Friedisms

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by javan • 17 years ago

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timf2• 17 years ago

This seems mean (not to mention pointless)..

javan2• 17 years ago

I'd be flattered if someone made a site like this about me.

timf2• 17 years ago

Maybe I'm missing something but each entry seems like a sarcastic attack on the guy. You would be flattered?

apike• 17 years ago

I like Friedisms so far because rather than being mean, they're just light-hearted exaggerations of Fried's idiosyncrasies. It's funny since what he says can be formulaic, but it still rings true in a silly way. Fake Steve is often that way too, as opposed to, say, @fakemerlinmann.

tptacek2• 17 years ago

I don’t believe in robots. Why would anyone build something with so many parts when we still have monkeys.

This guy is awesome!

eru3• 17 years ago

Monkeys have parts, too.

throw_away• 17 years ago

but not too many

antidaily• 17 years ago

I wish this was real.

zaidf• 17 years ago

Yeah got me wondering too. So this is a parody? Please confirm someone.

pchristensen• 17 years ago

I can't "confirm" it, but these are slightly dickish caricatures of the Jason Fried/37signals/Getting Real concepts. Jason is a good, smart guy and anyone who wouldn't waste his time doing something like this.

barmstrong• 17 years ago

Yes it's a parody.

dpcan• 17 years ago

Maybe this is mean, but when I read blog posts by him, this is all I see. Arrogance and disobedience.

I read it because everyone is reading it, but I hate reading it. I always feel like he's sending poor new boot-strappers down the path of destruction and he doesn't seem to care - it's all about getting eyeballs on his blog and on his products.

He disagrees with just about every tried-and-true business strategy that ever existed, and he gets a lot of readers by just flipping the ideas upside down.

Please, if you're starting a business, write a basic plan (at least), set goals for your business, and launch when you feel the time is right, not just early because everyone says to launch early.

After all, everyone around the tech forums just want you to launch early because they want to see if you have a good idea that's not flushed out enough yet so they can copy it quickly and build it out faster and better than you. Only the competition are reading these threads - your customers are out in the world.

unalone• 17 years ago

He's a controversial writer for that reason. I find that he switches between really writing fascinating insights into how he does work and being a dick for the sake of being a dick.

dan_sim• 17 years ago

and launch when you feel the time is right, not just early because everyone says to launch early

There's so much thing from 37signals that are applied blindly by "startups" : subdomains (mycompany.theapp.com), launching too early, having a name that is [random_number][random_word]. They have good ideas but sometimes, it may not be good for you...

there• 17 years ago

subdomains (mycompany.theapp.com)

that's hardly a 37signals "thing" and makes sense in a lot of products.

if i remember correctly, livejournal moved users from livejournal.com/user to user.livejournal.com many years ago for security reasons due to some cookie issue with a certain browser. moving to subdomains allowed them to set per-host cookies.

rimantas• 17 years ago

Talking about 37signals it is not exactly random number and random word: http://37signals.com/33

ellyagg• 17 years ago

Disobedience? What a very, very odd thing to bother you. Disobedience of what? The cult of conventional business wisdom?

edw519• 17 years ago

First...

I read it because everyone is reading it, but I hate reading it.

then...

Please, if you're starting a business...

Why would I take startup advice from someone who admits to being a sheep, and worse, admits to hating it?

I really don't know a whole lot about JF or 37s, but most of what he has to say really resonates well with me.

He has succeeded with a formula based on cool technology, out-of-the-box thinking, and customer revenue. What's so bad about that?

Naturally, there's not a one-to-one correspondence between his success and his advice, he may have gotten lucky a few times, and some of his advice may not apply, but I still take it with a grain of salt and enjoy it. The self-promotion doesn't bother me a bit; there are probably a few good lessons in there for all of us.

Maybe this is mean, but if you have succeeded in something, please share. Otherwise, listen until you have.

crystalis• 17 years ago

Why would I take startup advice from someone who admits to being a sheep, and worse, admits to hating it?

Because he didn't admit being a sheep? It's useful (to the point of being necessary) to know and understand the arguments on the other side of the table, and it's extraordinarily important to have a common ground with the people you expect to talk to. If everyone is reading 37s, 37s is a much better starting point for an intelligent conversation than the recounting of a lesser known articulation for unfamiliar participants.

DenisM• 17 years ago

I seriously doubt there is competition waiting to steal my ideas. Heck, most of the time I can't convince people these ideas are good even when I try, and now you're saying there are people waiting to embrace my ideas with open arms without any prodding or explanation or grand vision from my side?

I see this attitude often, and I think it boils down to delusion of grandeur - people thing their ideas are so valuable that everyone will steal it or if things go wrong the whole internet will talk trash about it and their glorious future will be ruined forever. None of that ever happens of course, but what does happen is many engineers clinging to their ideas and half-finished products afraid to come out to light.

bjclark• 17 years ago

>> After all, everyone around the tech forums just want you to launch early because they want to see if you have a good idea that's not flushed out enough yet so they can copy it quickly and build it out faster and better than you. Only the competition are reading these threads - your customers are out in the world.

What? Really? You think people say to launch early because they want to copy you?

staunch• 17 years ago

I do think this could site could add a touch of friendliness to make it less harsh. I have to admit it has occurred to me that he sounds like The Sphinx from Mystery Men sometimes.

The Sphinx: When you can balance a tack hammer on your head, you will head off your foes with a balanced attack.

The Sphinx: When you care what is outside, what is inside cares for you.

chubbard• 17 years ago

Jason Fried == Jack Handy 2.0

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