[dholowiski]

I was hoping someone would ask- it's as useful to hear about the 'failures' as it is to hear about the successes, especially since there are so many more of them.

Tweet my pasteboard and Speed Tweet - two iPhone apps I wrote. I probably spent 50-100 hours on them, and $200 (to be a registered apple developer for 2 years). One was ad supported, one was 0.99. Total revenue about $20. Both are officially dead now that only oauth sign on is allowed for Twitter.

Tankbuddy.com - my first shot at a ruby on rails app. You could enter the details about your fish tank(s), and record readings (ph, temperature etc). I had big plans. Sadly, after a few weeks I wasn't even using the site myself, and was still paying $15 a month for hosting. Traffic was essentially 0 and the project was killed when I cancelled the hosting account.

I have a new project (http://localbeer.me - helping you find locally breewed beer) that I am very hopeful for. I paid for a year of hosting in advance, so even if I choose to ignore the project for a few months it's not costing me anything. This week was big, I had over 200 visitors from a link I posted to reddit.

As others have said, I have many more side projects, but they're not dead, just forgotten. Unlike others, to date not a single one of my side projects has turned a profit.