Live code a spambot that sends people mails regarding a great business
opportunity in the new emerging field of live coding. Invest money in beer
and code more spambot even more live.
???
Profit.
2014-01-28 Nick Collins <clicksonnil_at_gmail.com>
> I've just received a spam email that amused me, below.
>
> But it does bring up a potentially* interesting topic around monetisation
> and live coding. Anathema to much of the maker community/open source side
> perhaps.
>
> I didn't bother to respond to the email btw; obviously TOPLAPapp is just
> for improvisational enjoyment and you cannot 'win' competitively with it.
>
> Hmmm, workshop and gig fees, or cloud based live code language usage
> subscriptions...
>
> Live hacking of financial networks with associated banker sonification...
>
> best,
> Nick
>
> * maybe not, but Coda Cola are sponsoring me to bring this up
>
>
> Subject:
> I bet $1.00 I can beat you in TOPLAPapp
>
> Body: (anonymised to remove company name and overblown claims so as not to
> propagate their evil):
>
> Hi Nicholas Collins Team,
>
> ANON is ... [a] ... cash tournament SDK for mobile games. We are ... now
> selecting partners for our pending iOS launch. I have been playing
> TOPLAPapp and think cash tournaments would be a fun addition that improves
> the game's retention and monetization.
>
> Here's a bit of background on us:
>
> - Over 1 Tournaments in 10 weeks and counting
> - We had over 1 ANON downloads in our first month alone
> BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH
>
> Are you available later this week or early next for a 15-minute intro call
> to tell you more about ANON and the benefits of being a launch partner on
> iOS?
>
> Looking forward to talking,
>
> ANthONy
>
>
>
>
Received on Tue Jan 28 2014 - 14:59:50 GMT