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Everyone in the tech world is going bananas over the same stuff. Technology helping technology: things that make Facebook easier/harder to use, things that make

Everyone in the tech world is going bananas over the same stuff. Technology helping technology: things that make Facebook easier/harder to use, things that make software development easier/harder to do, mobile this-that-and-advertising. BOOOOOR-IIIINNNGGG. The companies that are doing actually interesting things are using technology to make non-tech stuff easier/better/faster/brighter: Uber, AirBnB, Zipcar, that female-led startup connecting farmers with buyers, etc. Technology for technology's sake is done and boring and short-sighted. We've got news aggregators that aggregate other news aggregators. Mobile ad platforms that resell ads from other mobile ad platforms. Photo-sharing apps whose entire purpose is to create filters for other photo-sharing sites. And it's all ad-supported. Arrington's right: it's all just the same thing over and over, and it's boring. And I never thought I'd agree with Arrington about anything.

ebiester 14y ago
That startup is Vegetality. And why would it matter if it was started by a woman in this context? (I can't wait until ~50% of startups are by women and it's not considered exceptional.)
- omni 14y ago
  Simple context would suggest that he was offering any details he remembered of the startup in the hope that someone would recognize it. Let's not overreact.
- Dave9k 14y ago
  Well it would be considered exceptional as women rarely ever lead in number of start-ups in any field.
diminish 14y ago
when singularity suddenly comes, all articles will be obsolete before being written; as soon as arrington starts to type their first letter. so there won't be any time to be bored. so enjoy getting bored, because after singularity you will only be perplexed and petrified. (unless you are upgraded or modified)