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Re:What Not To Build by Jach on Wednesday December 09, 2009 @11:07AM (#985952)
I think the article has good general advice but stuff you should really take with a grain of salt. As another commenter said, lots of counter-examples. When I was reading the "don't build edutainment" bit, I couldn't help but think of Brain Age.
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Re:What Not To Build by mechanical_fish on Wednesday December 09, 2009 @12:21PM (#986090)
The list is funny. I kept expecting it to keep going and turn into a parody.

Don't build edutainment.

Don't build an iPhone application.

Don't build a website.

Don't build an application that runs on any platform that is already popular.

Don't build anything that your customers can already understand.

Don't build anything that's like anything that people currently find useful.

Don't build anything that you expect to actually work.

Don't build anything that might turn on you and force you to stake it through the heart before it devours your spunky sidekick.

Don't build anything with a computer.

Don't build anything.

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Re:What Not To Build by evilslut82 on Thursday December 10, 2009 @06:36AM (#987685)
:D :D
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