Blue Sky On Mars

Thoughts on Building Software Products
May 26, 2006

Off to a fine start

by Kevin Dangoor

Word is just starting to spread about the TurboGears Ultimate DVD (and the tin and squishy Toolboxes and the MarbleGears), so I’m quite happy with the response I’m seeing so far. A couple interesting bits so far:

  • Sales outside the US outnumber sales in the US. Ronald Jaramillo, who is personally responsible for the general coolness of the TurboGears Toolbox (the software one), placed the first order. Denmark, Thailand, Taiwan, Japan, Switzerland and the UK at least have all put in appearances. If I was doing the shipping myself, I’d have a lot of Customs Declarations forms to fill out!
  • A majority of people buying the DVD have opted to pitch in some extra money to help out and get their names in the credits. Thanks!
  • I’ve sold at least one of every product. I wasn’t sure if people were going to go for the extras. With only one squishy Toolbox sold, though, there is a possibility that I’ll be left holding 149 of them :)

There’s no way to predict how well the whole presales period (which goes until 6AM EDT, June 1) will go based on the early sales. Thanks to everyone who has made the leap thus far!

May 26, 2006

Example TurboGears apps in Portuguese

by Kevin Dangoor

I don’t know Portuguese, but apparently Claudio Torcato has made a couple of TurboGears example apps (I saw the mention of widgets in there, as well). The cool thing is that I spotted these in the Cheeseshop. It’s nice seeing people registering their work!

May 26, 2006

Announcing the TurboGears Ultimate DVD

by Kevin Dangoor

I am taking preorders for the TurboGears Ultimate DVD, with more than 2 hours of new screencasts. Rather than copying the whole description here, or writing some new, less-useful description, I’ll just say “head on over and check it out”.

I’ve also got to comment on the new TurboGears merchandise. The tin TurboGears Toolbox is going to be quite the desk accessory:

But, I’m really looking forward to getting my hands on the new MarbleGears:

I’d imagine a lot of folks will be more excited about the DVD, which is great because it’s information I want to get out there. But I suspect that I, personally, will spend more time playing with my marbles than watching the DVD once it’s off to manufacturing :)

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