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67 Signals hasn't changed a thing
- davidw 13y agoNeither has 73 Prime Numbers. We believe our technology will stand the test of time. http://73primenumbers.com/ http://73primenumbers.com/
- notacoward 13y agoThis inspired me to check whether 69signals exists. Yes, it does, and amazingly it's not a porn site.
- nswanberg 13y agoThis is too mean and angry to be a good parody. This one is better: http://friedisms.tumblr.com/page/4 http://friedisms.tumblr.com/page/4 (the one about monkeys is still my favorite).
- interstitial 13y agoDepends on your definition of parody. I think it fits Swiftian parody just fine.
- coldtea 13y agoSwiftian parody is not just mean. Actually, with some exceptions (like the "modest proposal"), it's not mean at all. And, most important of all, to fit Swiftian parody it would have to be Swiftian-level good. This is subreddit level humor....
- nswanberg 13y agoI was about to say the same thing, but I haven't read A Modest Proposal since high school, so I poked around Wikipedia a bit and had lots of fun reading about the kinds of satire. There's Juvenalian, which "addresses social evil through ridicule" and includes works like 1984, American Psycho, Family Guy, A Modest Proposal, and, I guess, this 67signals thing. Then there's Horatian, which "playfully criticizes some social vice through gentle, mild, and light-hearted humour" and is a lot of Twain, The Simpsons, Dr. Strangelove, and the Friedisms thing I linked to. Hard to say what the social evil is that the folks who wrote 67signals say they're fighting against. Possibly success. Possibly some angry comments DHH made when a startup took their code: http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/01/31/this-site-mocks-37-signals-after-it-attacked-a-yc-startup-for-stealing-code/ http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/01/31/this-site-mocks-37-... (Anyway, apologies for the tangent--I went to a liberal arts school and there's a dusty corner of my brain that still likes this stuff.)
- bluedino 13y agoWhat's the story behind the name '37signals'? I understand '42floors' since they are in real estate, but some of these names are just ridiculous.
- logicallee 13y agoever have trouble recalling or typing either of those two? basically they're branding two digits + a common word. why not. Personally, I prefer to brand things that make slightly more sense, but to each their own. it works just as well as branding an "io" at the end of something. it's just about repeating it a few times, until it can be recalled, and once it can it's quick to get to.
- djur 13y agoI forget what exact number it is all the time. "32 signals? 39 signals?"
- logicallee 13y agofair enough. if you Google does Google get you the right one - obviously. so it still works though. I wonder if they have a general trademark claim against thirtysomething-signals :)
- nav1 13y ago"The company is named after the 37 radio telescope signals identified by astronomer Paul Horowitz as potential messages from extraterrestrial intelligence." From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/37signals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/37signals
- clavalle 13y agoI believe that was the number of unexplained signals from SETI which may be from an intelligent alien civilization.
- ansimionescu 13y agoI, too, get so angry when people do stuff. It is simply infuriating!
- AnotherDesigner 13y agoThat's not funny or educational or even interesting. It looks like jealousy or unfounded hate. I can't really think of anything 37signals has done to warrant this. They make good products and treat both their employees and customers well. Am I missing something?
- raganwald 13y ago> Am I missing something? Yes. If you went to high school, you may recall a certain type of person: They'd pick someone else, anyone else, and make fun of them for no reason other than to elevate themselves as an arbiter of taste. "Ewww, reg is wearing a bow tie. What a fashion disaster!"
- smrtinsert 13y agoAh yes, when they believed Rails would eat the world.
- anon1385 13y ago>They make good products Do they? That isn't my experience. >treat […] their […] customers well Do they? That isn't my experience.
- coldtea 13y agoIsn't it? You don't seem to previde any specifics. Plus, whether it's your experience or not is irrelevant. The general consensus is that they do both. You won't find many people in the industry believing otherwise, not many unsatisfied customers in their forums.
- hmhrex 13y agoSpeaking of 37signals. I am looking for a good PM and CRM software. Either a piece of software that does both, or two separate that integrate nicely. Any suggestions? We are a Web company that handles projects including Web, Film, Photography and design. We might be developing one in house if we can't find one that meets our needs.
- xemoka 13y agoHave you taken a look at ActiveCollab [0]? I have a friend who's in a similar space who swears by it... looking to get my environment to move to it as well. [0] https://www.activecollab.com/ https://www.activecollab.com/
- hmhrex 13y agoThis might be exactly what I'm looking for. looks really great.
- gboudrias 13y agoWe're working on mass hosting for OpenAtrium (open source PM tool) and CiviCRM (open source CRM). Obviously we're pretty big fans of open-source. Let me know if you want beta access: http://praxis.coop/en/contact http://praxis.coop/en/contact (forgive the website, it's new).
- conorclearshot 13y agoI'd like to plug DuetApp.
- hmhrex 13y agoVery slick. I like the price as well. Unfortunately it's missing a few things that we need, such as Gantt charts, and a little better CRM features.
- 23andwalnut 13y agoHey. I'm the creator of http://duetapp.com http://duetapp.com. What CRM features would you need for the app to be useful to you?
- antidaily 13y agoEmbarrassingly dumb. Especially considering the fact that they changed their name today: http://37signals.com/ http://37signals.com/.
- majestic217 13y agoIt's dated nearly two years ago. What was that about "embarassingly dumb?" http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/01/31/this-site-mocks-37-signals-after-it-attacked-a-yc-startup-for-stealing-code/ http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/01/31/this-site-mocks-37-...
- awj 13y agoI personally think it was embarrassingly dumb before the name change.
- pooshoot 13y agoThis is awesome. I love the links.
- 650REDHAIR 13y agoI didn't even notice them until I read your comment. That's pretty hilarious and I love the Trello link!
- Argorak 13y agoIf your company has the stance of being opinionated and you have at least 3 instances of people investing the time to create an attempt at satire about you... you must have done _something_ right!
- thrillgore 13y agoSuch edgy. Much satire. Wow.
- justathrow2k 13y agoPlease, stop talking in memes.
- vadman 13y agoU mad bro?
- justathrow2k 13y agoNot in the slightest :) Troll on, friend.
- coldtea 13y ago"Making simple software and charging heaps because we are hip and edgy..." Every time I see things such as these I think: 20-something, doesn't understand money ($20/month seems "too much"), doesn't understand business, not much sense of humor either, mostly pissed about other being succesful... The kind of people who write M$ with a dollar sign.
- pjmlp 13y agoYep, open source and free software is all great and dandy, until you try to make a living writing software, while trying to pay for the monthly bills.
- api 13y agoYeah, and it bashes them for not having big-money VCs and having to bootstrap and thus having to be more frugal and charge more. In my mind that makes 37signals more "independent" than companies with big-money VC backers.
- majestic217 13y agoI think it is suggesting that 37signals' software can be easily replaced by free alternatives (look at the links): google (gmail/calendar, etc.) accounts, skype, yammer, trello. Based on the date the link was submitted to reddit was done around the same time as the Curebit fiasco. I like 37Signals but admittedly they did behave like arrogant aholes during it. Not something I'd expect from such well respected members of the tech community. The bit where DHH tweets their investors is what does it for me. http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/28/cant-look-away/ http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/28/cant-look-away/ http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/01/31/this-site-mocks-37-signals-after-it-attacked-a-yc-startup-for-stealing-code/ http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/01/31/this-site-mocks-37-...
- nswanberg 13y agoThat's the line that threw me off too. "Hip and edgy" is an amateur-hour schoolyard taunt. "Making simple software and charging heaps" would have been enough and kind of funny. And the meanness made me overlook the funny bits like the subheader about less and more, and some of the sections, the quote by Ghandi, and the completely gratuitous "Happy Wednesday" way up in the corner that changes, depending on the day (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19865106/how-does-37signals-make-the-day-change-on-their-homepage http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19865106/how-does-37signa...).
- josephjrobison 13y agoThis is hilarious people! I'm sure the founders are laughing. It's just good humor c'mon....
- arc_of_descent 13y agoSome good humor here! Enjoyed it.
- ChikkaChiChi 13y agoI liked the part where I closed the tab, thus saving my eyes and computer from more stupidity.
- bestdayever 13y agoThis comment was almost as funny as the site!
- mam8cc 13y agoContext for those that were as out of the loop as I was: http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/01/31/this-site-mocks-37-signals-after-it-attacked-a-yc-startup-for-stealing-code/ http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/01/31/this-site-mocks-37-...
- talles 13y agoLoved the "Clarity is kinfuhgjno"