A good idea is worth nothing
Unless, of course, it’s executed. I just finished re-reading Getting Real (yeah, it’s that good), and I forgot about this. It’s an interesting point:
Awful idea = -1
Weak idea = 1
So-so idea = 5
Good idea = 10
Great idea = 15
Brilliant idea = 20
No execution = $1
Weak execution = $1000
So-so execution = $10,000
Good execution = $100,000
Great execution = $1,000,000
Brilliant execution = $10,000,000
Multiplying the two gives you your pillar of success. I suppose that’s why a lot of good ideas get flushed down the toilet: no execution. I recently read that MySpace is now worth $6 Billion. Would you consider that to be brilliant idea/execution? While the majority of pages on MySpace are ugly and unruly, I guess the execution lies within the freedom given to each member to make those pages ugly and unruly. Personally I think it’s the most obnoxious place on the internet, but apparently it’s working.
Nick Monday, 27 Nov, 2006 Posted at 05:27PM
I agree. MySpace is a stain on the carpet as far as I’m concerned.
Chris Tuesday, 28 Nov, 2006 Posted at 04:40PM
MySpace works because it provides simple interfaces to the things people do most often. It’s ugly, for the most part, but then again most MySpaces are from people who don’t care about the look of the page so much as how their friends are doing.
For the record, I’m easily annoyed with MySpace… I heard recently that high school students spend an average of 3-6 hours a day on MySpace. HOW?? I can’t even spend that long reading the top stories on digg in one day.
And I will NEVER understand why some people use the comments section as a crude form of IM… that’s what AIM/ICQ/GTalk/etc. are for!
Ok, I’m done.
Ryan Tuesday, 28 Nov, 2006 Posted at 04:50PM
No kidding… I forgot all about the “commenting as IM” issue. That’s absurd.
I was never really into facebook, either, but I kind of thought it was a decent idea being targeted for students in colleges (and eventually high school), but I think its downfall was when it opened to the public. Now it’s just one more online community with no restrictions. I haven’t been in there in well over a year (probably 2 years), so I don’t know if it’s any better, but the limitation of students only is what I thought made it a success. But I’m sure I’m wrong about that one, too.
Matt Sunday, 05 Aug, 2007 Posted at 07:06PM
Well if some of you internet users had friends you could talk to on Myspace you might understand. Lets say you saw a girl at a party last night but didn’t get the time to approach her, you see her on Myspace the week later and then have a way to contact her. Could you accomplish that on a IM service without knowing her? I really do not see how Myspace could be called absurd or an annoyance over that. If people want to get online and go to Myspace what the harm in it? Really? How is it effecting you?
Ryan Sunday, 05 Aug, 2007 Posted at 07:56PM
MySpace pollutes the internet. I will never associate myself with MySpace for a number of other reasons that don’t really matter—it’s all based on my opinion(s). If you like it, and that’s your way of meeting girls, knock yourself out. Be careful, though, MySpace users aren’t always who they say they are.