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Peashoot - Launched

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Re: Peashoot - Launched

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Post by thesethings »

pstinnett wrote: post #2

Looks like a great app, but does anyone else see the shocking similarities between http://www.peashootapp.com/ and http://www.basecamphq.com/ Open them in two tabs and click back and forth. Is there any connection between YongFook and 37s?

I've been following @yongfook for about a year. I don't think there's any formal connection between him and 37 Signals, though he seems to be an enthusiastic, open student of business/design/UX, frequently linking to and sharing thoughts about things he finds interesting, including 37 Signals stuff (and Ogilvy and art and food...).

I agree that the shopping experience is extremely close to that of 37 signals, but given that the thing he's selling (URL shortener + analytics + campaign/goal monitor) is unrelated to any current 37 Signals products, it doesn't feel "too close" or disingenuous to me.

Also, he's the primary developer of the open source activity stream/ blogging tool Sweetcron, so there's another reason I give him the benefit of the doubt. He seems to have a healthy respect for the creative process.

Re: Peashoot - Launched

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Post by pstinnett »

thesethings wrote: post #11
pstinnett wrote: post #2

Looks like a great app, but does anyone else see the shocking similarities between http://www.peashootapp.com/ and http://www.basecamphq.com/ Open them in two tabs and click back and forth. Is there any connection between YongFook and 37s?

I've been following @yongfook for about a year. I don't think there's any formal connection between him and 37 Signals, though he seems to be an enthusiastic, open student of business/design/UX, frequently linking to and sharing thoughts about things he finds interesting, including 37 Signals stuff (and Ogilvy and art and food...). I agree that the shopping experience is extremely close to that of 37 signals, but giv…

Those reasons are exactly why I wanted to inquire about him being connected with 37s as opposed to "calling him out" for being a "copy-cat". I've seen his work on Sweetcron (which is really cool) and Peashoot looks like it would be very useful as well.

Re: Peashoot - Launched

#13

Post by thesethings »

pstinnett wrote: post #12
thesethings wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been following @yongfook for about a year. I don't think there's any formal connection between him and 37 Signals, though he seems to be an enthusiastic, open student of business/design/UX, frequently linking to and sharing thoughts about things he finds interesting, including 37 Signals stuff (and Ogilvy and art and food...). I agree that the shopping experience is extremely close to that of 37 signals, but giv…

Those reasons are exactly why I wanted to inquire about him being connected with 37s as opposed to "calling him out" for being a "copy-cat". I've seen his work on Sweetcron (which is really cool) and Peashoot looks like it would be very useful as well.

Yeah, I didn't think you were calling him out or being confrontational. It was fair question to ask.

Re: Peashoot - Launched

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Post by callahad »

zacharydanger wrote: post #3
pstinnett wrote: post #2

Looks like a great app, but does anyone else see the shocking similarities between http://www.peashootapp.com/ and http://www.basecamphq.com/ Open them in two tabs and click back and forth. Is there any connection between YongFook and 37s?

It goes deeper than that: https://peashootapp.com/plans and http://www.basecamphq.com/signup

But then again, Ryan Graves blogged about that particular design style at http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1496-design-decisions-the... and mentioned that "Plus signups are up about 20% over the norm."

Sure, there's a thin line between inspiration and plagiarism, but there's a great degree of openness to Ryan's post.

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