Getting Real (Chapter 1-2)

Reading the 2 chapters of getting real is something; I’m able to pick up a lot of information on how businesses are doing using a software or having a web application. The claims of Getting Real about their products overwhelms and excites me; after reading chapter 1 and 2, I’m more curious on how their products work, its appearance, is it really that good – Campfire, Basecamp, and Writeboard.

The views of the 37signals are quite weird but I like it. For instance is the build less, it is somewhat of non-sense but then again it has point. How can you compete and win over your competitors if you have less? I guess the answer is how to work on the “less” and make it your advantage. Whatever is the making of the “less” of 37signals, I say it is a good idea. Also, the ideas of Getting Real and Getting Real itself are of the other side – not the usual stuff that is why I see it as somewhat new. But then again at the back of my mind, it is not new; it is just the opposite of what people follow today. What you think? I guess it is new in someway.

I agree to the “passion thing” that they talk about; everything is true for me and for me having the “passion” does not only apply in either making a web application or software for the business; but in everything I or YOU or WE do.

I like the straightforward, concise, and easy to understand look of the book. Nice!