Comments on: TechZing 61 – Engineers Never Quit

By: Fred

Fred — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:36:23 +0000

If you are looking for file upload scripts I would checkout http://valums.com/ajax-upload/ has drag and drop and uses the new features of certain browsers.

By: Bopinder Abu Morpalinder Singh

Bopinder Abu Morpalinder Singh — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:50:36 +0000

@Jason Just today I was walking to my office space and saw a line of 10 or so kids led by 3 adults, presumably from a local daycare. I thought of how that perfectly describes our society and how we are engineered, from birth, to suppress our wills and desires and to delegate raising our kids to others. I think you are right, it is difficult in the system, but parents make the biggest difference.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:24:55 +0000

@Bopinder Abu Morpalinder Singh I'm trying to encourage Colby's creativity as much as possible, which is a challenge with the way public schools work. Luckily he seems to have a lot of it anyway and he also doesn't much care what anyone else thinks, so he may have a fighting change. ;)

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:16:07 +0000

@Bopinder Abu Morpalinder Singh I was actually a little hesitant in telling the Amsterdam story since I'd told it at least once before on the podcast. Despite that I thought it would illustrate the point I was trying to make that you have to just go out and get your customers. Anyway, I'm glad you liked it. ;)

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:13:10 +0000

@Bill.D That's a good idea and might be worth a try, but picking a fight with a NYT columnist might be shooting a bit high. ;) At the very least it could make for a good blog post and might even catch some love on Hacker News.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:11:03 +0000

@Neville Yeah, I'm excited too! Thanks for the encouragement. ;)

By: Bopinder Abu Morpalinder Singh

Bopinder Abu Morpalinder Singh — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:36:38 +0000

Haha, your kid is a smart guy. It’s funny how we lose that creativity when the soul is crushed by the real world.

By: Bopinder Abu Morpalinder Singh

Bopinder Abu Morpalinder Singh — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:33:34 +0000

Wow Jason, GREAT story about your trip to Amsterdam.

By: Bill.D

Bill.D — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:15:54 +0000

One marketing tactic for boot strappers is to pick a fight with a “big dog”. Seems like Jason has a chance to do this with David Pogue and the argument of whether or not an application can allow someone to create a web app without knowing how to program…

If you could engage in some healthy debate – followed by your launch of AppIgnite it might really help your momentum….

BTW – TechZing is a fine name!

By: Neville

Neville — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:00:25 +0000

AppIgnite! I’m freakin’ excited, let’s do this!

By: Bopinder Abu Morpalinder Singh

Bopinder Abu Morpalinder Singh — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:46:31 +0000

Startups and Aliens.