kevin818

Could anyone recommend a good/free program for making these kind of animated gifs that record your computer (like the one on Shuttle's homepage)?

I've been trying to add the same kind of thing to my site but I don't know how to do it.

Yes, unfortunately social plays a larger role than you think. Which is why I prefer to think of all these crowd funding platforms as "social funding" platforms.

It'd be nice to create a true crowd funding platform where your project's success is based off the actual project rather than the creator's "klout".

I think the author is making this sound a lot easier than it really is. From my experience, which didn't do so well, I came to the realization that these projects are more of a popularity contest than a discoverability (if that's a word) one, i.e., it's all about who you know.

Even trying to get the media to cover it was nearly impossible because they won't even reply back to your email unless you have a huge following and social network.

Not to sound like a negative nancy, but at least from my own personal experience, it did feel like having a great idea, even a game-changing idea, won't take off unless you know the right people.

Does anyone know if these types of acquisitions are as simple as, "hey I like this company, let's email them with an offer price and see what they say", or is it more of "hi, we like your company, can you please send us your earnings, forecasts, expenses, etc..."?

For anyone out there that's had suitors/offers, I'd love to know what the process for this kind of thing entails.

From the title I thought it sounded like a divorce was coming.

Anyone else turned on by the fancy tables and colors? :)

This is great, I've been waiting a long time for this. Awesome job Mozilla!