Quoted by Ryan on October 10 2008:
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8 comments so far
Greg 10 Oct 08
Between being opinionated and having character. Knowing what you want to do and doing it in your way.
kevin 11 Oct 08
Should good software have a bit of attitude? Should? Maybe not. Can good software have a bit of attitude? Certainly.
I cite as an example VisualHub, a piece of software the Mac community recently lost. It has(had) endless utility, is(was) very easy to use, and yes it had attitude. For instance, when you went into the advanced settings, it warned, ‘Don’t! You’ll screw it all up!” Or when the estimated time of completion was wrong, it said “Ooops. I lied. It’ll be done when it’s done.”
Hank 11 Oct 08
According to Twitter, looks like Basecamp is down again.
http://twitter.com/37signals
How sad that the Status page at status.37signals.com is not updated :(
Doug Adams 11 Oct 08
“The best software has a vision. The best software takes sides. When someone uses software, they’re not just looking for features, they’re looking for an approach. They’re looking for a vision. Decide what your vision is and run with it.”
Henrik Rydberg 12 Oct 08
Where is that quote from? It would be nice to know
Michael Kassing 13 Oct 08
Yes it should. Can business software have it? Not yet.
Which really bites. When you have a small startup you have to do what the rest of the pack is doing or risk standing out in a bad way. Our service is geared toward the legal market, the most conservative group on the face of the planet. Not much room for attitude or flavor.
We decided at the outset that we have to be vanilla and not chunky monkey.
Michael Kassing MarkTend.com
Joe 15 Oct 08
I wouldn’t go as far as to say good software has to have “attitude”. That is a little to negative for my taste. But, great software should no-doubt have “personality” and if the people building it care about the product and put a bit of their emotion in, it will have just that… personality.
Kim Joar Bekkelund 15 Oct 08
Henrik Rydberg: Doug’s quote is from Getting Real.
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