I'm guessing there might be someone willing to take over the project for free (if he's abandoning it anyway) and invest the time in actually getting the word out and improving it? Who knows.
Ask for a small percentage of profits or something. The author can't lose more than he already is by completely abandoning it and letting the domain expire. If only because when someone else is keeping it running, he could still use it himself.
I liked this article, but, to use journalist lingo, he "buries the lede" a little.
"It’s also tough because since breaking the news to our current set of 3 customers, I’ve received very positive feedback..."
A grand total of three customers. This isn't like Google Wave going away. Or, then again, maybe it is. After all, he had three more customers than they did.
Kidding aside, Google Wave is an interesting case because it's a product that actually was very popular, just in a use case that was completely different than what it was intended for, and in a way that didn't serve Google. Many startups/companies were using Google Wave as a simple project collaboration tool, and honestly, I still think it was one of the better tools out there for that, and I haven't found a decent replacement.
Haha, I completely agree with you - which is why it's so silly I'm feeling like I'm letting people down - it's just 3 people. I need to get over it and move on.
This looks like it would serve the needs of my small team pretty well. We really just need a list of everyone on our team and what tasks they have assigned to them, not really any due date management needed. Please consider open sourcing it to run in our Intranet or something similar! We would use TaskShot!
Oh man, I love how now that I've decided to kill it I'm urged to bring it back. I proves how much I suck at marketing that the most press I get about it is about it retiring. Shoot me a PM on how to contact you and I'll let you know if I open source it.
Maybe I am missing something, but I'm not sure if I can PM or not -- hoping you see this, if so you can contact me via email at my username at gmail dot com. Would be really cool to run a copy of this in-house.
Because people are using your product an relying on it. They can contribute $100 for the year if you really wanted. $10 to pay and $90 for your time lol
Ask for a small percentage of profits or something. The author can't lose more than he already is by completely abandoning it and letting the domain expire. If only because when someone else is keeping it running, he could still use it himself.