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While I like Justin.tv - another example of just how amateurish TechCrunch is. With such crappy copy editing one has to deal with reading their articles typical

by phlux 15y ago

While I like Justin.tv - another example of just how amateurish TechCrunch is. With such crappy copy editing one has to deal with reading their articles typically rampant with valley worship, we also get subjected to their terrible and awkward video skills. No thanks.

nuggien 15y ago
I actually enjoy these videos. Where else are you gonna be able to take a peak inside valley startups like this?
- phlux 15y ago
  Sure - but why doesn't TechCrunch invest in some polish?
  - drusenko 15y ago
    would you really want a super-high production value video? that's not the feel of startups or silicon valley. it's all about being scrappy and working with what you have. at least to me, increasing the production value would move into irony territory. i'm quite enjoying the video series as they are.
- karanbhangui 15y ago
  It's cut very similar to MTV Cribs, not sure what that says though...
  - brown9-2 15y ago
    Considering the title of the video series I believe that is the point.
jkincaid 15y ago
I'm sorry you don't like the show. You seem to be in the minority, though. FWIW there are some things I think we could improve on as far as polish goes (a title/intro sequence would be a start). But I'm not going to change my personality.
- brandnewlow 15y ago
  Don't change a thing. So weird that someone on Hacker News is arguing to overdo something. The videos are good enough. That means they're great.
- 5l 15y ago
  I'd leave it as is or keep it short; intro sequences are pretty tedious especially if you watch several videos one after the other. The best thing you could do to improve this show is to do more of them, because they rock.
- benologist 15y ago
  They don't need gimmicky intros or polish to sell them because they're interesting as hell, I love watching them and seeing how other startups are doing, especially ones that are all ghetto and scrappy like the rest of us instead of 'normal' offices.
- kerryfalk 15y ago
  I like them. Are they a little rough around the edges? Yes. But aren't the software and companies we're creating from scratch also a little rough around the edges? It gets better with time as it evolves. Some of it seems a bit staged/awkward but the majority of it seems authentic, off-the-cuff, which is good. Being able to easily pick out the staged parts is good, too. Thanks Jason, keep them coming!
- knowtheory 15y ago
  Then i would really like to never see one of these posts make hacker news ever again. This video was an unlikeable, meandering, and largely contentless mess. If your goal is to inform hackers and geeks about interesting workspaces and/or the workspaces of real programmers, i can't say that you've achieved your purpose. If on the other hand your goal is just to bother employees with a camera and tell pointless anecdotes about yourself in a variety of settings, then i question the entire endeavor, even beyond the unpalatable packaging (cribs? seriously...?). tl;dr: Not enough lifehacking/productivity investigation, way, way, way too much jkincaid.
- zacharypinter 15y ago

by phlux 15y ago

nuggien 15y ago

I actually enjoy these videos. Where else are you gonna be able to take a peak inside valley startups like this?

phlux 15y ago
Sure - but why doesn't TechCrunch invest in some polish?
- drusenko 15y ago
  would you really want a super-high production value video? that's not the feel of startups or silicon valley. it's all about being scrappy and working with what you have. at least to me, increasing the production value would move into irony territory. i'm quite enjoying the video series as they are.
karanbhangui 15y ago
It's cut very similar to MTV Cribs, not sure what that says though...
- brown9-2 15y ago
  Considering the title of the video series I believe that is the point.

jkincaid 15y ago

I'm sorry you don't like the show. You seem to be in the minority, though. FWIW there are some things I think we could improve on as far as polish goes (a title/intro sequence would be a start). But I'm not going to change my personality.

brandnewlow 15y ago
Don't change a thing. So weird that someone on Hacker News is arguing to overdo something. The videos are good enough. That means they're great.
5l 15y ago
I'd leave it as is or keep it short; intro sequences are pretty tedious especially if you watch several videos one after the other. The best thing you could do to improve this show is to do more of them, because they rock.
benologist 15y ago
They don't need gimmicky intros or polish to sell them because they're interesting as hell, I love watching them and seeing how other startups are doing, especially ones that are all ghetto and scrappy like the rest of us instead of 'normal' offices.
kerryfalk 15y ago
I like them. Are they a little rough around the edges? Yes. But aren't the software and companies we're creating from scratch also a little rough around the edges? It gets better with time as it evolves. Some of it seems a bit staged/awkward but the majority of it seems authentic, off-the-cuff, which is good. Being able to easily pick out the staged parts is good, too. Thanks Jason, keep them coming!
knowtheory 15y ago
Then i would really like to never see one of these posts make hacker news ever again. This video was an unlikeable, meandering, and largely contentless mess. If your goal is to inform hackers and geeks about interesting workspaces and/or the workspaces of real programmers, i can't say that you've achieved your purpose. If on the other hand your goal is just to bother employees with a camera and tell pointless anecdotes about yourself in a variety of settings, then i question the entire endeavor, even beyond the unpalatable packaging (cribs? seriously...?). tl;dr: Not enough lifehacking/productivity investigation, way, way, way too much jkincaid.
zacharypinter 15y ago