Miss Rogue offers hope to the hopeless romantic, have more balance between the romanticism and pragmatism.
Being a romantic keeps your head in the clouds, looking at the possibilities, wondering why everyone else can't see the same things. Being pragmatic looks at where you are and makes decision accordingly. Having one dominate the other can lead to frustration. This is advice for life and as well as the building of a new application.
So, in essence, web apps need to be both romantic and pragmatic when launching into the world. Go ahead and imagine the possibilities: all of them, without getting stuck to one particular notion - what we've learnt being part of startups is that no matter what you imagine, something else will come along and surprise you. However, understand that launching with romantic notions will leave you disappointed (and your visitors). It is best to start with something non-romantic, even boring - pragmatic. Solve something. Try something. Do it well. Invest a great deal of time into watching where it goes. Make it extensible. Create an API and see what others do with it.Posted by Josh at December 12, 2006 05:38 AM