The Tale of a ‘Normal’ Person: A Reality Check
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The Tale of a ‘Normal’ Person: A Reality Check
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#2I felt Tivo made it mainstream when I overheard a kid in the suburbs ask their daddy why they couldn't pause the movie.
I usually keep a tab open to summize (my city as search term), and I've been noticing a lot more 'normal' people talking about life as opposed to technology. Also, notice that most of them have less than 100 followers (as opposed to the pied piper Scobelizer-types 5k+ followers and Scobelizer-wannabees 1k+ followers). It would be interesting to see the distribution of followers on Twitter. My hunch is that as Twitter goes more mainstream there will be more normal people (with 20-30 followers).
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#3is it just me or do these guys' post seem to reek of quite a bit of arrogance?
Great that they're 'making something people want' but their posts are generally condescending -- stop the incessant chatter and show off this amazing product you've built for 'normal' people that is going to change the world and be uber-profitable.
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#4is it just me or do these guys' post seem to reek of quite a bit of arrogance? Great that they're 'making something people want' but their posts are generally condescending -- stop the incessant chatter and show off this amazing product you've built for 'normal' people that is going to change the world and be uber-profitable.
I got the inspiration for this post after talking to some non-tech people about how they find and use new software. You realize that they live in a different world, without all the chatter.
I'm not implying that what we're doing is going to shake the foundations of the planet, because it won't -- simply relaying what I'm thinking about as we work.
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#5is it just me or do these guys' post seem to reek of quite a bit of arrogance? Great that they're 'making something people want' but their posts are generally condescending -- stop the incessant chatter and show off this amazing product you've built for 'normal' people that is going to change the world and be uber-profitable.
It might just be you. This post seems pretty clearly to be from someone who get Geoffrey A. Moore's thesis in "Crossing the Chasm" - there are a VAST number of consumers out there that are NOT techie/early adopters and don't understand things in the way that we techie/early adopters do. If you don't plan on how to include that segment, then your startup is in trouble.
Re: The Tale of a ‘Normal’ Person: A Reality Check
#6is it just me or do these guys' post seem to reek of quite a bit of arrogance? Great that they're 'making something people want' but their posts are generally condescending -- stop the incessant chatter and show off this amazing product you've built for 'normal' people that is going to change the world and be uber-profitable.
It might just be you. This post seems pretty clearly to be from someone who get Geoffrey A. Moore's thesis in "Crossing the Chasm" - there are a VAST number of consumers out there that are NOT techie/early adopters and don't understand things in the way that we techie/early adopters do. If you don't plan on how to include that segment, then your startup is in trouble.
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#7This describes almost everyone I know. (Maybe that's why I spend time here).
OP, however, never mentions the most important thing about this demographic: they just want it to work.
They expect things to work intuitively right out of the box. They don't want to install any add-ons, extensions, or downloads. And they don't want to have to get an education just to try something new.
The gas pedal is always on the right and when you enter a room, flip the toggle switch up to get light.
So why doesn't your web app work like that? If it doesn't work right with the browser and resolution they got when they bought their computer at Office Depot, if they have to wait for Flash, or they don't know what it is, they'll leave and never come back.
This is the 80% in the middle of the bell curve, and they do have money to spend. Pay attention.
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#8This describes almost everyone I know. (Maybe that's why I spend time here). OP, however, never mentions the most important thing about this demographic: they just want it to work . They expect things to work intuitively right out of the box. They don't want to install any add-ons, extensions, or downloads. And they don't want to have to get an education just to try something new. The gas pedal is always on the right…
They expect things to work intuitively right out of the box
20% or so of mobile handsets are returned to the shop. Rarely are they defective but just too difficult to use correctly. (The percentage varies by handset, I can't find the article I learnt this from at the moment)
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#9This is the exact audience and mindset we are using in designing our product.
If you're young (like me), another way to think of this would be to ask yourself "why would my parents use my product? How can I make it easy and intuitive for them?"
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#10This describes almost everyone I know. (Maybe that's why I spend time here). OP, however, never mentions the most important thing about this demographic: they just want it to work . They expect things to work intuitively right out of the box. They don't want to install any add-ons, extensions, or downloads. And they don't want to have to get an education just to try something new. The gas pedal is always on the right…
They expect things to work intuitively right out of the box 20% or so of mobile handsets are returned to the shop. Rarely are they defective but just too difficult to use correctly. (The percentage varies by handset, I can't find the article I learnt this from at the moment)
I remember that stat and I can believe it. The interfaces on those cell phones sucks :S