Goody—A Remote Control For Joy

-I expect on-demand delivery models to offer more gifting experiences in the app—for example, adding gift messages for the recipient and allowing the recipient to select the gift themselves within a gift allowance (similar to the fun gift selection experience that startup Goody offers today).

The idea behind Gumroad was simple: Creators and others should be able to sell their products directly to their audiences with quick, simple links. No need for a storefront.

I built Gumroad the weekend I thought up the idea, and launched it early Monday morning on Hacker News. The reaction exceeded my grandest aspirations. Over 52,000 people checked... See more

Gumroad is a marketplace platform for individuals to sell courses, knowledge, and other digital servicesHad the idea for Gumroad over the weekend and launched it by Monday“The best ideas you can build in a weekend” – Sahil LavingiaWeekend time constraints help you pare down what you really need to get your idea off the groundMarket feedback > Pe... See more

Just about every component inside Somewhere Good offers a remarkably different experience than the social media apps you’ve tried before.

If you're small, you're in a position where it's to your advantage to be weird—you can have a point of view that the big tech companies never could. In the world of chairs—you're not going to build a cheaper chair than Ikea. Why not build something they couldn't—like a more interesting one?

i want to make software that feels like magic. i want to make software that is useful, to many people; that is valuable, that makes sense. but that's also surprising, pleasant, funny. i want to make software is serious and makes sense but is also silly and doesn't.

Hey everyone—

I’m Jason, CEO here at 37signals.

Email gets a bad rap, but it shouldn’t. Email’s a treasure.

It feels great to get an email from someone you care about. Or a newsletter you enjoy. Or an update from a service you like. That’s how email used to feel all the time.

But things changed.

You started getting stuff you didn’t want from people you ... See more