220 karma · joined February 22, 2007
Only fools are enslaved by time and space.
I found a few little blogs about it. I'm wondering if anyone had some feedback on the demos presented.
http://cardvio.blogspot.com/2007/03/web-innovators-demo.html
http://reddit.com/info/1dk74/comments
My concern is when Karma has an impact in your ability to contribute.
"The 12-week online program costs $7,000 and has the potential for a value of over $50,000." I'd rather do my own online research, read recommended books, and meet with entrepreneurs than spend money on this. How do they price it at a value of over $50,000?
I think it might be the change in perception. My parents, and people around their age, seem to have a different perspective on what a job means. They see work as a smaller role in their life. "Work just pays the bills". But most younger generations seem to put more of an emphasis on their careers. They see work as the main part of their life. It could be due to the amount of money that we pay for college tuition. I know I don't want to waste my degree and years of my life doing someone else's work. I'd rather have the comfort and responsibility to be left alone to do my own work. Maybe I'm just speaking about my own situation.
There's also another post about this company.
I don't think that the problem is based around people refusing to buy music. I see the current model for selling music being out of wack. ITunes is a really horrible situation for musicians. It still goes through the major label filtering before artists even see a penny. For bands not on a label it takes 35% of each song sold. http://www.downhillbattle.org/itunes/index.html
I'm assuming that if they like your initial idea that they would keep tabs on the newer updated versions of your application.
If you have other ideas I'd say that it could only benefit you to send in more than one.
I can see how it can show how you care or are thinking of them but if telecocooning lowers the barrier doesn't that trivialize a message? It's like giving a myspace bulletin to your whole friends list but telling them something less important than what is usually sent around.
I do like that you can use it to meet up with friends. That's a cool feature.
I compare it to those overly hyped bands that you only hear about either at SXSW or around awards shows. They never get a good record deal and fade away very quickly.