Self Debugging

I’m still finalizing my preparations to launch my new startup project. Unfortunately, I had to push the launch date by 3 days to Friday 9/28 because I realized that, even if I skip sleep completely, there is no way I can finish by Tuesday. If you’ve ever been involved in a software project, I’m sure you’ll understand.

In my previous post I offered free ad space to early stage startups on my new startup home page. Most of the ad submissions I received were professional and the startups, themselves, were very good. Here is the list of companies I selected:

• Adpinion
• BandsInTown
• ClutterMe
• Devshop
• FanPop
• Group-o-matic
• Micropledge
• Ongopongo
• TallStreet

You’ll probably notice that there is only 9 in the list. One of the applicants didn’t send the ad as promised, so now there is one empty spot available if I receive a submission by Wednesday. Otherwise, I’ll use the space for one of my own other projects.

Adpinion is an odd one in the list. They’re actually an ad serving company. Originally, I thought I’d use their code to serve the other ads, but then realized that it might not be doable yet. So, instead, I’m using their code to serve whatever ads they send me, and I’m not planning on taking the proceeds that come from it. They have a nice way to let people vote on the ads they see. It’ll be interesting to see how that works. And, I’m yet to arrange with them how to get the $40 of free advertising they offered to the other companies.