Written on December 31, 2009 at 12:46 am, by Cynthia
At Kachingle we’ve got our 5 Guiding Principles: User-centric No “mental transaction costs” Tap into existing social networks Financial transparency Fun, entertaining, like a game
Written on December 30, 2009 at 12:59 am, by Yves
In pre-Internet days, people used to buy newspapers either as their principal source of information or to complement TV sources with analysis and some regional/local news. Given the choice, one would buy the newspaper that best matched one’s political and cultural sensibility. Life was simple!
Written on December 26, 2009 at 2:53 pm, by Cynthia
Carta.info recently wrote a detailed analysis of Kachingle and also installed the Kachingle Medallion on their site. Their description of Carta written on the Kachingle site is: “Carta is a German language online-publication on politics, economics and the digital Public. It is based in Berlin. We are interested, among other things, in the political economyContinue Reading
Written on December 24, 2009 at 4:16 pm, by Cynthia
Kachingle launched our friends and family and colleagues Beta site last month. It’s going great thanks to our early adopters and our slew of usability testers. Our main focus over the last 30 days has been to study and then improve the usability of our service, both for Kachinglers and Site Owners (our bible isContinue Reading
Written on December 23, 2009 at 4:22 pm, by Tom
The entrance and exit of every player in an emerging market is significant to those that remain. Of course I am speaking about the recent decision by Contenture, after 7 months of operation, to shut down their site. They had a working product, some content sites and some paying users but found it hard toContinue Reading
Written on December 19, 2009 at 10:32 pm, by Cynthia
We are really pleased that the Miami Herald has taken a leadership role by news sites in experimenting with new business models for journalism. We are thrilled that the Miami Herald now embraces voluntary contributions, although of course we are disappointed that they did not choose Kachingle as their platform — they built their ownContinue Reading
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