A Chance to Participate

06-24-2008 | 01:04 PM EST

Sometimes, everybody's got to do a little self-promotion, and for me, that time is today.

For those of you who don't know, I have another website called dave.caretcake at http://dave.caretcake.com. dave.caretcake is more or less a personal website where I post lengthy technical HOWTOs, music I've created, and software I've developed outside of work. The music and software is all made available under various non-restrictive licenses (GPL, CC, etc.). In fact, there's even an entire section of the website that discusses how any developers, designers, writers, or anyone else with a skill and interest can contact me about participating in the creation of some of the projects on the site.

Currently, I'm in need of some beta-testing help on a desktop-based calculator I'm writing. The calculator, HMSCalculate, is a time-based calculation tool that should be great for freelancers (and their project managers), lawyers, and anyone else who makes their living billing by the hour. HMSCalculate is being developed for use on Linux, Mac, and Windows operating systems, and will be distributed under the GPL, so volunteering your time on this is contributing first-hand to a project that will be made available free of proprietary restrictions.

If you're interested in testing the beta version of the calculator when it becomes available, please just fill out the short form at http://dave.caretcake.com/software/hmscalculate_beta_registration.rhtml. If you'd just like to find out more about HMSCalculate and see an artist's rendition of what it'll basically look like, you can go to http://dave.caretcake.com/software/hmscalculate_overview.rhtml.

On a final note and in the interest of full-disclosure, I want to point out that while the final product will be made available under the terms of the GPL, I do intend on monetizing it in some way. I'm not sure if I'll do that through selling support and add-ons, access to an online community, pre-compiled versions for target platforms, distribution on CD, or something else altogether, but I want it to be very clear up front for anyone considering participating as a beta tester.

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