Flipping is Good. (aka Memo to Jason Fried: Sorry, You're Fucking Wrong.)

Re:Flipping is Good. (aka Memo to Jason Fried: Sorry, You're... by swombat on Sunday October 04, 2009 @01:56PM (#860378)

I don't think Dave needs to "stand up to Jason or Graham or Spolsky" to give more value to his opinion. He's got enough star power by himself, though oddly the people posting on here at the moment seem to be blind to it. See http://500hats.typepad.com/500blogs/about-dave-mcclure.html

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Re:Flipping is Good. (aka Memo to Jason Fried: Sorry, You're... by edw519 on Sunday October 04, 2009 @02:06PM (#860399)

oddly the people posting on here at the moment seem to be blind to it

Thank you. I was blind, but now I can see...

Dave barely graduated from the Johns Hopkins University in 1988, with a BS in Mathematical Sciences Engineering and a minor in frisbee, billiards, and foosball.

Foosball? I had no idea. I take it all back.

In the future all disagreements between foosball players should be settled on the table where they belong. Does Jason play?

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Re:Flipping is Good. (aka Memo to Jason Fried: Sorry, You're... by jfager on Sunday October 04, 2009 @06:52PM (#860728)

You're highlighting the throwaway line about 20 years ago at the end of a lengthy and impressive resume. I appreciate that you disagree with him, but that seems like a cheap shot.

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Re:Flipping is Good. (aka Memo to Jason Fried: Sorry, You're... by edw519 on Sunday October 04, 2009 @07:35PM (#860764)

I wasn't joking. I'd love to play any of these guys in foosball. For geeks, foosball is like golf for executives or football for Kennedys. I like how a 20 year old "throwaway line" can still bring us together. The only cheap shot intended here was my bank shot off my opponent's 3 man and into his goal.

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Re:Flipping is Good. (aka Memo to Jason Fried: Sorry, You're... by danielzarick on Sunday October 04, 2009 @03:39PM (#860530)

Fully agreed on this. Foosball, boxing, or ping pong.

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Re:Flipping is Good. (aka Memo to Jason Fried: Sorry, You're... by tptacek on Sunday October 04, 2009 @02:00PM (#860388)

Meh, you're probably right. I'm just saying, edw's point doesn't require us to believe that we should back down to "authorities".

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Re:Flipping is Good. (aka Memo to Jason Fried: Sorry, You're... by ErrantX on Sunday October 04, 2009 @02:37PM (#860446)

Dave doesn't appear as eloquent as J,G&S so that probably explains why he looks like an upstart ranter by comparison.

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