Comments on: iYule.tv: A Yule Log for your iPhone

By: JohnG

JohnG — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:28:33 +0000

Thanks for the clarification, obviously somewhat late since most of the sales from the original post will likely have happened.

Commercially, I think it’s a fair experiment, the results will be somewhat skewed with the charity angle clearly influencing people that may not have otherwise bought a gimmick product.

I would be interested in seeing the original pitch to get coverage, it’s somewhat odd that so many are focusing on the charity side of this.

By: Cali Lewis

Cali Lewis — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:21:01 +0000

I agree, this post emphasizes the charity, but I don’t think our Web site does. People are mentioning the charity thing in their blog posts, I guess because they see it as notable. I’m curious about what you think if you go to the Web site. The project has an experimental component and it has a charitable component, but the emphasis is on the commercial component.

I was raised to give 10% of everything to charity, so that’s what Neal and I will do. I don’t know what percentage the other two partners will give.

By: JohnG

JohnG — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:14:12 +0000

This is completely false. The proceeds do not goto Charity. Hopefully someone will call you on this and sue for this misrepresentation.

Only a portion of the proceeds will make it to charity and you can bet it will be a very very small portion.

Very poor form taking advantage of charities for financial gain.