Stuff - Paul Graham

Re:Stuff - Paul Graham by byrneseyeview on Tuesday July 31, 2007 @03:48PM (#38073)

"My question is how do we make people think that our web applications will make them as important as their shoes do?"

The standard answer is to make the application that would be your homepage if someone else had made it by now.

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Re:Stuff - Paul Graham by ivankirigin on Tuesday July 31, 2007 @03:50PM (#38081)

Don't most people have blank home pages to have faster browser start times? I haven't had a home page for years.

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Re:Stuff - Paul Graham by randallsquared on Tuesday July 31, 2007 @04:01PM (#38094)

Google loads REALLY quickly. I don't notice the difference between a blank page and Google, and I live in the US, where broadband speeds are supposed to be woefully inadequate, per some recent article on reddit. :)

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Re:Stuff - Paul Graham by ivankirigin on Tuesday July 31, 2007 @04:04PM (#38098)

Google toolbar in firefox is faster

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Re:Stuff - Paul Graham by byrneseyeview on Tuesday July 31, 2007 @04:00PM (#38093)

I meant it figuratively (I usually do the blank homepage thing, too).

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Re:Stuff - Paul Graham by ivankirigin on Tuesday July 31, 2007 @04:04PM (#38097)

I figured :)

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