I have been at this with David since Mar 1. 2011. When we seem like we are making progress and we hit a wall. When we hit a wall, fortunately, there are people who have answers.
2600 Meeting for Hackers was quite interesting and valuable. I shared all my detailed idea with Charles Koh and Hackers so far. David is very much so paranoid about our idea spreading and we lost the leap on the innovation. I agree with it however, if we don't expose our idea then we may not learn.
I am not tech wizard, no computer science degree, no PM experience, for god sake I don't even know what API stands for or what it is. All I have is passion and belief for this project. It sucks to live in a life where I have to be parsimonious all the time. It's annoying . I want to go back to my life where I had great cash flow. I don't regret my decision on giving my parents gifts and money. It was damn worth it and if I did not I would have regretted. My only regret is that I should have started something like this sooner, way sooner like while I was in college. Perhaps I was spoiled, naive and cowardly at that time.
David and I had some disagreement but we talked it out and resolved it. Some issues that we do not resolve are based on difference on our beliefs. It would be great if we had some facts to back it up. For now, we just table those important questions and plan on asking experts.
Everyone is asking same questions. "How are you going to monetize it?" "How will you generate revenue?" It's a important question because people want to make money. I just want to focus on making a great, best of its kind product. Is is so wrong? I have always been so ambitious about money but i'm thinking in long term and I feel that focusing too much on early success on generating revenue may lose our chance for expansion and awareness.
So back to hackers at the convention center. I talked to few very important people that I still remember their name. They did not give out their real name or their specific background. There was "ME" only female in the group, likes to make non-sense joke, kind of like me. but I was losing patience with her because I was all serious. "Broker" was the most helpful. When he grabbed my notebook and pen to explain full details on server science software, it was like magic. I completely understood and knew both pros and cons. "t-prophet" did not talk much but I could tell that he was most genuine and nice person and it seemed that he knew the most important answer. "HAVE TO SOLVE THE REAL PROBLEM" he repeated that quite of bit and he resonated with what John Sechrest said too. I believe detailed facts and plan on monetization and solving real problems will get me one step closer to investor's coaching and direction. At this point, i'm more interested in their knowledge and brain and just their money. One hacker that I talked with the most was from China and he was just visiting for a week. He was pessimistic and not necessarily nice, direct and most dominant figure in the room. David did not like the room environment. He thought that they were annoyed with us and wanted to get out there. But I loved it! Invitation clearly said,
you delight in discovering how things operate "behind the scenes," and you question not just "how" but also "why", you won't be considered weird or dangerous for being who you are. Instead, you'll discover that you're not alone, you'll learn new things, and--most importantly--you'll have a lot of fun!
That had me totally hooked and eager to go. Anyways, the guy from China, made it sound like we are going for a very complicated project and that it is like david and Goliath because we don't have any technical, engineering background. But he never once ignored my question with short, half assed answer that is when I knew that I can connect with these people. I have always known that I was bit weird and got along with nerds since I was young. Perhaps this is my calling. Forget about all the bullshit of party scene, looking pretty, insecurity, fancy car, and all materialistic stuff. Maybe this is where I belong. Shit, should have gone this route long time ago. :)
My biggest problem that I am facing right now is to find a developer that I can trust and rely on. Looks like at this point, I have to offer more than 50% to secure a great developer. It was really annoying that what hackers said matched with what I read online that real good app developers that I can trust is extremely difficult to find and I have to get lucky.
Hackers were just talking about everyday mundane things when I showed up and seeing the size the meeting, I was disappointed because it was completely not what I have expected. However, once they started opening their mouth regarding my idea and product, they understood instantly and asked right questions and barriers.
We mainly focused our topic on Craigslist.
I blocked Abby off of Facebook today. I'm not quite sure if that is a good idea. Part of me is already moved on. Part of have not. Part of me want to go to this party, make out with some random girl and make her jealous. Part of me do not want to go to this party and forget all about Abby. Sometimes it hurts so much. I question myself if this feeling was what Abby was going through with me. Was I really that bad and fucked up? Sun is shining hella bright that I can barely see the monitor. I gotta start taking more pictures to put on the blog.
2600 Meeting for Hackers was quite interesting and valuable. I shared all my detailed idea with Charles Koh and Hackers so far. David is very much so paranoid about our idea spreading and we lost the leap on the innovation. I agree with it however, if we don't expose our idea then we may not learn.
I am not tech wizard, no computer science degree, no PM experience, for god sake I don't even know what API stands for or what it is. All I have is passion and belief for this project. It sucks to live in a life where I have to be parsimonious all the time. It's annoying . I want to go back to my life where I had great cash flow. I don't regret my decision on giving my parents gifts and money. It was damn worth it and if I did not I would have regretted. My only regret is that I should have started something like this sooner, way sooner like while I was in college. Perhaps I was spoiled, naive and cowardly at that time.
David and I had some disagreement but we talked it out and resolved it. Some issues that we do not resolve are based on difference on our beliefs. It would be great if we had some facts to back it up. For now, we just table those important questions and plan on asking experts.
Everyone is asking same questions. "How are you going to monetize it?" "How will you generate revenue?" It's a important question because people want to make money. I just want to focus on making a great, best of its kind product. Is is so wrong? I have always been so ambitious about money but i'm thinking in long term and I feel that focusing too much on early success on generating revenue may lose our chance for expansion and awareness.
So back to hackers at the convention center. I talked to few very important people that I still remember their name. They did not give out their real name or their specific background. There was "ME" only female in the group, likes to make non-sense joke, kind of like me. but I was losing patience with her because I was all serious. "Broker" was the most helpful. When he grabbed my notebook and pen to explain full details on server science software, it was like magic. I completely understood and knew both pros and cons. "t-prophet" did not talk much but I could tell that he was most genuine and nice person and it seemed that he knew the most important answer. "HAVE TO SOLVE THE REAL PROBLEM" he repeated that quite of bit and he resonated with what John Sechrest said too. I believe detailed facts and plan on monetization and solving real problems will get me one step closer to investor's coaching and direction. At this point, i'm more interested in their knowledge and brain and just their money. One hacker that I talked with the most was from China and he was just visiting for a week. He was pessimistic and not necessarily nice, direct and most dominant figure in the room. David did not like the room environment. He thought that they were annoyed with us and wanted to get out there. But I loved it! Invitation clearly said,
you delight in discovering how things operate "behind the scenes," and you question not just "how" but also "why", you won't be considered weird or dangerous for being who you are. Instead, you'll discover that you're not alone, you'll learn new things, and--most importantly--you'll have a lot of fun!
That had me totally hooked and eager to go. Anyways, the guy from China, made it sound like we are going for a very complicated project and that it is like david and Goliath because we don't have any technical, engineering background. But he never once ignored my question with short, half assed answer that is when I knew that I can connect with these people. I have always known that I was bit weird and got along with nerds since I was young. Perhaps this is my calling. Forget about all the bullshit of party scene, looking pretty, insecurity, fancy car, and all materialistic stuff. Maybe this is where I belong. Shit, should have gone this route long time ago. :)
My biggest problem that I am facing right now is to find a developer that I can trust and rely on. Looks like at this point, I have to offer more than 50% to secure a great developer. It was really annoying that what hackers said matched with what I read online that real good app developers that I can trust is extremely difficult to find and I have to get lucky.
Hackers were just talking about everyday mundane things when I showed up and seeing the size the meeting, I was disappointed because it was completely not what I have expected. However, once they started opening their mouth regarding my idea and product, they understood instantly and asked right questions and barriers.
We mainly focused our topic on Craigslist.
I blocked Abby off of Facebook today. I'm not quite sure if that is a good idea. Part of me is already moved on. Part of have not. Part of me want to go to this party, make out with some random girl and make her jealous. Part of me do not want to go to this party and forget all about Abby. Sometimes it hurts so much. I question myself if this feeling was what Abby was going through with me. Was I really that bad and fucked up? Sun is shining hella bright that I can barely see the monitor. I gotta start taking more pictures to put on the blog.
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