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So instead of hearing about their progress, I'm scanning their footer. I say change the logo, because it's first thing on every page. Thus an awesome distractor for whatever they want to tell.
What I'd really like to know is: what are these guys doing with the 200 grand people pledged? Is it just paying their rent in SF or what?
If you look at the rewards the "backers" get[1], I bet they'll spend around half their money on buying and shipping all of that stuff. Possibly more if they pay someone to do fulfillment for them. Also, the best way to waste their money is to say "well, people expect us to spend this money, let's find ways to spend it that sound useful." They shouldn't be afraid to spend it on worthwhile endeavors, but they also shou…
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I actually like this refreshing new approach to writing open source software: keep it closed for several months & code like madmen. If they can get UX people involved in the closed stage we might even see an open source product with an elegant ui for once!
Totally agree. I think the "release often" philosophy is a good one, but too often and you just open yourself up to "this doesn't work, that's wrong, this is broken etc" I think knuckle down, code a bunch of good stuff then show it off. Of course you'll still get the complaints, but it'll be a lot clearer to a lot more people how it works and the potential it has. All that said, all they've shown us here is a very si…
And I guess early means that you don't need to wait until your code-base is feature complete or at 1.0 to release the code.
By the same token I think you're allowed to do what the Diaspora guys are doing and lay the foundations first, set the tone of the project and the general direction and style.
I hope these guys do well but if it ain't them it'll be someone else cuz peer to peer federated social networking is in the near future of social networking and I'd much much much prefer if it was open source than not.
Is that asterisk part of their logo? It's really distracting. I spent a good few moments looking for a footnote, until it dawned on me that it was just a visual gimmick. So instead of hearing about their progress, I'm scanning their footer. I say change the logo, because it's first thing on every page. Thus an awesome distractor for whatever they want to tell.
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Yes but remember how important the "seed users" are, which is why Facebook started where it did. If they truly deliver on the non-corporate, privacy aspects and keep a slim interface then many "alpha geeks" will swap over. Do you really care about the 100 or 200 friends you have on Facebook or the core 10-40? Or if all your tech buddies and most of your clued-in friends are on Diaspora and posting content there they…
Personally, I use facebook to communicate with friends and family - neither of which are universally geeks or techy. So I'd still use facebook. Just because a few privacy freakouts and geeks flock to this I don't see any reason anyone else will yet.
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Totally agree. I think the "release often" philosophy is a good one, but too often and you just open yourself up to "this doesn't work, that's wrong, this is broken etc" I think knuckle down, code a bunch of good stuff then show it off. Of course you'll still get the complaints, but it'll be a lot clearer to a lot more people how it works and the potential it has. All that said, all they've shown us here is a very si…
Sure. But the mantra is "Release early, release often". And I guess early means that you don't need to wait until your code-base is feature complete or at 1.0 to release the code. By the same token I think you're allowed to do what the Diaspora guys are doing and lay the foundations first, set the tone of the project and the general direction and style. I hope these guys do well but if it ain't them it'll be someone…
Is that asterisk part of their logo? It's really distracting. I spent a good few moments looking for a footnote, until it dawned on me that it was just a visual gimmick. So instead of hearing about their progress, I'm scanning their footer. I say change the logo, because it's first thing on every page. Thus an awesome distractor for whatever they want to tell.
What did you expect to find in a footnote for a logo/company name?
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