The response to the announcement of this little site has been bigger than I ever expected. Within hours after I posted about it, I'd received a couple dozen emails of support -- some people asking how they could help, others sending their ideas and suggestions, and many just saying "right on!"
I've launched dozens of sites but I've never gotten a response quite like this. And I think it has to be chalked up to the power of this idea: there are lots of people eager for a way to get involved. If you want to do your part, I suggest you sign up for our volunteer list -- I'll send an email out there when we need help with something.
Perhaps the most helpful -- and most unexpected -- piece has been all the Python programmers who wrote in asking how they could help. The volunteers quickly ran thru everything I could think of off the top of my head and I've had to go thru my todo list and start picking out things I never thought I'd get to. Of course that's a great problem to have and we could always use more hands.
And just a short while ago, I did an interview with XM Satellite Radio about the project. All in all, not bad for a first day.
Thanks to everyone who made it happen. And let's make sure we don't lose this momentum -- together, let's build something great.
posted by Aaron Swartz on 2008-04-16T23:48Z