Someone on twitter complained about getting too many notifications for 'I want to add your birthday' app on FB. I made an app that allows you to yell at those friends. The question is, do you have the balls to do it?
Man that sucks! I'm sorry. Appreciate you sharing.
edit: sucks that you got sued. Want to make sure that it doesn't sound like I think your response sucks :p
Is this something you do when you hear a bad idea? Aren't you worried that your relationship with these people will be affected by your honest response that might hurt their ego?
Usually when I hear a bad idea, I'll ask someone if he or she has done any market validation or talked to any potential customers. If the person says they have not done so, I usually suggest that the person go talk to different people right away. That is my gentle way of telling someone an idea idea isn't too good, as he or she will usually find out after talking to the target market that the original idea wasn't a solution to any problem. That being said, the first time I ever cold-emailed a programmer and Skyped with him asking for feedback on my idea, he told me it was awful and guided me through the process of determining if an idea has "legs". What I learned from him has proved to be invaluable.
That's the thing. He was exceptional. You don't achieve repeated success like he did without being exceptional. The point I was (also) trying to make was that he never cared to stop and worry about what others thought of him. That's a way of life he chose for himself and he stuck by it.
As far as opinions not changing goes, isn't it safe to say that the biography's media coverage has already contributed to that?
