Comments on: Your App is a Piece of Shit http://www.renaebair.com/2009/01/28/your-app-is-a-piece-of-shit/ Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:21:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Lar Van Der Jagt http://www.renaebair.com/2009/01/28/your-app-is-a-piece-of-shit/#comment-2179 Lar Van Der Jagt Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:02:03 +0000 http://www.renaebair.com/?p=124#comment-2179 While I agree with the sentiment, I think you're missing something by assuming that "social" web apps reduce real socialization. I think there are a lot of very social groups (IRL) centered around very niche communities which have their own unique domain needs that could benefit from small scale apps targeted directly at their niche. The key is to focus on what people are already doing (IRL) and find out how we can help them connect with others doing the same thing (IRL). While I agree with the sentiment, I think you’re missing something by assuming that “social” web apps reduce real socialization. I think there are a lot of very social groups (IRL) centered around very niche communities which have their own unique domain needs that could benefit from small scale apps targeted directly at their niche. The key is to focus on what people are already doing (IRL) and find out how we can help them connect with others doing the same thing (IRL).

]]> By: iphonedevwidow http://www.renaebair.com/2009/01/28/your-app-is-a-piece-of-shit/#comment-499 iphonedevwidow Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:45:24 +0000 http://www.renaebair.com/?p=124#comment-499 Renae Bair, so true..I found this while trying to research a way to talk (in the old fashioned way of speech) to my husband. He is an iphone app developer. The art of conversation, the original kind, is dead. Sad but true...eventually these developers will find a way to just wire into each other and then all their needs will be met. They will have no need for conversation or relationships. There isn't a face to wake up to in the internet or questions that need to be answered. It is the same joy found by rats on cocaine...when you have that you don't need anyone or anything else. Renae Bair, so true..I found this while trying to research a way to talk (in the old fashioned way of speech) to my husband. He is an iphone app developer.
The art of conversation, the original kind, is dead. Sad but true…eventually these developers will find a way to just wire into each other and then all their needs will be met. They will have no need for conversation or relationships. There isn’t a face to wake up to in the internet or questions that need to be answered. It is the same joy found by rats on cocaine…when you have that you don’t need anyone or anything else.

]]> By: ayasin http://www.renaebair.com/2009/01/28/your-app-is-a-piece-of-shit/#comment-187 ayasin Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:25:23 +0000 http://www.renaebair.com/?p=124#comment-187 LOL I completely agree, well except the part about leaving your home and talking to ppl in RL...that's over the top :P. LOL I completely agree, well except the part about leaving your home and talking to ppl in RL…that’s over the top :P.

]]> By: Mike Woodhouse http://www.renaebair.com/2009/01/28/your-app-is-a-piece-of-shit/#comment-165 Mike Woodhouse Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:43:00 +0000 http://www.renaebair.com/?p=124#comment-165 Did you have something in mind? Maybe you could start something... ;-) 'Course, the hidden 90% of the development iceberg that lives deep inside the corporate world (sort of but not quite like me - I'm have parts above the surface) spend their working days not getting rich writing software that does things and solves real problems. They just aren't things and problems that have a very general use or wide scope. Mostly. But every day we do that. Well, most days. Even better, these days I get to do it in Ruby. Did you have something in mind? Maybe you could start something… ;-)

‘Course, the hidden 90% of the development iceberg that lives deep inside the corporate world (sort of but not quite like me - I’m have parts above the surface) spend their working days not getting rich writing software that does things and solves real problems. They just aren’t things and problems that have a very general use or wide scope. Mostly. But every day we do that. Well, most days. Even better, these days I get to do it in Ruby.

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