Aardvark'd: 12 Weeks with Geeks

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| director = Lerone D. Wilson

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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.{{cite web

| first = Joel

| last = Spolsky

| date = 2005-03-23

| title = Documentary Filmmaker Wanted

| url = http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/DocumentaryFilmmakerWante.html

| accessdate = 2011-04-22

| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110514142021/http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/DocumentaryFilmmakerWante.html| archivedate= 14 May 2011 | url-status= live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.inc.com/magazine/20071101/how-hard-could-it-be-five-easy-ways-to-fail.html|title=Five Easy Ways to Fail|date=November 2007|publisher=}}

On May 3, 2005, it was announced that Lerone D. Wilson of Boondoggle Films would direct the film, and principal photography commenced shortly afterward.{{cite web

| first = Joel

| last = Spolsky

| date = 2005-05-03

| title = News

| url = http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2005/05/03.html

| accessdate = 2011-04-22

}}{{cite web|url=https://app.productionbeast.com/projects/37911-aardvark-d-12-weeks-with-geeks|title=Aardvark'd: 12 Weeks with Geeks (Feature Film 2005)|website=ProductionBeast App}} The film was released November 7, 2005 on DVD,{{cite web|url=https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2005/11/07/aardvarkd-dvd-goes-on-sale/|title=Aardvark'd DVD Goes on Sale|date=7 November 2005|publisher=}} and sold over 2,500 copies within the first few days of release.{{cite web

| first = John

| last = Borland

| date = 2005-12-02

| title = Film documents software creation, the fun way

| url = http://news.cnet.com/Film-documents-software-creation,-the-fun-way/2100-1026_3-5980696.html

| accessdate = 2011-04-22

}} Later, Aardvark'd became a launch title for Google Videos Google Video Store paid download service.{{cite web

| first = Sanjay

| last = Raman

| date = 2006-01-09

| title = A new year for Google Video

| url = http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/01/new-year-for-google-video.html

| accessdate = 2011-04-22

}}{{cite news |title=Sundance Channel titles gets Googled |first=Carly |last=Mayberry |url=http://www.tv.com/news/sundance-channel-titles-get-googled%0D-5224/ |agency=Reuters |date=July 5, 2006 |quote=In January [2006], Google launched Google Video with two feature-length films: ... Waterborne and Lerone Wilson's docu Aardvark'd: 12 Weeks With Geeks. }} It is now also available on YouTube.{{YouTube|id=YbrkZ07LKbk|title=Aardvark'd: 12 Weeks With Geeks"}} 2023-05-09. Retrieved 2023-09-08