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"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 em
by ArmandGrillet 10y ago
"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.
- jaawn 10y agoI 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.
- yoodenvranx 10y ago"disrupt" is for startups/VC what "beautiful" is for Javascript/CSS frameworks.
- trhway 10y agoand "delightful" for user experience
- gfodor 10y agotruly, the worst of all
- jkestner 10y ago"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-design-needs-to-die http://www.fastcodesign.com/3042849/delightful-interaction-d...
- foolfoolz 10y ago"elegant" for libraries
- api 10y agoDelightfully beautiful elegant disruption.
- jwiley 10y ago"bespoke"
- pm24601 10y agoOur coworking space did not get your memo: http://www.bespokesf.co/ http://www.bespokesf.co/
- jrockway 10y agoIt will be beautiful when we disrupt the use of the word delight.
- areyouforreal 10y agoAmen to both of these.
- kuyan 10y agoalso "elegant".
- kylestlb 10y agoDon't forget 'a joy to work with'. Sounds like a line from a new episode of HBO's Silicon Valley.
- glitcher 10y agosimple, clean, lightweight
- simonswords82 10y agoCan I add "hackers" and "hustlers" to the cringe list please?
- jessaustin 10y agoNot on Hacker News you can't.
- joslin01 10y agoI'm with you 100%. Both terms just feel shallow.
- mindcrime 10y ago"A broken sewer pipe is disruptive, but that doesn't mean you want it". ~~ Paraphrased slightly. Source: I don't remember exactly
- j2bax 10y agoOf 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?