37signals becomes Basecamp

> When we meet people, and they ask us what we do, we say we work for 37signals. If they aren't in the tech world, they'll squint and say "what's that?". When we say "we're the folks who make Basecamp", their eyes light up and open wide. "Basecamp! Oh I love Basecamp! My wife uses Basecamp too! [my emphasis] Even our church uses Basecamp!"

So, "people" = men?

Re: 37signals becomes Basecamp

#5

Post by IbJacked » Wed, Feb 05, 2014, 8:33 AM UTC

jacobr wrote: post #4

> When we meet people, and they ask us what we do, we say we work for 37signals. If they aren't in the tech world, they'll squint and say "what's that?". When we say "we're the folks who make Basecamp", their eyes light up and open wide. "Basecamp! Oh I love Basecamp! My wife uses Basecamp too! [my emphasis] Even our church uses Basecamp!" So, "people" = men?

In that one example cited, yes. Universally? No, of course not. Come on, there's no need to stir up controversy in everything you read.

Re: 37signals becomes Basecamp

#6

Post by chris_wot » Wed, Feb 05, 2014, 8:33 AM UTC

jacobr wrote: post #4

> When we meet people, and they ask us what we do, we say we work for 37signals. If they aren't in the tech world, they'll squint and say "what's that?". When we say "we're the folks who make Basecamp", their eyes light up and open wide. "Basecamp! Oh I love Basecamp! My wife uses Basecamp too! [my emphasis] Even our church uses Basecamp!" So, "people" = men?

Gay marriage not legal in your neck of the woods?

Re: 37signals becomes Basecamp

#7

Post by thescrewdriver » Wed, Feb 05, 2014, 8:33 AM UTC

Am I the only one who had never heard of 37signals before?

Re: 37signals becomes Basecamp

#8

Post by RafiqM » Wed, Feb 05, 2014, 8:39 AM UTC

thescrewdriver wrote: post #7

Am I the only one who had never heard of 37signals before?

Wow, as one of the "pioneers" of the SaaS model, and a highly successful bootstrapped startup for 10+ years, I would have to say... yes, I would imagine you are one of very few people in this community who would have never heard of 37signals.

Re: 37signals becomes Basecamp

#9

Post by Styn » Wed, Feb 05, 2014, 8:40 AM UTC

jacobr wrote: post #4

> When we meet people, and they ask us what we do, we say we work for 37signals. If they aren't in the tech world, they'll squint and say "what's that?". When we say "we're the folks who make Basecamp", their eyes light up and open wide. "Basecamp! Oh I love Basecamp! My wife uses Basecamp too! [my emphasis] Even our church uses Basecamp!" So, "people" = men?

Because two women can't be married? You're nitpicking.

Re: 37signals becomes Basecamp

#10

Post by derefr » Wed, Feb 05, 2014, 8:46 AM UTC

RafiqM wrote: post #8

thescrewdriver wrote: post #7

Am I the only one who had never heard of 37signals before?

Wow, as one of the "pioneers" of the SaaS model, and a highly successful bootstrapped startup for 10+ years, I would have to say... yes, I would imagine you are one of very few people in this community who would have never heard of 37signals.

It's weird how open-source encourages using something without really understanding how it originated. I bet less than 10% of the people who use Rails realize it came from a company, let alone which one. (The same will probably become true of dotCloud with Docker soon enough.)