>Almost all were ideas that "seemed cool" and lacked obvious usefulness. This is just plain wrong. I can't think of a single major consumer app that lacked obv

>Almost all were ideas that "seemed cool" and lacked obvious usefulness. This is just plain wrong. I can't think of a single major consumer app that lacked obvious usefulness. There was absolutely nothing cool about Facebook aside from it's ability to solve a problem more effectively than it's predecessors.