Comments on: Rough Underbelly more style than substance http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060808/3652/ Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:41:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: TDavid http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060808/3652/#comment-280226 TDavid Tue, 08 Aug 2006 23:32:26 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060808/3652/#comment-280226 topfunky - thanks for stopping by and reinforcing that this was done in a short amount of time. You have no name? Your service isn't completely ad free. Look at the screen shot. What is "advert" -- just a misnomer? I took time, looked at the service, used the service, grabbed screenshots and wrote about it here like I've done with plenty of other services. It's rare when somebody with a negative review actually does something about my comments, so be different if you want or tell me to go pound sand. Matters none to me. However, none of my concerns were answered in your response except my quip about the reliability of your hosting which was admitted on 7/31. Instead of getting your feelings hurt why not address the more important issues I raised: 1) export for data function (very important!) 2) RSS for integrating Are these features you don't think users would find useful? Or are you doing this project only for yourself and screw what anybody else thinks? I didn't see anywhere in the service that it was "a personal product just for fun" but if that's what it is, maybe you want to advertise that and you'll avoid this type of review/commentary. I do not know you personally and this review wasn't meant as some personal slam, these are my honest feelings about the service in its current state. You are welcome and encouraged to return when/if you upgrade and add other services and I'll take another look. My opinion might be harsh at times, but it's the truth. topfunky - thanks for stopping by and reinforcing that this was done in a short amount of time. You have no name? Your service isn’t completely ad free. Look at the screen shot. What is “advert” — just a misnomer? I took time, looked at the service, used the service, grabbed screenshots and wrote about it here like I’ve done with plenty of other services. It’s rare when somebody with a negative review actually does something about my comments, so be different if you want or tell me to go pound sand. Matters none to me.

However, none of my concerns were answered in your response except my quip about the reliability of your hosting which was admitted on 7/31. Instead of getting your feelings hurt why not address the more important issues I raised:

1) export for data function (very important!)
2) RSS for integrating

Are these features you don’t think users would find useful? Or are you doing this project only for yourself and screw what anybody else thinks?

I didn’t see anywhere in the service that it was “a personal product just for fun” but if that’s what it is, maybe you want to advertise that and you’ll avoid this type of review/commentary.

I do not know you personally and this review wasn’t meant as some personal slam, these are my honest feelings about the service in its current state. You are welcome and encouraged to return when/if you upgrade and add other services and I’ll take another look.

My opinion might be harsh at times, but it’s the truth.

]]> By: topfunky http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060808/3652/#comment-279937 topfunky Tue, 08 Aug 2006 22:21:54 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060808/3652/#comment-279937 Thanks for the unflinching review of my site. Seriously. I built this site for myself and I use it daily. It was actually on a shared host until I realized that 3,000 people had signed up and a dedicated server would be in order, so it's now on a beefy box that is shared with a friend. You are the first person who has complained about the lack of news on the site. Most people want to go there and enter a few items, check them off, and track their progress. Other features have been suggested which I hope to implement sometime (mostly customization or community-related). RU is about a very simple todolist to keep you motivated throughout the day. It's based on the Printable CEO concept popularized by Dave Seah. If it's useful to you, use it. If not, there are approximately one billion other todo lists that you could use. Seriously, why does every free service like this have to compete with others? I'm completely ad-free, unlike many other services. I wrote the site in a weekend and have updated it occasionally as I've needed more functionality. I thought that some other people might benefit as well, so I opened it up to the world. Not every site is trying to get millions of dollars in VC funding or be acquired by Rupert Murdoch. The web has become so commercialized and we are surprised when someone tosses out a personal project just for fun. What's wrong with that? Thanks for the unflinching review of my site. Seriously.

I built this site for myself and I use it daily. It was actually on a shared host until I realized that 3,000 people had signed up and a dedicated server would be in order, so it’s now on a beefy box that is shared with a friend.

You are the first person who has complained about the lack of news on the site. Most people want to go there and enter a few items, check them off, and track their progress. Other features have been suggested which I hope to implement sometime (mostly customization or community-related).

RU is about a very simple todolist to keep you motivated throughout the day. It’s based on the Printable CEO concept popularized by Dave Seah. If it’s useful to you, use it. If not, there are approximately one billion other todo lists that you could use.

Seriously, why does every free service like this have to compete with others? I’m completely ad-free, unlike many other services. I wrote the site in a weekend and have updated it occasionally as I’ve needed more functionality. I thought that some other people might benefit as well, so I opened it up to the world. Not every site is trying to get millions of dollars in VC funding or be acquired by Rupert Murdoch.

The web has become so commercialized and we are surprised when someone tosses out a personal project just for fun. What’s wrong with that?

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