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The Distance brings you stories of people who have stuck it out for decades

62 points by 8ig8 12y ago

Swizec 12y ago
Cool project, staying in business is definitely the hard part! But the landing page is a dash confusing. I thought the avatar'd people were the stories and was confused why so many of them are working at Basecamp. Are these just stories of Basecamp which has been around for a while? Then I noticed the super nondescript list of stories. I think those two would work better reversed. More focus on the stories, less on the people creating The Distance! Right now it looks more like a vehicle for self-promotion of people making this.
- ComNik 12y ago
  Maybe you're talking about the about page which this submission links to. The real landing page is quite focused on the acutal stories :)
- x43b 12y ago
  "But the landing page is a dash confusing. I thought the avatar'd people were the stories" I think that is because the link is to the about page, which understandably is about the company. If you remove the /about on the URL you get the stories you are looking for.
- grmarcil 12y ago
  Agreed, even though the url indicates that it is an "about" page, it is somewhat difficult to understand that from the page itself. Especially given that there is no traditional navigation to speak of.
teddyh 12y ago
Reminds me of this article about similar stories, but about individuals: 5 Famous People Who Succeeded Long After They Should've Quit http://www.cracked.com/article_19655_5-famous-late-bloomers.html http://www.cracked.com/article_19655_5-famous-late-bloomers.... Lists: Alan Rickman, Peter Roget, Joseph Conrad, Kathryn Joosten and Harland “Colonel” Sanders.
scardine 12y ago
Survivor bias is inherent to success stories about persistence.
- revorad 12y ago
  I call this "survivor bias bias". Survivor bias is real, but it doesn't explain all of success. I wish people stopped using it as a trump card argument just like "correlation is not causation".
  - graeme 12y ago
    This existential comic is the first place I heard about the "fallacy fallacy". It's a good concept. http://existentialcomics.com/comic/9 http://existentialcomics.com/comic/9 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_fallacy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_fallacy
8ig8 12y ago
This is a Basecamp (37 Signals) project. > Stories about hard-working, long-lasting businesses and the people behind them. Brought to you by Basecamp.

62 points by 8ig8 12y ago

Cool project, staying in business is definitely the hard part! But the landing page is a dash confusing. I thought the avatar'd people were the stories and was confused why so many of them are working at Basecamp. Are these just stories of Basecamp which has been around for a while? Then I noticed the super nondescript list of stories. I think those two would work better reversed. More focus on the stories, less on the people creating The Distance! Right now it looks more like a vehicle for self-promotion of people making this.

ComNik 12y ago
Maybe you're talking about the about page which this submission links to. The real landing page is quite focused on the acutal stories :)
x43b 12y ago
"But the landing page is a dash confusing. I thought the avatar'd people were the stories" I think that is because the link is to the about page, which understandably is about the company. If you remove the /about on the URL you get the stories you are looking for.
grmarcil 12y ago
Agreed, even though the url indicates that it is an "about" page, it is somewhat difficult to understand that from the page itself. Especially given that there is no traditional navigation to speak of.

teddyh 12y ago

Reminds me of this article about similar stories, but about individuals: 5 Famous People Who Succeeded Long After They Should've Quit http://www.cracked.com/article_19655_5-famous-late-bloomers.html http://www.cracked.com/article_19655_5-famous-late-bloomers.... Lists: Alan Rickman, Peter Roget, Joseph Conrad, Kathryn Joosten and Harland “Colonel” Sanders.

scardine 12y ago

Survivor bias is inherent to success stories about persistence.

revorad 12y ago
I call this "survivor bias bias". Survivor bias is real, but it doesn't explain all of success. I wish people stopped using it as a trump card argument just like "correlation is not causation".
- graeme 12y ago
  This existential comic is the first place I heard about the "fallacy fallacy". It's a good concept. http://existentialcomics.com/comic/9 http://existentialcomics.com/comic/9 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_fallacy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_fallacy

8ig8 12y ago

This is a Basecamp (37 Signals) project. > Stories about hard-working, long-lasting businesses and the people behind them. Brought to you by Basecamp.