Good luck to all Winter '08 Applicants!

As my mouse hovered over the 'submit' button, I felt a little like I had my finger on "the big red button." It was very tense for a few moments. Had we conveyed our ideas the best we could? Was everything proof-read for the 30th time? Could we come off as likable AND smart in under 120 words per question? Was I really that fond of living off Easy Mac again? After running through the mental checklist, I took a big breath in, and gave my trackpad a solid click. (spoiler alert: the submit button changes to a resubmit button).

So, I wanted to wish everyone who is in shoes similar to mine the best of luck on their application, and urge you to press that button and take another positive step towards building something amazing. The mousedown is scarier than the mouseup ;]

Thanks, good luck to you too!

Good luck all.

For how much people put into these applications, the feedback upon submit and resubmit is notably lacking. Pre-deflation of expectations?

It's good practice for when you launch, where, if you're lucky, you'll get to watch your hit count go up. More likely, you'll put all that work into actually building the app and nobody will notice. ;-)

It is the ominous Hal, asking the question, "Are you there Dave? Dave, what are you doing?" The breach into the unknown this is mystifying and satisfying at the same time. May all your future red buttons to that instill confidence.