 Hello everyone My name is Jeff J E F F Put your hand up if you're also called Jeff Okay, this is gonna be a hard sell So I'm here to get your opinion on a really stupid idea that I had yesterday And I figure this is the right audience to share it with I'm an electronic engineer and a sort of designer product designer and I used to stick LEDs to celebrities, but now I too am fun-employed and looking for my next opportunity So it begins obviously with a new portfolio website, which is incredibly painful to create and very very boring So I was sat at my desk yesterday procrastinating around the general subject of creating a new portfolio site and thought Really, maybe I need to start with a new domain name because I've got a very boring domain name. So I Thought what about Jeff comm now back in 1996 Somebody already registered Jeff comm and I found that out a few years later when I was about 12 years old Three year three hours into using the internet. I thought oh, I wonder what's at Jeff comm Damn, it's already been taken by some dude called Jeff So I Was thinking about it yesterday. I thought well, that's probably the end of the road and I was wondering I wondered like what's there today? So I went to look at the website and it was still the same guy, but it's now just a kind of landing page There's no content a shadow of its former self where Originally back in the day Jeff had some pictures for a low resolution of him and his dogs and the adventures that they used to Go on a kind of photo gallery website, but that's no longer there Now it's just him to be moaning the fact that he's not doing anything with his own website So I think oh Opportunity here perhaps it's time for Jeff to pass the baton Now at this point you probably think that I'm a terrible narcissist. I promise I'm not doing this for fame it's just a fun idea and If you don't believe me, well, you know, you don't believe me, but the good news is that it's almost certain to end in failure So what is this idea like so many ideas of our time it starts with a Kickstarter campaign Now this is completely half baked at the moment But bear with me. The plan is to start a new social network for people called Jeff now Firstly my first goal possibly the only goal is to raise enough money to buy a plane ticket for me to go and visit Jeff and Ask him about what the next goals are going to be in order to deliver the next goal So it's a bit of a kind of recursive fractally type object, but That's where we are at the moment. I just need enough money for a plane ticket now I'm not asking you for the money, but you know, I'll buy you a pint later now So what are the supporters gonna get in this Kickstarter campaign? Well, obviously the supporters should get an email address at jeff.com and Maybe a subdomain dot jeff.com What do I get well? I get to realize my 12 year old and still very purile dream of a home page at www.jeff.com So what does the original Jeff get? He's already got the domain He's just sitting on it and bemoaning the fact that he's not doing anything with it. Well, I don't have much of an idea yet I mean the most uninteresting answer would be that each person buys their email address with some amount of money And then that goes to Jeff, but I don't think Jeff's really in it for the money That wasn't the impression that I got back in you know, 1990 whatever And I'm sure he's had many offers before from very much better funded people also called Jeff so I don't know maybe we'll just raise some cash and donate it to his favorite charity or or maybe we'll buy him some dog treats or Throw a party in his honor. Maybe invite everybody called Jeff that supports the campaign and have a huge party For Jeff's I don't know or other random people maybe in his house. Who knows? So I don't really know what I'm trying to achieve So this is why I'd like to go and meet Jeff to get to stage one of this odd recursive nightmare Maybe maybe a stretch goal could be I take a mate of mine who makes documentary films And we we make a documentary film about the abject failure of this ridiculous idea So that might be another motivator for people to get involved What happens if we turn up at Jeff's door and he says no Well, that's more or less what I'm expecting and I need to think up something for that eventuality So I'm asking for ideas there as well Obviously, no one's getting going to get an email address at jeff.com in this eventuality So I guess I could just give them their money back or I make stuff. So maybe I could make them stuff That's another option Somehow I'll give people whatever tiny money they they give me back But I'm not aiming to make anything out of this Other than what Jeff wants, which I don't think is money anyway. So I'm fully prepared for failure All I'm looking for is an adventure really and a bit of experience with this weird Kickstarter phenomenon that I haven't tried yet So I haven't made contact with Jeff yet, and I'm not sure whether that's the right thing to do Maybe I should just email him, but I'm sure he's got many people emailing him every every year month day So maybe it would be more fun to just raise a bit of interest and enough money for a plane ticket And then I'll show up at his doorstep and and ask him maybe I'll bring a film crew with me That's almost certain to a result in the door getting slammed in my face I'm not exactly certain what's gonna happen, but if you I don't know again, I'm here for suggestions I'm not even at the point where I can form a credible Kickstarter campaign So I'm just here gathering suggestions and mostly ridicule So On that note, I'd like to hear your thoughts about this stupid ideas if you talk for me talk to me long enough in the in the pub, I'll buy you a pint and Yes, if you'd like to follow this ridiculous endeavor, then I was gonna put a mailing list together, but I Don't know maybe just follow my Twitter at Jeff makes J. E. W. F. M. A. K. E. S. Thank you any questions over there Well, that's obviously for my next project a g e o f f dot com Yeah, maybe sure why not I did consider that That could be a stretch goal if I raise enough money. I'll change my surname to dot com Sorry, oh well, he's in he's in somewhere in the States. He started off in Silicon Valley, but I'm not sure where he is now Yes, very likely I'm sorry Do you really? Oh fantastic. Can I replace you and take your plane to get home? Wicked all right, I'll take you up on that offer. I'll introduce myself in a minute. My name is Jeff I'm really only interested in Jeff.com because I'm essentially 12 years old dot Jeff is interesting I hadn't even I hadn't considered that one Yeah No, I still want Jeff.com. I am still 12 years old No far from it. I'm fun employed Social network, I suppose. Yes. Yes, it is reminiscent of that, isn't it? David Gorman is an interesting character and he had an adventure meeting other people called David Gorman. So Yeah, I think that bodes well. Yeah Another stretch goal, baby. No, no, I haven't he's got a sound about Jeff. I'll check I'll check that out I Excellent. Yeah, that is genius. Yes, I'll definitely do that. Even if we don't get the money. I'll have a party Well, I only had the idea yesterday and now I'm here I'm trying my best. God damn it I think the first yeah, just getting some feedback at this stage I think the main thing I'm trying to figure out is how I should approach Jeff. I don't want to scare him Appear like some crazy nutter that's just crept in from the internet But I also don't want him to be uninterested and just dismiss me as spam. Am I? Yeah, yes, that's true Maybe that might be more compelling for him because he think oh wow I'm suddenly in the press for some reason unless he hates being in the press in which case he'll hate me Sorry, Fox. We should get along. We are getting off schedule already so you can talk to Jeff later and You can mail Jeff.com see what happens. Excellent. I'd like to nominate this gentleman. He's got a good case