> But why should it fail to reach just as many people as copyleft > software does ? I don't think Free Software is an isolated > phenomenon. It's rather a shift in how we do things in general, > what role "pure" information plays, and how we view it.
I'm with you. If we look at the news update yesterday (Piwik stats at the bottom) http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Main_Page We see that we generated about 500 visits (the More... link says 610, strange). I used the strictest possible Piwik settings (exclude all visits by people with admin accounts, strictest unique IP definition, etc). So we can assume that 300-500 people at least looked at the news page. Not bad, it's a start. This is about the audience we can reach with 'our own' current loudspeakers, i.e. by publishing on the RSS, Twitter and mailing lists we have. Thanks to anybody who helped retweeting or reblogging. How do we get this to 1000, 2000 and more people? Jon and I will meet in 2 days and map out a plan. After Milkymist One launches I will work on spreading the word for a few months, go back to the good old Ben NanoNote, but then also Milkymist One, ben-wpan and not to forget the Elphel cameras. I am sure if we tell our story right, more people will get it, become excited, and contribute back in different ways (buying or using the hardware, talking to their friends about it, making improved hardware, helping with tools and processes, come forward with their ideas, etc) If anybody reads this who has friends that don't know about copyleft hardware yet, tell them :-) Once the information revolution reaches the hardware and manufacturing world, expect to see great new computing devices from new and unheard of companies. Cheers, Wolfgang _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
