Aardvark'd: 12 Weeks with Geeks
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Aardvark'd: 12 Weeks with Geeks is a 2005 documentary film
about the development of Fog Creek Copilot
, a remote assistance software tool. Conceptualization of the film began when Fog Creek Software
CEO Joel Spolsky
announced on his blog that he was seeking a filmmaker to document the development of the product, then called Project Aardvark.
On May 3, 2005 it was announced that Lerone D. Wilson of Boondoggle Films would direct the film, and principle photography commenced shortly afterward. The film was released November 7, 2005 on DVD, and sold over 2,500 copies within the first few days of release. Later, Aardvark'd became a launch title for Google Videos Google Video Store paid download service.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
about the development of Fog Creek Copilot
Fog Creek Copilot
Fog Creek Copilot is a remote assistance service offered by Fog Creek Software. It launched on August 8, 2005.Originally known as Project Aardvark, Fog Creek Copilot was developed by a group of summer interns at Fog Creek Software...
, a remote assistance software tool. Conceptualization of the film began when Fog Creek Software
Fog Creek Software
Fog Creek Software is a software company specializing in project management tools. Its main products are FogBugz, a web-based project management tool, Fog Creek Copilot, a remote assistance tool, CityDesk, a desktop-based content management system, Kiln, a source control and code review tool built...
CEO Joel Spolsky
Joel Spolsky
Avram Joel Spolsky is a software engineer and writer. He is the author of Joel on Software, a blog on software development. He was a Program Manager on the Microsoft Excel team between 1991 and 1994. He later founded Fog Creek Software in 2000 and launched the Joel on Software blog...
announced on his blog that he was seeking a filmmaker to document the development of the product, then called Project Aardvark.
On May 3, 2005 it was announced that Lerone D. Wilson of Boondoggle Films would direct the film, and principle photography commenced shortly afterward. The film was released November 7, 2005 on DVD, and sold over 2,500 copies within the first few days of release. Later, Aardvark'd became a launch title for Google Videos Google Video Store paid download service.
Principal cast
- Joel SpolskyJoel SpolskyAvram Joel Spolsky is a software engineer and writer. He is the author of Joel on Software, a blog on software development. He was a Program Manager on the Microsoft Excel team between 1991 and 1994. He later founded Fog Creek Software in 2000 and launched the Joel on Software blog...
- Dan Bricklin
- Paul GrahamPaul GrahamPaul Graham is a programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist. He is known for his work on Lisp, for co-founding Viaweb , and for co-founding the Y Combinator seed capital firm...
- Benjamin Pollack
- Tyler Griffin Hicks-Wright
- Michael Lehenbauer
- Yaron Guez
- Steve HuffmanSteve HuffmanSteve Huffman is a web developer and co-founder of reddit. More recently, he has co-founded the airfare search site Hipmunk. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 2005 with Alexis Ohanian to start Reddit in Medford, MA after taking funding from Y Combinator.-References:...
- Alexis Ohanian
- Aaron SwartzAaron SwartzAaron Swartz is an American programmer, writer, political organizer and Internet activist. He is best known in programming circles for co-authoring the RSS 1.0 specification...