jbreazeale

It's easy to be negative

bijan:

Its often the case that early adopters are blasted for being part of the echo chamber or that products that initially target early adopters won’t translate into a mainstream audience.

I like products that build around early adopters and engage with an active community of users. It’s a great way to start. And there are plenty of success stories that followed that path.

And while those of us that are early adopters run the risk of being too optimistic - I would much rather hang out with those folks than the pessimists.

Over the weekend Alex Beam at the Boston Globe wrote a tough piece about Twitter. He’s entitled to his opinion about Twitter. There are plenty who probably share that view I imagine.

But the zinger in the article is when Alex states:

I think Twitter belongs to the category of Paradigm-Changing Technologies That Can Safely Be Ignored, like MySpace. It’s so 2002, no one goes there.

Huh? MySpace is a big deal. Many folks go there and while it may not be the darling of the tech blogs it’s a huge. They have 73 million users in the United States alone and revenue is large by any standards.

So while its easy to say negative things about new products and services, I have a suggestion for those that look at the glass as half full. Dare to be an optimist. Think different.

It’s more fun at least :)

marco:

karmcity:

Then why the hell does everyone seem to be worried that he may win the election?

Because he’s polling very well, despite his campaign’s massive failings and missteps.

Because we definitely didn’t get a fair, legal, valid election in 2000, and it looks like we didn’t get one in 2004 either (Diebold, Ohio, etc.), and yet the message from both the media and the majority of the population has been “Shut up, accept it, and move on.” We haven’t had a democracy in 8 years.

Because we currently face more domestic issues than we have in my lifetime, but a very large voting block is basing their presidential vote on stupid shit such as whether the candidate opposes abortion and gay marriage, despite 8 years of having a candidate believing exactly what they wanted without anything changing on either front.

Because he’s on the wrong side of nearly every issue that has caused the majority of the problems we have today.

And most of all, because he’s a privileged, arrogant, easily corruptable asshole. We’ve had one of those in office for 8 years already, and there’s even a chance he was elected to that position the second time.

So forgive me if I don’t trust the population of the United States to make a good decision.

WHY YOU NEVER QUESTION A DRUNK

lfarm:

A joke:

I was shopping at the local supermarket where I
selected:
A half-gallon of 2% milk,
A carton of eggs,
A quart of orange juice,
A head of romaine lettuce,
A 2 lb. can of coffee, and
A 1 lb. package of bacon.

As I was unloading my items on the conveyor belt to
check out, a drunk standing behind me watched as I placed the items in
front of the cashier.

While the cashier was ringing up the purchases, the
drunk calmly stated,

‘You must be single.’

I was a bit startled by this proclamation, but I was
intrigued by the derelicts intuition, since I was indeed single. I
looked at the six items on the belt and saw nothing particularly unusual
about my selections that could have tipped off the drunk to my marital
status. Curiosity getting the better of me, I said: ‘Well, you know
what, you’re absolutely right. But how on earth did you know that?’

The drunk replied, ‘Cause you’re ugly.’