"My concern is that hype can also bite when you don't have something to ship or there isn't a big value-add over existing solutions." This is critical. Diaspor

"My concern is that hype can also bite when you don't have something to ship or there isn't a big value-add over existing solutions." This is critical. Diaspora could spend a lot of time in the architecture tower with nothing to show, and the early hype will bite them if they have nothing to show. I think they've done a good job making sure that doesn't happen. Now that they've shown they can produce something, they need to slow down and make sure they are producing the right thing. When you are building a simple application, you can get away with design-by-coding; if you are trying to build a federated, global, social wonder, you are going to need to spend some time thinking about it.