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Author seems to have some deep lying trouble with India/Hinduism. More on the point, I think this article ignores a lot of things very conveniently to make th

by pkd 10y ago

Author seems to have some deep lying trouble with India/Hinduism. More on the point, I think this article ignores a lot of things very conveniently to make the point that we should not listen to Jason Fried because "Basecamp is a failure". This is wrong on two points: Firstly what evidence does the author have that Basecamp is a failure? That Asana and Trello have more signups? But those tools are targetted at a very different audience than Basecamp. I know individuals who use Asana and Trello for personal management and I don't know anybody who uses Basecamp. This also ignores that Basecamp is not a VC backed startup. They have bootstrapped their business from the start. This is unlike Asana (VC) or Trello (product from Fog Creek). I mean, if some vague estimation of weekly/monthly signups is your idea of what makes a failure then you need to rethink your arguments. Secondly, even if we assume that Basecamp is a failure, that doesn't mean that what Jason Fried has to say is invalid. I mean, by making this point the author has contradicted his own point that we should be listening to the less-heard voices out there. Jason Fried frequently has some very good points to make about running a business and people find value in his words. What is the problem? If you don't like it, don't take it. If you want Andrew Filev to be heard as much, ask him to write more! I also find it surprising that the author thinks that nobody challenges the views of established writers like pg, because I see people call him out all the time! I wouldn't call this a hit piece but I have no idea what value I derive from this article apart from the author's bitterness.

ProxCoques 10y ago
"Author seems to have some deep lying trouble with India/Hinduism." Let's ignore that for the irrelevant ad hominem attack it is and get down the real issue here: "If you don't like it, don't take it." The implication of that (even if you don't mean it to be so) is that any old snake oil salesman or tub-thumper should be allowed to strut their stuff unhindered by criticism while leading their benighted flock up the garden path because it's up to them, and not you, to decide. Caveat emptor and all that. Let me be the first to call that out as utter bullshit. Just because some swivel-eyed Valley tech preacher has some people swearing he healed their lumbago doesn't mean they deserve to avoid adverse examination. The author of the article in question here has every right - and indeed duty - to criticise Fried in this way if he has the information and the argument to do so. Let there be more of it, I say.

by pkd 10y ago

ProxCoques 10y ago

"Author seems to have some deep lying trouble with India/Hinduism." Let's ignore that for the irrelevant ad hominem attack it is and get down the real issue here: "If you don't like it, don't take it." The implication of that (even if you don't mean it to be so) is that any old snake oil salesman or tub-thumper should be allowed to strut their stuff unhindered by criticism while leading their benighted flock up the garden path because it's up to them, and not you, to decide. Caveat emptor and all that. Let me be the first to call that out as utter bullshit. Just because some swivel-eyed Valley tech preacher has some people swearing he healed their lumbago doesn't mean they deserve to avoid adverse examination. The author of the article in question here has every right - and indeed duty - to criticise Fried in this way if he has the information and the argument to do so. Let there be more of it, I say.