Blasphemy & Revelation – with DHH • Hacker News Board

Re: Blasphemy & Revelation – with DHH

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Post by bherms » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 4:25 AM UTC

spencerfry wrote: post #8

benatkin wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Something about how paying customers have a stake in the outcome of the feedback, so they try to make their feedback effective. The transcript should be out soon.

On the other hand, maybe free customers will give effective feedback because there are only a few things preventing them from upgrading. Obviously would have to be looked at on a case-by-case basis.

He mentioned that feedback from non-paying customers is great too and (imo) implied for this reason. The message started off with him saying its better to have feedback from paying customers, but then evolved into saying they're both valuable in different ways.

Re: Blasphemy & Revelation – with DHH

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Post by benatkin » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 4:56 AM UTC

I forgot to mention the part about dogfooding. After DHH talked about the importance of designing software for himself, Andrew challenged him by asking if Sortfolio was designed for himself. DHH made it clear that it was. Even though I'm not sure 37signals has got a whole lot of use of it just yet, after hearing him out I am convinced that it was designed with using it in mind.

Re: Blasphemy & Revelation – with DHH

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Post by copenja » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 5:09 AM UTC

bobfunk wrote: post #12

rubashov wrote: post #6

Are Danes often gratuitously profane?

Not sure - I don't swear a lot, but there's a very big difference in how profane language is perceived. In Denmark you won't see TV programs bleep over profanity and you generally wont see people write f##k instead of just the putting the real thing. I think most of us danes find the "fear" of certain words to be quite perplexing. And the idea that it's somehow better to see f##k instead of fuck, even more so. It's a…

I think people use "f##ck" simply in an attempt to be polite.

People are not willing to not use the word because they feel it express their position, but the shorthand version is almost like an inline apology.

Somehow, it comes off as less vulgar. I don't think it has anything to do with a belief in an inherit evil power.

Re: Blasphemy & Revelation – with DHH

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Post by mkramlich » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 6:25 AM UTC

Great interview. Thought it really brought DHH out at his best. He has a rare combination of being very honest and insightful, but also communicating really well in face-to-face conversation.

Re: Blasphemy & Revelation – with DHH

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Post by deckardt » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 9:12 PM UTC

I think the best about this is interview is that DHH really sells and believes what he says. He's just not replaying the party line, but a core belief of his.

Re: Blasphemy & Revelation – with DHH

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Post by saulcolt » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 1:33 PM UTC

ddbbcc wrote: post #5

Loved the interview, but what that cake from freshbooks mean? Does anyone sign up to win a cake?

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