My weekend of thinking about the future of patronage on the internet was full of code, it turns out. I built a demo of the system with a fake PayPal system and everything, which you can see here. But the process of doing so helped me realize a few key issues:
The tyranny of choice could sink it. Right now I have six choices on the site, each with its own unique audience, but with a lot of overlap. The average person, visiting that page, will probably be overwhelmed by the options, and give up
Published on June 15, 2009 06:45