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The 37Signals blog still has a ton of great information in it - particularly on design. However, their opinions on anything outside of design have been getting
by ssharp 17y ago
The 37Signals blog still has a ton of great information in it - particularly on design. However, their opinions on anything outside of design have been getting more and more obtuse. There is more noise than signal these days but they're still relevant enough to read.
Their one-size-fits-all approach to business models has always been as ridiculous as their holier-than-thou attitude towards funded startups. They just seem to be getting more gratuitous as of late. The company clearly had a mental investment in Mint and were disappointed by their exit. That investment and let down led them to act immaturely.
- jonny_noog 17y agoSuch disclaimers as the below would seem to directly contradict your claim that they espouse a "one-size-fits-all" approach: http://gettingreal.37signals.com/ch01_Caveats_disclaimers_and_other_preemptive_strikes.php http://gettingreal.37signals.com/ch01_Caveats_disclaimers_an... Or is your complaint that they don't find it necessary to preface every single post on SvN with such disclaimers? In fact, this complaint would be addressed by that same link. I'm not trying to defend the Mint post by any means (although I do think, as someone else already mentioned, that the larger picture being painted by the post - once you get past the drama that has been generated - is interesting), I'm sure that post (and probably a few other posts) could have been handled better by Jason. But please, let's stop parroting the same old hyperbole about 37S.