No really, I’ve tried to deny it for too long now. I’m afraid I have to burst my own well-constructed bubble and face the truth. Despite much gnashing of teeth, beating of breasts, rolling in dirt, and rending of garments, after four whole days slog I’ve managed to raise $1 for my project. It looks suspiciously like a dead parrot – it has ceased to be.

It’s not because it’s a bad product. When I talk to people one-on-one about it they get it and are excited about it – I can tell by the glazed eyes and the drool. When I tell them it could be the next Facebook they don’t laugh in my face. But I guess being the next $100 billion project is just not good enough for some people.

But let’s take a step back, to a time when hope ran free in the meadow – last week. Read more