Birdtrax and Birdventure Apps
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Help raise $100 to get BirdTrax permanently hosted, performing reliably, with 99.9% uptime. Over the years this has been on my wallet, and while I love to share what I can with the eBird community it's been getting hard to justify.
BirdTrax has been around now since 2012 and has been an incredible success with birders, Audubon communities, and non-profit birding websites. Over the years I felt that its relevance was waning as eBird began to introduce functionality that replaced BirdTrax, but after a number of instances where hosting went belly-up or Google did something or another I became aware just how committed the user base was to keep this gadget going.
Why a $100 goal? I've spent a lot in hosting and website fees since the founding of BirdTrax, and anticipate similar expenses going forward. In addition, I pay for software subscriptions which I have only used for eBird-related applications. I also would like to develop a website with a few more tools for birders, but this always comes with expenses on the side.
Finally, the commitment of the community to this non-profit project is reassuring to me and keeps me motivated to continue fielding your emails, answering your questions, and making this product easy to maintain (which has not been the case the last year).
Thank you for your support and I look forward to continuing BirdTrax development and maintenance.
Good birding!
Zach DeBruine
BirdTrax programmer
birdventurebirding.com
P.S.: There are more things on the way...
BirdTrax has been around now since 2012 and has been an incredible success with birders, Audubon communities, and non-profit birding websites. Over the years I felt that its relevance was waning as eBird began to introduce functionality that replaced BirdTrax, but after a number of instances where hosting went belly-up or Google did something or another I became aware just how committed the user base was to keep this gadget going.
Why a $100 goal? I've spent a lot in hosting and website fees since the founding of BirdTrax, and anticipate similar expenses going forward. In addition, I pay for software subscriptions which I have only used for eBird-related applications. I also would like to develop a website with a few more tools for birders, but this always comes with expenses on the side.
Finally, the commitment of the community to this non-profit project is reassuring to me and keeps me motivated to continue fielding your emails, answering your questions, and making this product easy to maintain (which has not been the case the last year).
Thank you for your support and I look forward to continuing BirdTrax development and maintenance.
Good birding!
Zach DeBruine
BirdTrax programmer
birdventurebirding.com
P.S.: There are more things on the way...
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Zach DeBruine
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Grand Rapids, MI
