Hanging out with Mark and Kelly [1] we started discussing ways to make money on the web, or more specifically, with www.conman.org. [2]
Mark and I are both programmers but with the upswell of the Open Source movement, it's getting hard to actually sell software. The only way to really make money in Open Source is service. Both Mark and I write software, and even make it available. [3] But since we give the software away, how to we make money from it? Well, hire us to install, or adapt the code for your particular project. Sure, if you have the time or the expertise you don't have to hire us, but with a shortage of time or expertise, we're available.
Or by making this available I can become a well known webcelebrity and get asked for talks and seminars (yea, right).
But making money off a website isn't straightforward, nor easy. And I'm not expecting to make money (at least, directly) off this site. Indirectly, yes. But not directly.