[bjnord]

What stands out to me is the supportive comments on the Kickstarter page for this announcement. I only speed-read the first page, but they're almost uniformly "that's OK, you gave it your all". One person said they found his updates inspiring.

He may not have reached his goal, it may have been an unrealistic goal for one person, but clearly he ran the process in such a way that he kept his supporters rooting for him. Compare that to the pitchfork-and-torches ending of a lot of failed Kickstarter projects.