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Started by sbspalding · 10 months ago

So you are sitting around trying to come up with a name for your new collaborative photo sharing site. It comes to you that you should probably get a Facebook app ready. Didn’t iLike get 6 trillion users in one week or something? While you’re at it, you decide, why n ... Continue reading »

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  • Tom Wilson

    1 year ago

    This is an amazing article, and I agree with everything you say. I'm a web programmer and sometimes fall into the trap of over analyzing things. It's alot easier on my part in programming if a site is simplified, and also on the users side. I have to keep reminding myself that I just need the follow the basics, and the rest will follow.
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  • William

    1 year ago

    Decent article. Hits home for me as I've been developing my own little invintion; http://www.hadtosay.com, and much of what he mentions in his blog forms the basis from which I started in my own project. Well written.
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  • Steve Spalding

    1 year ago

    Thanks folks, I appreciate it. If you ever want to discuss any of your projects, drop me a line.
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  • Jeff Belding

    1 year ago

    This article is SO right. I teach a very simple project management system. It is NOT comprised of many pages of analysis and ways to communicate that no one really pays attention to. It is a ONE page project planning tool. The sophisticated audience that has tried to implement those cumbersome systems LOVE mine, because it's simple, easy to use, and most importantly, people in their organization actually USE this system once they learn it.
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  • kavin

    1 year ago

    "social networks for pets don’t work because despite what you think Fido really doesn’t care what type of Kibble Fifi had for breakfast"

    true, but people DO care about telling other people every inane detail about their dog/cat/baby/etc. and last i heard, dogster.com was reasonably successful, no?
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  • Steve Spalding

    1 year ago

    I was specifically talking about a social network for actual -pets- that I was reading about a while back (don't ask).

    A social network for people who love Dogs works for the same reason a social network for new moms would, it gives a platform to post sickeningly cute pictures of your obsession.

    The problem comes about when you try to push this niche to include things that don't resonate with the people you are trying to attract. The example, a social network for pets.
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  • Ryan

    1 year ago

    Love your website! And love your how to lists!

    Have you ever seen ListAfterList.com? There are tons of How To lists there as well... it also offers a good place to source any of these How To blogs and drive traffic to your site. Try posting a simplified version of a How To list and see what happens!
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  • Erik Gyepes

    1 year ago

    Very nice and truthful article. I am myself getting sometimes stuck in those "great ideas". I feel now little better if I know the right questions I should ask myself before I will go to the next step.

    Thanks!
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