Comments on: Sorry for the left turn http://onticoren.com/2009/04/26/sorry-for-the-left-turn/ Enough virtual, it's time for something real by Oren Teich. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:28:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Trifun http://onticoren.com/2009/04/26/sorry-for-the-left-turn/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Trifun Wed, 27 May 2009 18:45:26 +0000 http://onticoren.com/?p=119#comment-147 Well, interesting, but fitness websites are a dime a dozen these days. Why go out and build something when there are hundreds of existing options, and dozens which are actually QUITE GOOD.<br><br>This effort smacks of the typical engineering hubris... "I have a great unique idea, and I'm the ONLY one that could implement it, nobody else could have thought of this uinique idea, and NO ONE could have coded it!!". Disregard that it's been done, several years ago...<br><br>Anyway... plod on. Competition is good, we need another mapmyrun, buckeyeoutdoors, runsaturday, motionbased, gpsies, gyminee, et al. Well, interesting, but fitness websites are a dime a dozen these days. Why go out and build something when there are hundreds of existing options, and dozens which are actually QUITE GOOD.

This effort smacks of the typical engineering hubris… “I have a great unique idea, and I'm the ONLY one that could implement it, nobody else could have thought of this uinique idea, and NO ONE could have coded it!!”. Disregard that it's been done, several years ago…

Anyway… plod on. Competition is good, we need another mapmyrun, buckeyeoutdoors, runsaturday, motionbased, gpsies, gyminee, et al.

]]> By: Trifun http://onticoren.com/2009/04/26/sorry-for-the-left-turn/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Trifun Wed, 27 May 2009 11:45:26 +0000 http://onticoren.com/?p=119#comment-122 Well, interesting, but fitness websites are a dime a dozen these days. Why go out and build something when there are hundreds of existing options, and dozens which are actually QUITE GOOD.<br><br>This effort smacks of the typical engineering hubris... "I have a great unique idea, and I'm the ONLY one that could implement it, nobody else could have thought of this uinique idea, and NO ONE could have coded it!!". Disregard that it's been done, several years ago...<br><br>Anyway... plod on. Competition is good, we need another mapmyrun, buckeyeoutdoors, runsaturday, motionbased, gpsies, gyminee, et al. Well, interesting, but fitness websites are a dime a dozen these days. Why go out and build something when there are hundreds of existing options, and dozens which are actually QUITE GOOD.

This effort smacks of the typical engineering hubris… “I have a great unique idea, and I'm the ONLY one that could implement it, nobody else could have thought of this uinique idea, and NO ONE could have coded it!!”. Disregard that it's been done, several years ago…

Anyway… plod on. Competition is good, we need another mapmyrun, buckeyeoutdoors, runsaturday, motionbased, gpsies, gyminee, et al.

]]> By: People Over Process » Links for April 26th http://onticoren.com/2009/04/26/sorry-for-the-left-turn/comment-page-1/#comment-118 People Over Process » Links for April 26th Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:59:07 +0000 http://onticoren.com/?p=119#comment-118 [...] Ontic Oren » Sorry for the left turn"Zed9 is like mint.com for fitness. The idea is to aggregate data from as many sources as possible, provide you with meaningful analytics, and compare and contrast your performance with others in your network, demographics, and interest groups. I’m planning on launching a private alpha this week to start getting feedback." [...] [...] Ontic Oren » Sorry for the left turn"Zed9 is like mint.com for fitness. The idea is to aggregate data from as many sources as possible, provide you with meaningful analytics, and compare and contrast your performance with others in your network, demographics, and interest groups. I’m planning on launching a private alpha this week to start getting feedback." [...]

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