Nothing new - it sounds like the german schuelerVZ (facebook for pupils).
I always wonder what happens to a user base of such a website once it gets older and crosses the magic line - in this example, if maximum of the user distribution gets older than 30.
It would be interesting to see of each amount, how many of them wear glasses/contacts because I have always been curious to see the correlation between time spent looking at a screen and its effects on eyesight.
I can have a prototype running in a matter of minutes
That's the case for any microframework whose language you're comfortable in.
BTW, Maybe buying a home in Detroit (especially now that it's officially bankrupt and will hopefully be able to break out of the unions commitments) would be a good business move? That's a cheap place to bootstrap a business for sure.
Not really because part of having a business is staying alive :)
Yuuuuup. Getting a specific person elected or a specific person threatened in their district is actually what would start working.
Political change comes through money, and the reason is because money can effectively buy votes.
That's because the project page itself was done in a way that doesn't raise any flags. But if you dig into what his book actually contains, then you'll see what's wrong with the project.
In all honesty I don't blame Kickstarter for approving it originally because at face value the project does seem harmless, but nevertheless they f'ed up and admitted to their mistake and I applaud them. It's never easy to admit you were wrong.
