Comments on: Taking things seriously

By: Kate Lila Wheeler

Kate Lila Wheeler — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:19:29 +0000

The same stereotyping lands on artists. In fact perhaps the tech entrepreneur have begun to receive the collective projections about creativity that once landed on artists? (There is a thread of rumination that could depart from here). But back to the main point of subtle denigrating in the disguise of adulation–as if you were some kind of freak of nature who secretes amazing products from your body after you ingest this mix of drugs, alcohol and sex. You don’t need to eat like a regular person, nor do you deserve the honor due to one who has made a disciplined effort.

By: Graham

Graham — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:36:24 +0000

I totally agree. You have to wonder why (if this has not already happened) Hollywood didn’t afford Bill Gate or Steve Jobs the same amount of ego boosting character makeover that the Facebook movie has done for this Mark Zucherwhatever!! I understand that FB made a huge impact for social networking, especially in youth culture, but really!!.. Facebook pales in comparison to those guys.

Facebook sucks now, just as much as it did in the beginning. The UX is terrible and the security is a joke.

Just my opinion. I will NOT be wasting time or money on the movie.

By: David Comdico

David Comdico — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:51:32 +0000

The movie is not about software development but about how software has altered our way of connecting (or not) with one another. I say this as I use some software to connect with you–a complete stranger.

Anyhow, this is a problem with art, one that Plato recognized a very long time ago–you don’t have to know how something works in order to portray it–you can even distort it and very very few people will be the wiser.

In short, yes, it’s only a movie but people’s perception of reality is often based on much less.

If only the problem were limited to software innovation….

By: t!na

t!na — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 23:10:43 +0000

Wow, I just realized how many typos are in this post. I should not blog at 2 AM.

I had no idea there was a CS Barbie… what makes her a computer scientist? Slide rule? Do kids even know what that is?

By: Jing

Jing — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 19:43:13 +0000

That’s why I dislike the computer science Barbie doll, and why I’m going to avoid that movie like the plague.

On the plus side, it might encourage an increase of entrepreneurs, and out of thousands of theme, there’s bound to be one that actually creates value and has founders who can adapt quickly enough to succeed.

Meanwhile, it sucks for existing entrepreneurs, who will get even less credit and respect than they already do today, especially on the east coast.