How To Become An Open-Source Contractor. By Evan Miller August 12, 2008 I get emails from people I've never met, asking if they can pay me money to improve some of my favorite open-source software. That's right. I get money. I get to do something I enjoy. I get good software. And I get to share it with anybody I please. This essay is about how you, too, can get paid to write great open-source software. Now, when I talk about being paid to hack on open-source projects, I'm not talking about sucking the big scaly teat of the Mozilla Foundation. I didn't really set out with the goal of being an open-source contractor. First, you need to understand some economics. If you write proprietary software, you can sell thousands of copies.
It's a peculiar set of circumstances that will allow you to write open-source software for a company. The need for quick fixes I think explains why open-source software has thrived on web servers. But hiring you, the contractor, is a risk. The trick, of course, is to become an expert on something. Awesome javascript tricks! S ClickHeat - clicks' heatmap. ClickHeat is a visual heatmap of clicks on a HTML page, showing hot and cold click zones. ClickHeat is an OpenSource software, released under GPL licence, and free of charge.
Requirements - on the browser's client: Javascript (tested on Firefox 2.0, Internet Explorer 6 and 7, Konqueror...) - on the server: either Linux or Windows (since ClickHeat 1.3 release), Apache or Lighttpd (other may work fine), PHP, the graphic library GD2 (PNG support needed). Please post on the bug tracker or contact us (link at the bottom of the page) if you have problem running ClickHeat. Features - Low logging activity: a very few function calls to log a click, no server load rise should be noticed (have a look at Performance & optimization) - A keyword is used to define the page upon Javascript code load, allowing you to group same pages. - Screen sizes and browsers are logged, making possible the tracking of liquid CSS layouts (100% used width). Demo Latest version The latest stable version is 1.14. Venture Hacks - Good advice for startups.
How Convertible Notes Work. Convertible debt is a type of security frequently issued by startups when raising seed capital. With convertible debt, the startup issues the seed investor a promissory note, for the investment amount, that contains a conversion feature. The conversion feature is the mechanism by which the debt (the promissory note) will convert to equity (new shares for the investor) upon a future event.
The Qualified Financing Most (if not all) convertible promissory notes contain an Automatic Conversion clause that dictates the automatic conversion of the convertible debt upon a “Qualified Financing.” The Qualified Financing is typically defined as an equity financing by the startup, for the purpose of raising capital, in which the aggregate of $1,000,000 (this amount can vary per deal) is purchased by investors. Thus, the Qualified Financing event is the trigger by which the convertible debt will automatically convert to equity. The Qualified Securities The Conversion Discount Example.