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In the grand scheme of things none of this will really matter. Silicon Valley and tech in general is in the grips of ADD culture. It's no longer about million

In the grand scheme of things none of this will really matter. Silicon Valley and tech in general is in the grips of ADD culture. It's no longer about million dollar ideas, it's not really about execution of solutions either, it's about teams wandering around in search of something. And maybe inevitably Kevin Rose will stumble upon the real purpose of Milk and spend time on it and make it a success. And the mistakes he made will just be papered over while what worked is left to be studied. That's the real point anyway.

samstave 15y ago
So silicon valley's real value is to coddle the needs of wishy-washy primadonnas as they attempt to find them self? When they succeed, we deify them and shower them with worshipful funding, when they fail its an exercise in letting what worked float to the top to build upon it for the next what-if? I call bullshit. Sorry, but the idea behind Oink simply wasn't very compelling. I am actually turned off by the fact that Kevin managed to get investors in his own private sensory incubation tank which has no problem walking away from everything. The mantra of fail often is being confused with continual failure.
- alaskamiller 15y ago
  That's exactly the consumer tech game. Not everyone plays it but a lot do. It's the easiest point of entry for when you don't have the know how, lack experience, don't know enough people to do things such as launch rockets, design electric cars, optimize doctors, or achieve world peace.
- grokaholic 15y ago
  Why hate on a guy who continually fails? That person is continually trying and learning.
jayliew 15y ago
And the mistakes he made will just be papered over while what worked is left to be studied. Actually, what didn't work is very valuable. That's the whole point of things like customer development/lean startup. You learn why something didn't work so that you don't repeat your mistakes, and chart a course for something that you think will work the next time.

samstave 15y ago

So silicon valley's real value is to coddle the needs of wishy-washy primadonnas as they attempt to find them self? When they succeed, we deify them and shower them with worshipful funding, when they fail its an exercise in letting what worked float to the top to build upon it for the next what-if? I call bullshit. Sorry, but the idea behind Oink simply wasn't very compelling. I am actually turned off by the fact that Kevin managed to get investors in his own private sensory incubation tank which has no problem walking away from everything. The mantra of fail often is being confused with continual failure.

alaskamiller 15y ago
That's exactly the consumer tech game. Not everyone plays it but a lot do. It's the easiest point of entry for when you don't have the know how, lack experience, don't know enough people to do things such as launch rockets, design electric cars, optimize doctors, or achieve world peace.
grokaholic 15y ago
Why hate on a guy who continually fails? That person is continually trying and learning.

jayliew 15y ago

And the mistakes he made will just be papered over while what worked is left to be studied. Actually, what didn't work is very valuable. That's the whole point of things like customer development/lean startup. You learn why something didn't work so that you don't repeat your mistakes, and chart a course for something that you think will work the next time.