Cubelogic Improv

Just came across Dave Winer‘s “Downtown Oakland” set: such a mischaracterization. Dull photos, grey day, carefully not showing any life forms… like Chinatown is ever deserted. Please. The Oakland Chinatown is probably more authentic than the one in San Francisco.

The speech by Benjamin Zander about leadership, passion and classical music should be taught in universities worldwide. (Tim O’Reilly: thanks.)

What’s the value of an app that lets you send zombie bites to your friends on Facebook? Is allowing users to display Coors Light beer caps on their home page on XYZ social network changing the world? Would you feel proud developing an app that allows you to “sell your friends” on FB or whatever? Seriously?

How can people even develop such useless crap? Are they that hungry for money? Where has the ambition to change the world gone, the ambition that propelled Apple and other great companies, where’s the will to improve society and sure, make a profit while doing it, where’s all that in apps like Owned?

Yes, those apps are worth money, but that doesn’t change the fact they provide no real value to users. They are like McDonald’s food. People eat them, sure. But not only they don’t improve the world, they worsen it.

What a shame.

And what a waste of talent.