Julian Fernandes
March 5th, 2013, 08:11 PM
Hello guys,
I was talking with Mika Meskanen, leader of the user experience designers at Canonical, and a nice idea came to my mind. He offered me a rare "Ubuntu – The Human Touch" black t-shirt, from CES, and said I could keep it for me or auction it for charity.
The idea then came to my mind: why auction only this item, if I have some more Ubuntu items taking up space at my house? When I give speeches at events, I usually go home with a bunch of items that I use only to decorate my office. They are material items that I don’t mind getting rid of, for a good cause.
So I decided the create an website called Ubuntu Auctions, where I will auction those items. The idea is to auction three items every three weeks, and all the money raised will go to charity. This is still an early idea, and not even the domain is bought yet, but I’m already working on it.
In the next couple weeks I will be sending e-mails and getting the interest of more people, so we can launch it as soon as possible.
What do I need right now
I have the server ready and will buy the domain as soon as possible, but I’m not a programmer or a designer, and without those two I can’t do much. Right now I need a designer to work with me on the website’s mockups and a WordPress expert to code the whole design and implement the auction system (we could probably use an auction plugin).
If anyone wants to help with this project, or wants more information, please PM me for my e-mail address. I should also make it clear that I can’t pay for this work. It’s a voluntary work, just like what some of us do with Ubuntu.
What do you guys think about the idea? Any feedback is appreciated :)
I was talking with Mika Meskanen, leader of the user experience designers at Canonical, and a nice idea came to my mind. He offered me a rare "Ubuntu – The Human Touch" black t-shirt, from CES, and said I could keep it for me or auction it for charity.
The idea then came to my mind: why auction only this item, if I have some more Ubuntu items taking up space at my house? When I give speeches at events, I usually go home with a bunch of items that I use only to decorate my office. They are material items that I don’t mind getting rid of, for a good cause.
So I decided the create an website called Ubuntu Auctions, where I will auction those items. The idea is to auction three items every three weeks, and all the money raised will go to charity. This is still an early idea, and not even the domain is bought yet, but I’m already working on it.
In the next couple weeks I will be sending e-mails and getting the interest of more people, so we can launch it as soon as possible.
What do I need right now
I have the server ready and will buy the domain as soon as possible, but I’m not a programmer or a designer, and without those two I can’t do much. Right now I need a designer to work with me on the website’s mockups and a WordPress expert to code the whole design and implement the auction system (we could probably use an auction plugin).
If anyone wants to help with this project, or wants more information, please PM me for my e-mail address. I should also make it clear that I can’t pay for this work. It’s a voluntary work, just like what some of us do with Ubuntu.
What do you guys think about the idea? Any feedback is appreciated :)