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Comment by ArmandGrillet | Hacker News Reader

"We should all be disrupters!": I really don't like reading bullshit like this in the middle of a blog post. Anyway, I hope this announcement means that Nest employees will have a better work-life balance, it looked pretty terrible from the recent articles posted on HN.

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I have been cringing every time I see/hear the word "disrupt" (in its various forms) for a couple years now. In pretty much all cases, the more often a given person uses that word, the more vapid I come to think they are.

"disrupt" is for startups/VC what "beautiful" is for Javascript/CSS frameworks.

and "delightful" for user experience

truly, the worst of all

"Trying to mass-produce [delight] and inject it into interactions is like forcing waiters to wear 37 pieces of flair on their uniforms." http://www.fastcodesign.com/3042849/delightful-interaction-d...

"elegant" for libraries

Delightfully beautiful elegant disruption.

"bespoke"

Our coworking space did not get your memo: http://www.bespokesf.co/

It will be beautiful when we disrupt the use of the word delight.

Amen to both of these.

also "elegant".

Don't forget 'a joy to work with'.

Sounds like a line from a new episode of HBO's Silicon Valley.

simple, clean, lightweight

Can I add "hackers" and "hustlers" to the cringe list please?

Not on Hacker News you can't.

I'm with you 100%. Both terms just feel shallow.

"A broken sewer pipe is disruptive, but that doesn't mean you want it". ~~ Paraphrased slightly. Source: I don't remember exactly

Of all the industries/technologies that need to push people to their wits end, I just don't see how it applies to a thermostat company... I mean, all the technology for it is already easily available practically off the shelf (mobile phone technology). I can give a pass to the guys that were creating the IIe, the iPhone, rockets and electric cars... But seriously, what is the big challenge here. Why can't people execute this product in fairly short order working 8-5?

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