Comments on: In the Online Advocacy World, Free ain’t always Free http://www.epolitics.com/2008/07/03/in-the-online-advocacy-world-free-aint-always-free/ dissecting the craft of online politics and online advocacy Wed, 7 Jan 2009 17:54:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: cpd http://www.epolitics.com/2008/07/03/in-the-online-advocacy-world-free-aint-always-free/#comment-342654 cpd Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:23:28 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2008/07/03/in-the-online-advocacy-world-free-aint-always-free/#comment-342654 Silly rabbit, that's why you hire expensive consultants to help you through that initial stage. Cha-ching! Call now -- operators are standing by... Silly rabbit, that’s why you hire expensive consultants to help you through that initial stage. Cha-ching!

Call now — operators are standing by…

]]> By: Jason Z. http://www.epolitics.com/2008/07/03/in-the-online-advocacy-world-free-aint-always-free/#comment-342650 Jason Z. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:15:57 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2008/07/03/in-the-online-advocacy-world-free-aint-always-free/#comment-342650 Don't forget to itemize on the revenue side the smug sense of geek cred that comes from piecing together a php tweak to change the font face after only eleven hours of trying! Seriously, though, those "real" costs have to be weighed up-front, but the problem is that's just where you've got imperfect information and the range of possible outcomes is at its widest. It's after the fact that you either feel like a genius for the parsimonious solution, or write a blog post lamenting the uncounted real costs... Don’t forget to itemize on the revenue side the smug sense of geek cred that comes from piecing together a php tweak to change the font face after only eleven hours of trying!

Seriously, though, those “real” costs have to be weighed up-front, but the problem is that’s just where you’ve got imperfect information and the range of possible outcomes is at its widest. It’s after the fact that you either feel like a genius for the parsimonious solution, or write a blog post lamenting the uncounted real costs…

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