Web 2.0 Expo NY: Jason Fried (37signals), High Order Bit

[dellafav]

Stop pacing!

[chelilandia]

GREAT TALK!!!

[andrewjosuweit]

that must have sucked to come after gary speaks! although it is still good stuff...

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[SteelStringSession]

I agree with Gary. Jason's a babe.

[borosjozsef]

Great video.

[vinnymale]

that's make a sense

[bowmansc]

Wonderful video on business strategy. I'm actually happy more business models don't encompass this. Allows me to succeed and them to fail. Thank you for posting this.

[JasonSilvestri]

Jason, are you a software developer?

[lenobay]

based on how he talks about software and the analogy he presented on this video, i assume he is NOT a developer. He might have a CS major degree or even some yrs of software engineering experience when he first graduuated, but i doubt he was great at it.

I would love to know if i am wrong. Please provide proof when u say no.

[JasonSilvestri]

You are probably right, Lenobay. Although, the Homer Simpson car concept definitely woke me up as a developer, and made me realize that I failed with one of my projects about 5 months ago. For that realization alone I must still give him props even today.

[lenobay]

yes, prop for him for becoming an CEO of a software company.

Which makes sense i think, because most CEO of a software company has none or little technical skills themselves.

But i didnt like his analogy and he is kinda arrogant to me (from the way he talks and present things)

[JasonSilvestri]

I guess the only real way to look at it is by sifting out the clutter and look at some of this stuff in the effort of helping yourself. That may just be relating to it. Others things will be new. In either case, keep going, lenobay

[lenobay]

i am losing u. too deep.

[Mumra95]

The comment about "the cost of change" not being a big deal... I think he is way off there. Changing the "plumbing" of an application IS hard... not easy. And I have always compared bulding an application to building a house. If in the middle of construction, you decide "ehhh... I don't like Struts, let's go with Spring" that is the equivalant of ripping out the plumbing out of a house and re-doing it. Not easy.

[LeviFig]

@Mumra95 If that happens, you're using the wrong tech There is tech that makes changes in the "plumbing" trivial and seamless. Just drop the big J and use lighter languages and frameworks. :)

[LeviFig]

@Mumra95 If that happens, you're using the wrong tech There is tech that make changes trivial and seamless. I think the plumbing analogy is not very good. You pick the right tech up front and you're all set to make all sorts of changes as you go. Just drop the big "J" and use more agile languages and frameworks.

[MJthegoat]

He has a degree in finance. He didn't study computer science.

[SFTaYZa]

Very good.

[JamBaseBackstage]

heady

[drewie123]

Great presentation