2007SEP282123
"... I had four interns that summer creating a new product. That's a real business challenge. So here was my stupid idea: Why not make a documentary film about it? ..."
Joel optomised this article so well it was published in "October 2007"!
I watched Aardvark after purchasing a copy and was probably responsible for some of the fun Joel describes sending the DVD, OS. One of the things that struck me watching the film was the project was just so straightforward. It was bland. I don't know if it was because the programmers where so good? Joel was overseeing the specification? The idea was predefined? There was no coding frenzy of Coderush, no blood in the water like Startup.com. No grungy craziness of e-dreams.
Then again maybe thats the point. A great example of "software management" in releasing a version 1 product. The movie was still like eating cardboard though. (5.5/10)
- coderush www.amazon.com/Code-Rush/dp/B00004T128
- startup.com en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup.com
- edreams www.kosmo.com/blogs/TimsBlog/2004/04/
One of my own demotivators.
2007SEP282123
"... I had four interns that summer creating a new product. That's a real business challenge. So here was my stupid idea: Why not make a documentary film about it? ..."
Joel optomised this article so well it was published in "October 2007"!
I watched Aardvark after purchasing a copy and was probably responsible for some of the fun Joel describes sending the DVD, OS. One of the things that struck me watching the film was the project was just so straightforward. It was bland. I don't know if it was because the programmers where so good? Joel was overseeing the specification? The idea was predefined? There was no coding frenzy of Coderush, no blood in the water like Startup.com. No grungy craziness of e-dreams.
Then again maybe thats the point. A great example of "software management" in releasing a version 1 product. The movie was still like eating cardboard though. (5.5/10)
- coderush www.amazon.com/Code-Rush/dp/B00004T128
- startup.com en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup.com
- edreams www.kosmo.com/blogs/TimsBlog/2004/04/
One of my own demotivators.