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Goes to show that: urgent need + simple solution = home run.
by physcab 17y ago
Goes to show that: urgent need + simple solution = home run.
- gsmaverick 17y agoIf you consider home run to be a large round of capital.
- zaidf 17y agoYou seriously ought to reconsider your definition of a home run.
- physcab 17y agoI think if you build a product that 50 million people love, or that 10 million people have downloaded, that would be considered to be a home run. If that isn't, what is?
- gojomo 17y agoI've downloaded the Shazam iPhone app -- and have always been disappointed with the results. When Shazam was featured in an iPhone commercial, I actually tried identifying the exact music in the commercial with Shazam. Couldn't get it to work on multiple tries (replaying the commercial online). I hope some of those 10 million lookie-loos had better luck than I did.
- physcab 17y agoSorry you couldn't get it to work. I for one am a very happy lookie-loo. I remember a couple weeks back I was at a nightclub and thought "damn I really want to know this song" but I didn't want people to see me Shazaming. So I took out my phone, turned on tagging, and dropped it in my pocket waiting for the vibrate. It still got it!
- zaidf 17y ago50 million downloads is a great thing and a big deal. But it is not a homerun. Home run almost exclusively refers to a liquidity event: either selling for hundreds of millions or billions or going public.
- physcab 17y agoI guess everyone has different definitions. 50 million users is a pretty tough benchmark to get to, especially in a little over a year. Hell, I'd be happy if there were 1000 happy customers for my apps. But damn if your bar is set on IPO, more power to you.
- gojomo 17y agoAnd of 'urgent need'. Instantly knowing the name of a song is pretty low on the hierarchy of human needs.
- physcab 17y agoWell duh. Urgent not in the sense of subsistence but definitely in the sense of timing. When that kind of thing happens you are usually in a bar, at a party, in the car whatever, and you've got to find a way to somehow write the song down or remember the lyrics for later googling. I love music so having a good fingerprinting technology at my fingertips is a simple pleasure I'm really thankful for.