{"id":427,"date":"2005-08-17T17:44:49","date_gmt":"2005-08-17T21:44:49","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2006-05-21T18:14:05","modified_gmt":"2006-05-21T22:14:05","slug":"one_idea_one_vision_one_method_some_work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fgiasson.com\/blog\/index.php\/2005\/08\/17\/one_idea_one_vision_one_method_some_work\/","title":{"rendered":"One idea; one vision; one method; some work; and many unexpected results"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had one idea:<\/strong> a kind a meta-search engine that people would use to know who is talked about a story or a web site; a way to easily follow discussions that erupt in the Blogsphere.<\/p>\n

I had a vision:<\/strong> discovering, following and participate to online discussions that go around some specific “root” online stories or web site.<\/p>\n

I used one method:<\/strong> Ajax, an amalgam of already existing web technologies that enable developer to create web sites that act like real, standalone, applications. I had an idea of how I would like to see that system works and I used that method to make the idea a reality.<\/p>\n

I worked:<\/strong> I spent near a month, full time, 7\/7 to make the idea a reality. I had the time, I took it, and I used it to create something I think would be useful to me and the online community.<\/p>\n

I had unexpected results:<\/strong> around 30 000 unique visitors in the last 2 weeks. Some people talk about a buzz around that “Talk Digger” system. I communicated with people that I had never thought to talk with; I had unexpected opportunities; I learn a bunch of new things unrelated to software development: the IT business world, the communication world, the public relation world, etc. Right now, if someone looks at me while I work, I would look like a jack-of-all-trades, someone that does a little bit of everything: definitely the more pleasant professional time I had in my carrier so far. <\/p>\n

This summer I read three really interesting article by Paul Graham:<\/p>\n

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  1. How to start a startup<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Hiring is obsolete<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Why smart people have bad ideas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    A month ago, my life’s situation permitted me to take some time to work on a personal project. Then I remembered what I read in these three articles, and then asked me that question: Why not me? Why I could not try to start something of my own, for my own? Then I take one of my ideas, I developed a vision, I used a method, I took my time and I developed Talk Digger.<\/p>\n

    Least than one month after, I have understood many things I read in these three little articles. I experimented it and the conclusion is fantastic: I learned so many things. This is not a question of software development, this is a question of process: the whole process involved in such a project. What I learned in the last month, and what I enjoyed, is all the new things I learned by talking with people from many different backgrounds; the discussions of 30minutes, 1 or 2 hours with someone that want to know more about what I am working on, on what he is working on, the sharing of ideas, etc.<\/p>\n

    This entire buzz in the last month has been only possible by the work I put into developing my ideas, evolving my vision and talking with people, many people. <\/p>\n

    Why I write this post? To tell you that if I have been able to do it, any body can do it; it is just a question of will. Do not fool yourself, the only way to learn, the only way to succeed is by trying; how do you think that you can succeed in something if you do not try to do that thing? Physically, logically and semantically impossible.<\/p>\n

    “Action is the foundational key to all success.”<\/center>
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    — Pablo Picasso<\/em><\/center><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Technorati: ideas<\/a> | vision<\/a> | business<\/a> | talkdigger<\/a> | work<\/a> | communication<\/a> | project<\/a> | <\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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