Starting is easy. Finishing is hard. Finish something at Finish Weekend. • Hacker News Board

Re: Starting is easy. Finishing is hard. Finish something at Finish Weekend.

#31

Post by doorty » Thu, Oct 20, 2011, 10:26 PM UTC

It should be called Launch Weekend, and if it was in San Francisco I'd be there.

Re: Starting is easy. Finishing is hard. Finish something at Finish Weekend.

#32

Post by armandososa » Thu, Oct 20, 2011, 10:45 PM UTC

ubi wrote: post #29

armandososa wrote: post #25

I had a similar idea. I called it a launchaton (contrast with hackaton) but thought of it more like a virtual event (I'm not in Sillicon Valley) but never got to really execute it.

not sure if trolling.

why? Is my english that bad?

Re: Starting is easy. Finishing is hard. Finish something at Finish Weekend.

#33

Post by luke_s » Thu, Oct 20, 2011, 10:50 PM UTC

armandososa wrote: post #32

ubi wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

not sure if trolling.

why? Is my english that bad?

No, no, you English is fine. However, its highly ironic that you never managed to finish and launch your event. An event who's entire purpose is to help people finish and launch things ...

Re: Starting is easy. Finishing is hard. Finish something at Finish Weekend.

#34

Post by msmith » Thu, Oct 20, 2011, 10:51 PM UTC

armandososa wrote: post #32

ubi wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

not sure if trolling.

why? Is my english that bad?

You failed to launch the project that was going to help people launch projects.

Re: Starting is easy. Finishing is hard. Finish something at Finish Weekend.

#35

Post by angelbob » Thu, Oct 20, 2011, 11:03 PM UTC

bryckbost wrote: post #20

moizsyed wrote: post #12

A product is never finished, only shipped. It should be called Ship Weekend

Very true, but then we wouldn't be able to transition to a vacation site for weekend getaways in Finland if things go south…

Sadly, only for people with bad spelling - I think "Finnish" has two N's :-)

Re: Starting is easy. Finishing is hard. Finish something at Finish Weekend.

#36

Post by cellis » Thu, Oct 20, 2011, 11:10 PM UTC

moizsyed wrote: post #12

A product is never finished, only shipped. It should be called Ship Weekend

Launch weekend. Has the whole rocket trajectory thing going for it.

Re: Starting is easy. Finishing is hard. Finish something at Finish Weekend.

#37

Post by codabrink » Thu, Oct 20, 2011, 11:11 PM UTC

Wow, this is right in my area. I'm definitely going!

Re: Starting is easy. Finishing is hard. Finish something at Finish Weekend.

#38

Post by mrspandex » Thu, Oct 20, 2011, 11:12 PM UTC

bryckbost wrote: post #20

moizsyed wrote: post #12

A product is never finished, only shipped. It should be called Ship Weekend

Very true, but then we wouldn't be able to transition to a vacation site for weekend getaways in Finland if things go south…

But you could always book cruises!

Re: Starting is easy. Finishing is hard. Finish something at Finish Weekend.

#39

Post by alecco » Thu, Oct 20, 2011, 11:42 PM UTC

Looks cool but who is going to do the work? Is this advice only? Are attendants expected to work on each other's project?

Re: Starting is easy. Finishing is hard. Finish something at Finish Weekend.

#40

Post by dmix » Thu, Oct 20, 2011, 11:57 PM UTC

cellis wrote: post #36

moizsyed wrote: post #12

A product is never finished, only shipped. It should be called Ship Weekend

Launch weekend. Has the whole rocket trajectory thing going for it.

Launching is still largely a starting point.

Building businesses take years.