The Jolly Roger Telephone Co.

A project in by Roger Anderson
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Tired of telemarketers? Now you can turn the tables on them with this clever bot.
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Backers: 718
Average Pledge Per Backer: $36

Funded: $25,597 of $46,000
Dates: Feb 4th -> Feb 29th (26 days)
Project By: Roger Anderson
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Latest News

Reminder to new backers - you will NOT be charged for your pledge

February 29th - via: kickstarter.com
One of the best compliments on Kickstarter was "This is the first time I have backed anyone." One of the advantages for backers is that, if the Kickstarter campaign is not fully funded, then NOBODY PAYS. This is not always clear to first-timers. So... (Read More)

Controlled shutdown of this Kickstarter campaign

February 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all backers and interested parties. The Internet is full of "lessons learned from my Kickstarter campaign" postings, so I'll spare you all another one. I am mostly concerned about losing contact with you all since I will probably not have... (Read More)

Hello Bot Voices!

February 28th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

Hello backers, new and old!

February 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello especially to my new backers who have recently read about me in the San Francisco Chronicle, New York Times, or heard me on the radio (including All Things Considered on NPR) or even saw me on Good Morning America. I cannot believe I am writing... (Read More)

Need more buzz! Entering the final week of Kickstarter!

February 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Here's my dilemma. telephones + marketing = telemarketing I built a robot to thwart telemarketing. I'm kinda biased against it. But now I need your help to raise money to continue to thwart telemarketing. And I hate asking for money because I feel... (Read More)

Jolly Roger Telephone Tee-Shirts!

February 13th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

Hello Backers! I now have a UK number 0203-355-7498!

February 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Turns out unsolicited telemarketing is a global problem. One of the most difficult (and expensive) parts of this service was anticipated to be infrastructure, connectivity, and networking costs. I therefore planned this Kickstarter for the USA and... (Read More)

Daily Update - Please spread the word!

February 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Okay, so I'm just a quiet phone guy. I want the phones to work. I find it very fulfilling when the phones work. So it's so strange to speak to so many people at once. You know that I really appreciate your support. It's just a really strange place to... (Read More)

Update from day... wait, what day is this?

February 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Okay so we all went back to our day jobs today.  The robot has been doing well today. It has taken over 3200 telephone calls from all of you for a total of about 66 hours of talk time. I've said it before - nobody could have possibly planned for... (Read More)

Recordings are back online! Let's disrupt some unsolicited telemarketers!

February 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Going back to the point about building your hobby on big beefy hardware, I have moved the robot from the original server to a large server with lots of storage. So I am recording all of your telemarketer calls again. One of the calls I recently... (Read More)

Send calls to my robot during the Super Bowl!

February 7th - via: kickstarter.com
As I write this, the pledge level is $6666, which is kind of funny considering the phone number is 214-666-4321. I just got that number because it was easy to remember. Oh, and Facebook says I have 2000 likes. You know how many I had a week ago?... (Read More)

Second Kickstarter update from this crazy week

February 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Okay it's the end of DAY 2 and I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your interest and support in this project.  For anyone interested in going viral - I recommend that your do these three things first: Build out your hobby on robust hardware with... (Read More)

The end of the first crazy day!

February 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you everyone for the first of what looks like many crazy days! Based upon your responses I think we can all agree that it is possible to construct a bot to keep telemarketers engaged. As the word spreads about this service, the telemarketers... (Read More)

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