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Introducing Trello Gold

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Re: Introducing Trello Gold

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Yeah, drives me nuts there's zero reporting/analytics. Considering leaving Trello altogether because of this.

Jira has a kanban feature now (Greenhopper, I think?). I have seriously considered it, although I am fearful of the ability for PMs and clients to use Jira's bazillion other features to make my workflow process hell. I do enjoy Trello's forced fluidity, and cannot wait to port my last few clients off redmine (love the project, kanban fits my flow 1000x better).

I agree, for customers, Trello > redmine.

Re: Introducing Trello Gold

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I upgraded the instant I saw it for 2 reasons: 1) I've been wanting a way to PAY for this service for a long time now so I know it's there year after year. I'm super happy to give them $5 per month. 2) I wanted pretty backgrounds. I am what I am.

I've never understood the pure desire to give away one's money. In my book, parting with money is a significant thing that only comes after careful consideration and knowledge of clear benefits. Even then, I'm never happy to get rid of my money. The unpleasantness of giving up my money is simply outweighed by the utility of the thing I'm buying. What is the reasoning as to why one would voluntarily give money when no…

>The unpleasantness of giving up my money is simply outweighed by the utility of the thing I'm buying.

Giving away money is also quite pleasurable to some. You could be supporting a product you like, hence increasing their chances of survival. You could be just buying something you don't necessarily need to help the person selling it, putting someone else's needs before yours, which generally feels good if done voluntarily. Finally, you're reducing attachment to your wealth, which reduces the importance of your bank balance in your happiness. That kind of attachment reduction leads to more personal freedom.

Re: Introducing Trello Gold

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After finally being convinced that this isn't a joke, I had a horrible revelation: If Trello came with all of that by default, I would pay just as much to make it go away.

Ah, the lesser known "Sneetches" business model. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sneetches_and_Other_Stories

As practised here:

http://blogs.hbr.org/2010/08/an-innovation-lesson-from-dr-se...

Re: Introducing Trello Gold

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I upgraded the instant I saw it for 2 reasons: 1) I've been wanting a way to PAY for this service for a long time now so I know it's there year after year. I'm super happy to give them $5 per month. 2) I wanted pretty backgrounds. I am what I am.

I've never understood the pure desire to give away one's money. In my book, parting with money is a significant thing that only comes after careful consideration and knowledge of clear benefits. Even then, I'm never happy to get rid of my money. The unpleasantness of giving up my money is simply outweighed by the utility of the thing I'm buying. What is the reasoning as to why one would voluntarily give money when no…

(a) I currently have more money than I need to cover my basic needs. (When I didn't have this, I didn't contribute to stuff.)

(b) I recognize that many of the free things I love couldn't exist or would be significantly worse without voluntary contributions.

(c) I want to live in a world where quality free things can get crowdfunding, so I lead by example.

(d) It makes me happy to help people who have freely shared their value with me.

FYI, your apparent lack of (d) is the reason you're getting downvotes. Nobody likes an ingrate. Lacking (a) is more socially acceptable, I think.

Re: Introducing Trello Gold

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Trello, if you want a life-long subscriber, please bring Trello to BlackBerry x10 users. Love this "gold" feature btw!

I can pretty much promise we are never going to do a BlackBerry app.

I can pretty much promise I'll never use Trello again.
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