I thought that maybe some forum members would enjoy this cautionary tale that I wrote:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-epic-fail-internet-things-iot-luke-beno
It's kinda funny and has a happy ending.
Also just a quick run down on how things are going with the 2015 Hackaday prize:
Currently analog.io is ranked #35 with 56 followers, 5 comments and 29 Skulls.
The top project has 443 followers, 56 comments and 161 Skulls.
Right now it would take 55 Skulls to move to the 10th rank.
10 Finalists are going to be selected on Sept 21st. While the judging criteria is not based solely on these stats, they still provides a clear signal to the judges that people like the projects.
I would ask very kindly, if you enjoy using analog.io, please, take a minute, sign up for Hackaday and help the project out.
Sign up here: https://hackaday.io/signin?returnUrl=%2Fproject%2F4648-analogio-a-full-stack-iot-platform
The project page:https://hackaday.io/project/4648-analogio-a-full-stack-iot-platform