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Tiny Books. Big ideas.
ian ross
@ian
Tiny Books. Big ideas.
On lunch and other things.
We have a core feature offering that is very strong. A small feature idea comes up that serves a subset of the market, but it isn’t too hard to do and it isn’t a bad thing, so we indulge. Repeat that thought process a hundred times and you have a cluttered UI, a large team, a slow product, and no obvious path forward.
Such a fan of the “boring” apps - cool, creative, innovative, immersive and tons of fun!
Almost Hit cycling:
Noun:
Reposting stuff that you thought was gonna be super popular at 3am - but alas, you woke up, remembered you’re a heavy drinker with Insomnia and a mild case of Dunning Krueger - so in the real world, not so much.
Dissimilar to going to see Journey at Dorney Park and they start and end the show with “Wheels in the Sky” and no one seems to notice.
structuring a “wrong answers only” book
big questions section (7 things you’re dying to know about x but we’re too afraid to ask)
but wait there’s more?
# wrong answers only!
if you didn’t have an nde, you’re probably an atheist -
you didn’t go deep enough
if you didn’t see jesus you’re not going to heaven
quotes from folks -
answers unusual
but wait