Comments on: TrenchMice gets snuffed

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Moving from Django to Plone « Seek Nuance — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:18:53 +0000

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By: John

John — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:45:46 +0000

@Diana: Yes, it was, overall, an empowering experience! Your checking in “now and again” is in fact symptomatic of the site’s challenges to driving higher traffic numbers — there weren’t sufficient reasons for the typical user to check in daily, much less multiple times per day! Ah, well…

I hope you’re doing great!

By: Diana

Diana — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:22:40 +0000

That explains why I haven’t received my Trenchmice newsletter in a while.

Sorry to see it go. It was a neat site and I enjoyed checking in now and again to see if there was any DS news.

I hope it left you with that feeling of “I’m a total badass. I can do ANYTHING.” Those are always my favorite kinds of “failed” experiments.

Happy times!

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 28 May 2008 09:44:42 +0000

urumor.com has the same concept and looks like it has a growing community of people if anyone wants an alternative. rip trenchmice, i was a loyal fan =)

By: John

John — Sun, 18 May 2008 15:18:20 +0000

@sagar: I sure will!

By: sagar trapasia

sagar trapasia — Sun, 18 May 2008 14:44:03 +0000

sad on TM getting close. It was one my most memorable online job. Do remember me if you ever start this sort of venture again.

By: John

John — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:19:11 +0000

@Paul: Thank you.

I didn’t want to dwell on this decision’s emotional tug of war, because it was unremarkable when viewed from 20,000′. I.e., it’s the same story for anything you believe in. You pour your energy into it, hope it will take off, gain comfort from the (real or imagined) gains, and try to understand (or explain away) the declines. To contemplate ceasing any activity for which you had expected a successful conclusion is always hard.

But there was a sense of relief after doing it. And the acid test that it was the right decision was there being only a brief period of second-guessing, followed by a permanent feeling of resolution.

Most importantly, since this decision life has been simpler, more focused, and more productive.

Were I a bad philosopher, I’d say that sometimes you have to weed life’s field…

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:59:55 +0000

I admire your willingness to shut it down and move on. I need to kill more of my old side projects!

By: John

John — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:50:10 +0000

@Jonathan and Jonathan: Thank you for the kind words.

By: jonathan

jonathan — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:23:32 +0000

i am sorry to see this happen…the site was really cool and had interesting stuff

i look foward to any project you may have in the future