I had similarly surprising survey results a while back when I asked people to self-assess their computer competence. One explanation is that people who are unskilled at something lack the skill to judge just how unskilled they are. Look up ‘unconsciously incompetent’ on wikipedia. This maybe why you never hear anyone admit to being a bad driver – the bad drivers don’t enough knowledge of what good driving is to appreciate how bad they are!

But of course, now you have them.

I am not really into bingo, but I think I’m going to buy a copy of BCC because I think I could learn as much from your creation as from your words (and maybe I’ll become a bingo grandmaster). I have one question though – does the online version give unlimited usage? Sorry if I overlooked the details, but I couldn’t find any indication of it being a monthly or annual subscription. I imagine that the customer demographic you are dealing with would not like the idea of a recurring cost for an app like this. But then, how do you plan to provide this service indefinitely into the future?

I’m trying to come up with a pricing model for Pretty Graph (a webapp for making err.. pretty graphs. See http://prettygraph.com). I’ve been considering a single one-time fee but can’t think of how to support it outside a limited timeframe. I’d appreciate your comments.

Thanks once again and keep writing!