Do something useful
As I read about the Apple’s latest acquisition I am struck by the incredible amount of useless software is being developed. More and more software is about some entertainment, a social networking twist or a new workaround for obsolete copyright laws.
All the new software I seem to see these days is either about search, entertainment or advertising. Perhaps it’s because I’ve been consulting in the media business but there’s no escaping that there’s a lot of money, energy and innovation in software that doesn’t really do anything useful.
I’ve been trying to create a software startup for a while now. It’s hard. I’ve seen a lot of bad ideas, dished up a bunch of my own and learned a lot. One thing is clear, if I’m going to do anything it needs to be software that does something useful.
December 5th, 2009 at 3:24 am
I hear you. I’m contemplating logging absolutely everything I do over a few days to try and locate areas that would benefit from software assistance.
The question I’m trying to ask myself whenever I develop something these days is “who is my first customer going to be?”