'Don’t ignore your stupid ideas.' • Hacker News Board

Re: 'Don’t ignore your stupid ideas.'

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Post by Dylanlacey » Fri, Feb 04, 2011, 1:56 AM UTC

leon_ wrote: post #14

MicahWedemeyer wrote: post #10

Not shown: 1000s of goofy iphone apps that generated close to $0 If the moral of the story is "Do funky apps for fun and be happily surprised if they make any money" then I agree. If the moral is "Do funky apps and expect to make $16k over a weekend" then I have to disagree. Note: I say this as the co-author of a very nice funky app: http://fakewhale.com I am currently waiting by the phone for investors or acquirers…

> Not shown: 1000s of goofy iphone apps that generated close to $0 that's why I sometimes just hate the appstore (and humanity). when a shitty 10 minute app tops the charts and projects that people (read me) spent months on are somewhere @place 1000.

People, all people, are capricious.

If they're spending 4/5ths of fuckall for something to amuse them for a few minutes, even more so.

Re: 'Don’t ignore your stupid ideas.'

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Post by MicahWedemeyer » Fri, Feb 04, 2011, 2:49 AM UTC

rgbrgb wrote: post #26

MicahWedemeyer wrote: post #10

Not shown: 1000s of goofy iphone apps that generated close to $0 If the moral of the story is "Do funky apps for fun and be happily surprised if they make any money" then I agree. If the moral is "Do funky apps and expect to make $16k over a weekend" then I have to disagree. Note: I say this as the co-author of a very nice funky app: http://fakewhale.com I am currently waiting by the phone for investors or acquirers…

What does fakewhale even do? Kind of not a good sign that I couldn't figure that out.

I'll let pg explain: http://fakewhale.com/tweets/69535

Re: 'Don’t ignore your stupid ideas.'

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Post by sgrove » Fri, Feb 04, 2011, 3:47 AM UTC

GBond wrote: post #30

zackattack wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

can you send me an email? zackster@gmail.com i have an ultraquick iphone app i want to make. i have kickass wireframes already.

^ I rest my case ;)

Meh, Zack's the real deal, exactly what the poster mentioned looking for. He has some pretty good ideas, executes on them as much as he can, and outsources what he can't.

I understand your point, I just think there's a difference between the stereotypical dude-bro idea marketing guy preying on developers and people who can carry their own weight.

Re: 'Don’t ignore your stupid ideas.'

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Post by bemmu » Fri, Feb 04, 2011, 4:22 AM UTC

Good timing for the idea. Last September Apple added the following to their guidelines: "15.5 Apps that includes games of Russian roulette will be rejected"

Re: 'Don’t ignore your stupid ideas.'

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Post by BadiPod » Fri, Feb 04, 2011, 9:10 AM UTC

MicahWedemeyer wrote: post #32

rgbrgb wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What does fakewhale even do? Kind of not a good sign that I couldn't figure that out.

I'll let pg explain: http://fakewhale.com/tweets/69535

I don't see the point.

Re: 'Don’t ignore your stupid ideas.'

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Post by ehsanul » Fri, Feb 04, 2011, 10:59 AM UTC

BadiPod wrote: post #35

MicahWedemeyer wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'll let pg explain: http://fakewhale.com/tweets/69535

I don't see the point.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humour

Re: 'Don’t ignore your stupid ideas.'

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Post by tomjen3 » Fri, Feb 04, 2011, 11:42 AM UTC

tree_of_item wrote: post #7

What does this say? I mean, it's nice that he made a popular app and a ton of money, but there is nothing to learn here. It was either raw luck or a stupid populace or both that made this happen. There's no insight in to the design of a well made and genuinely entertaining or interesting application here, just a gimmick app that somehow made it big. It's discouraging to read things like this, because the implied mora…

>But if that's true, then why bother taking your time to design good applications? Why strive for excellence when some random gimmick app is just as likely to make money?

You are making the error of assuming something isn't true because you don't like the conclusion.

And indeed, except for whatever personal joy you experience, there is no reason to strive for excellence.

Re: 'Don’t ignore your stupid ideas.'

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Post by maushu » Fri, Feb 04, 2011, 12:01 PM UTC

seanalltogether wrote: post #3

For all the new designers out there, please don't add a CSS text shadow to the main body of your text content. By highlighting everything, you make everything less readable.

   text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.01) 0px 0px 1px;

Would've worked better.

Re: 'Don’t ignore your stupid ideas.'

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Post by Unseelie » Fri, Feb 04, 2011, 2:19 PM UTC

sgrove wrote: post #33

GBond wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

^ I rest my case ;)

Meh, Zack's the real deal, exactly what the poster mentioned looking for. He has some pretty good ideas, executes on them as much as he can, and outsources what he can't. I understand your point, I just think there's a difference between the stereotypical dude-bro idea marketing guy preying on developers and people who can carry their own weight.

The issue isn't that these people don't exist, but much as happens on dating sites, the women(devs) get message after message after message...It becomes incredibly time consuming weeding the -few- goods out from the chaf.

Re: 'Don’t ignore your stupid ideas.'

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Feb 04, 2011, 2:51 PM UTC

MicahWedemeyer wrote: post #10

Not shown: 1000s of goofy iphone apps that generated close to $0 If the moral of the story is "Do funky apps for fun and be happily surprised if they make any money" then I agree. If the moral is "Do funky apps and expect to make $16k over a weekend" then I have to disagree. Note: I say this as the co-author of a very nice funky app: http://fakewhale.com I am currently waiting by the phone for investors or acquirers…

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