Andrei

This is somehow a reply to Guy Kawasaki’s “By the Numbers: How I built a Web 2.0, User-Generated Content, Citizen Journalism, Long-Tail, Social Media Site for $12,107.09“. I don’t want people to think that I have some issues or something with it. I’ve read a few months ago his post about the creation of Truemors.com. I liked the idea, wasn’t revolutionary, but it was a new approach to social bookmarking. Yesterday I tried to post a story from one of my websites and I was disappointed by the upload/post part of the website. It’s a ten-cent app that will upload your entries to a db, put them on the first page, until a “Truemorist” will delete it for no specific reason. Let’s take a closer look at the post form:

• It will ask for your name (no account!), and you can post as John Doe, Danny De Vito or even Arnold Schwarzenegger, no one will know for sure.
• Then you’ll need to fill in the e-mail and you could use johndoe@microsoft.com because it’s not gonna be used for confirmation or anything else.
• Worst categories list I’ve ever seen. I won’t even insist on that.
• The “Headline” … h e a d l i n e … wtf happened to “Title” ? 🙂
• and now… the hugest BS damn thing in this site: “Your Truemor”. Now this is the point where everything gets fucked-up. It’s just a simple textbox . So you type, you enter your story and then you click submit. And then… “AAAARRRGGGHHH !!! where are my links?” Exactly. To insert a link in truemors.com you need tot type the HTML code. Who the hell is still doing this when we have web2.0 apps, WYSIWYG editors, user-management platforms. It’s the damn 21st century.

So, Guy Kawasaki spent $12,107.09 on truemors.com, by doing this

1. $4,500. The total software development cost was $4,500. The guys at Electric Pulp did the work. Honestly, I wasn’t a believer in remote teams trying to work together on version 1 of a product, but Electric Pulp changed my mind.
2. $4,824.14. The total cost of the legal fees was $4,824.14. I could have used my uncle the divorce lawyer and saved a few bucks, but that would have been short sighted if Truemors ever becomes worth something.
3. $399. I paid LogoWorks $399 to design the logo. Of course, this was before HP bought the company. Not sure what it would charge now. 🙂
4. $1,115.05. I spent $1,115.05 registering domains. I could have used GoDaddy and done it a lot cheaper, but I was too stupid and lazy. [this is a little over $20 per domain]

when the real thing would go like this:

1. $0. WordPress (donate to the good guys there)
2. $0. WordPress Skin (a little donation to the theme creator would surely help)
3. $0. The logo that anyone can do in Photoshop/Illustrator/Gimp
4. $600. You could spend $600 or less on registering domains. [hey, you didn’t buy truemors.ro. it’s only $61 at rotld.ro and it’s a one-time fee. see? bargain :)]
5. $4824,14. I’m not into legal stuff, I’ll take Guy’s advice on this one, but I’m definitely sure that I could find something cheaper even in the US.
6. $190.8. Two-year “Crazy Domain Insane!” package at DreamHost, making me forget about problems like bandwidth or disk quota, downtime, hacking, etc.

A little math reveals it all: without the legal fees, my truemors would cost less than $790.8 and a little brain effort, while Guy Kawasaki’s truemors goes up to $7282.95, more than 9 times my expenses, but no brain activity was required.

As a conclusion: if you want to start your Internet business and you don’t have some active brain cells, then PLEASE start playing Lemonade Tycoon in real life. Sincerely, it’s not a cool thing to show off when you’re stupid, and it’s even crappy when you bring evidences. At the end, I want to congratulate Guy Kawasaki for showing one more time what you can do when you have lots of money, a stolen idea [remember digg?] and no fuckin’ brains.

În Romania se fură, zilnic, în jur de 700 de telefoane mobile. Asta înseamnă că unul din 70 de telefoane existente la utilizatori se fură într-un an. (Gândul). Adica unui roman i se fura telefonul la fiecare 2 minute. Bietul de el. 🙂 Cunosc multi care au ramas fara telefoane prin tramvaie sau metrou, asa ca va sugerez sa aveti grija si sa nu va transformati telefoanele in doze pentru hoti. Cu cat e mai nou/scump/shiny un gadget, cu atat e mai atragator pentru baietzasi.

feedle a furat-o si n-a dat-o mai departe ceea ce ma lasa s-o fur si eu. imi permit chiar sa “go to the next level” si sa folosesc doar piesele dp mp3player.

1.How are you feeling today?
Pogues – Dirty Old Town (chiar ca)

2.Will you get far in life?
The Roots – The Seed (deci acolo mă opresc)

3.How do your friends see you?
West Ham United – I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles (united! united!)

4.Will you get married?
Billy Joel – Piano Man (“man, what the are you doing here?” )

5.What is your best friend’s theme song?
Kumm – Butterflies (am găsit melodia, acum să căutăm şi prietenul)

6.What is the story of your life?
Al Jarreau – Moonlighting (read my previous post)

7.What was high school like?
Zob si Mara – Cantec de dragoste (love is in the air)

8.How can you get ahead in life?
Billy Ray Cyrus – Achy Breaky Heart (I’m a little bit country)

9.What is the best thing about your friends?
Alexandru Andries – Mama, Muri Maria (că’s morti? ce morbid. . )

10.What is in store for this weekend?
Pep’s – Liberta (parapantă sau plajă? )

11.What song describes you?
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Proud Mary (Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis / Pumped a lot of pain down in New Orleans)

12.To describe your grandparents?
Alexandru Andries – E Razboi, Ioane (nu-mi amintesc ca vr-unul dintre bunici să fi facut razboiul, da’ fie)

13.How is your life going?
Zebda – Bella Ciao (E’ questo il fiore del partigiano / Morto per la liberta)

14.What song will they play at your funeral?
Dublin City Ramblers – The Irish Rover (beti, căci căpitanu’i mort şi vă duce draq’n port)

15.How does the world see you?
The Mamas And The Papas – California Dreaming (visător, da ştiu.)

16.Will you have a happy life?
Unu ft. Dan (OCS) – Tine pasul cu mine (HA! In your face!)

17.What do your friends really think of you?
Travka – Inger Sedat (astăzi nu am cap… mă rog, mai în fiecare zi)

18.Do people secretly lust after you?
The Rasmus – In The Shadows (“I´ve been watching, I´ve been waiting” .. damn)

19.How can I make myself happy?
Ska-P – Cannabis (ha ha, incepe sa-mi placa jocul asta)

20.What should you do with your life?
Green Day – Give Me Novocaine (aw, that hurts)

tare interesant… mi-a plăcut. îmi asum riscul de a-l da mai departe… hummm…. deci Tanase, raZna (raZZZbunareeee!), Suzy şi ultimul, dar nu cel din urma, Vlad, cand o avea blog

Astăzi vă prezentăm două exemplare din rasa … nu stim exact din ce rasă far parte, dar cu siguranţă ar trebui trecută pe lista cu specii cu prioritate la genocid. Avem o combinaţie aproape reuşită de om (homo sapiens sapiens), corb (Corvus brachyrhynchos). În folclor, sunt denumiţi *Goth-emos”. Apariţia aceste specii, generată de către muzică, această mixtură beneficiază de influenţe din diverse genuri, fiind o amestecătură de Cradle of Filth, Kiss, Marius Moga şi Adi de la Vâlcea. Încă nu s-a detereminat concret comportamentul acestei specii, dar cercetătorii susţin că variază, în funcţie de necesitate, între goth şi emo. Din câte s-a putut observa până acum, nutriţia este una asemănătoare cu cea omnivoră, cu precizarea că predomină alcoolul în diverse formule, prezentări şi niveluri de calitate, dar mereu în cantităţi impresionante. Încă nu a fost capturat niciun astfel de exemplar pentru a-i fi efectuate teste, dar se crede că, deşi volumul cranian şi creierul sunt la fel de mari ca la oameni, coeficientul de inteligenţă nu depăşeşte valoarea de 45.

Vara, vara, vara,
Cat te-am asteptat
Cu berea rece-n fata
Ce adevarat
La terasa-afara
Nu pot sa ma opresc
Soarele ma arde
Simt ca-nebunesc

Mmmmdaaaaa… a venit iar vara. Cald, soare, in curand mare, petreceri, iubire, plimbari, parcuri, zambete, fericire. Dupa atata asteptare, vara s-a intors. Ce a fost mai greu a trecut. Dupa un an plin de necazuri, de probleme, de nereusite, de dureri de cap, a venit vara, un moment de relaxare. In curand voi ajunge in Vama, cu o bere, cu plaja si cu marea mea. Fericire, here I come!

Dar, pentru moment, mor de cald …