http://gapingvoid.com/2007/05/25/software-blogcard/ "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:03:19 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://gapingvoid.com/2007/05/25/software-blogcard/comment-page-1/#comment-18870 Dieter Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:24:45 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=3743#comment-18870 well ... the cartoon is nice ... but it is not what the card seller does but what the possible streetcard buyer says ... it is not what the website shall do, but about what it does in the mind of the user ... you wanna know what it does in my mind? well … the cartoon is nice … but it is not what the card seller does but what the possible streetcard buyer says … it is not what the website shall do, but about what it does in the mind of the user … you wanna know what it does in my mind?

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2007/05/25/software-blogcard/comment-page-1/#comment-18869 Richard Hare Sun, 27 May 2007 01:40:10 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=3743#comment-18869 That and "businesses are not run by IT departments..." were irresistible. That and “businesses are not run by IT departments…” were irresistible.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2007/05/25/software-blogcard/comment-page-1/#comment-18868 Maggie Leber Sat, 26 May 2007 02:14:57 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=3743#comment-18868 In the same vein: from a tagline spotted at Groklaw(*): "It's not the software that's free; it's you." (*) <a href="http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070525100251798" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070525100251798" rel="nofollow">http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070525100251798</a></a> In the same vein: from a tagline spotted at Groklaw(*):
“It’s not the software that’s free; it’s you.”
(*) http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070525100251798

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2007/05/25/software-blogcard/comment-page-1/#comment-18867 latinbombshell Fri, 25 May 2007 21:10:17 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=3743#comment-18867 Wow. Are you reading my mind? In a non-geeky, non-marketing sort of way I have been thinking A LOT about concept this lately, because the concept is actually not a concept at all, but a very real thing that happens when people start to treat your blog like a personals ad. I even had to change my commenter's identity. I could not agree more. Questions I have asked myself are a) does software give users an excuse to act differently than they would in meatspace? b) isn't software just a means to an end? etc; Wow. Are you reading my mind? In a non-geeky, non-marketing sort of way I have been thinking A LOT about concept this lately, because the concept is actually not a concept at all, but a very real thing that happens when people start to treat your blog like a personals ad. I even had to change my commenter’s identity. I could not agree more. Questions I have asked myself are a) does software give users an excuse to act differently than they would in meatspace? b) isn’t software just a means to an end? etc;

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2007/05/25/software-blogcard/comment-page-1/#comment-18866 Ben Fri, 25 May 2007 17:56:04 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=3743#comment-18866 Brilliant news - Hugh. Ordering now. Brilliant news — Hugh. Ordering now.

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