look and see if this new model fits you better.

Thursday, March 08, 2007 11:23:57 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [7]  | 

Friday, March 09, 2007 5:57:30 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
Ick. I don't think I'd trust a "developer" who's web page speaks more like an infomercial. Good developers don't come from code snippets and "ROI". If they're not naturally playing around with new technologies or interesting problems, they're probably not going to be too worried about creating great software either.

Unfortunately, most good developers WILL turn into bad developers if stuck with long projects involving a lot of "n-tier" applications. It may be the bread and butter of the industry right now, but that means it's also boring as hell. Unless, of course, you're doing it in Lisp with an object database.
Greg
Saturday, March 10, 2007 3:01:43 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
I agree, its to similar to these dodgy sales pages over here http://www.internetmilliondollars.com
that looks like a 1995 Web-page in all different colours.

Its to much sell, sell, sell and push!!!

I think he has to change selling angle to attract developers! He is not selling cars!
Andy
Saturday, March 10, 2007 3:19:41 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
Yeah, well, Paul Sheriff is _not_ some dodgy car sales man, is he?! If you can't figure that out, you're probably not one of his target developers. This may render your opinions irrelevant.

I reckon that the main reason that large projects in Lisp with object databases are less painful than ones in Java or C# is becuase there aren't any. ;)

Rocky, you havn't posted a technical or opinion blog since Feb 7. I'm getting lonely.
jsmith
Saturday, March 10, 2007 7:47:03 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
Yes, it is true that I haven't had time to do much real blogging. Or the energy to work up a good rant. As I've noted before, my mother is fighting cancer, and so that has been consuming a lot of time and energy on my part. What I have left has gone into CSLA .NET 3.0 development and preparing for various upcoming conferences (SD West and VS Live later this month).

Heck, I'm not even attending the big Microsoft MVP event this week - I just can't do it. And that's a great event, that I really regret missing :(
Saturday, March 10, 2007 9:08:17 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
Its to much sell, sell, sell and push!!!
Sunday, March 11, 2007 6:58:08 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
I know Paul is not a car salesman and that he is a person that I do respect wery much as everyone else, it s just the selling tone/angle that bothers me. I might have bought in if I was not pushed so much...
Andy
Monday, March 26, 2007 4:47:20 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
i once asked paul why he still chose to use hungarian in visual studio 2003. i wonder if he still does.
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