I am dumb
August 8th, 2008
Today, while trying to catch up with my RSS feeds, I noticed many posts about the removal of the "I am rich" application. It’s really sad as I already had a draft written up for this wonderful application. But do not fear as I managed to edit it and keep it newsworthy (or at least rant-worthy).
My first reaction to this application was: Oh god… how stupid. My second reaction was rather: Oh god… Why didn’t I think of this before?!
The application was removed from the Apple store after 8 idiots persons downloaded the application (one by mistake? ). That’s close to 8000$ in pure profit. I’d say, that’s even more profit than many startups will ever make in their entire life. The publicity just started to kick in. That guy could’ve easily made 100 sales. 100 sales means $100,000 of free money from rich err.. mentally challenged people who have nothing else to do with their hard earned money. I say free money because although there was some initial investment let’s not fool ourselves: there was probably less than 3 to 4 hours of work involved, and I’m being generous… Most of it was probably put on the "ruby" image - if not taken directly from Google.
I get rather upset that I don’t have those type of ideas that are so dumb that people fall for it. Just like the million pixel page or the pet rock, these ideas require so little time and yet are financially rewarding. I only have ideas which require gazillions of dollars and a team of 50 developpers.
Since many great ideas work well in other domains, is anyone willing to buy a $1000 ruby picture from me? You’ll look really cool and people will know you’re dumb err.. I mean rich…
Posted in Rant, humour, ideas | Comments (2)
August 8th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Everyone is missing the bigger picture here: Software as Art. Why not? Back in the 1980s, I think it was William Gibson who put out a story on a floppy disk. As the story was read, it destroyed itself, so by the end, it couldn’t be re-read. It was a gimmick, sure, but also a statement.
People are missing the statement here.
August 8th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Well Mike, take a look at my latest post (http://www.QuebecValley.com/2008/08/08/i-am-sillyi-am-silly/).
I decided to play that game too!