[demandred]

is it just me or do these guys' post seem to reek of quite a bit of arrogance?

Great that they're 'making something people want' but their posts are generally condescending -- stop the incessant chatter and show off this amazing product you've built for 'normal' people that is going to change the world and be uber-profitable.

[DanHulton]

It might just be you. This post seems pretty clearly to be from someone who get Geoffrey A. Moore's thesis in "Crossing the Chasm" - there are a VAST number of consumers out there that are NOT techie/early adopters and don't understand things in the way that we techie/early adopters do. If you don't plan on how to include that segment, then your startup is in trouble.

[wallflower]

Flip Video: 13 percent of the camcorder market

[LogicHoleFlaw]

The Flip is a fantastic example. We need something like that for digital cameras.

[ardit33]

I agree. I am trying to find a dead simple digital camera for my parents (both on their 60s), that also takes some good quality pictures.

Imposible to find, and it seems that newer versions just cram more features into, things that my parents will never be able to figure out, or use them properly.

[parker]

I got the inspiration for this post after talking to some non-tech people about how they find and use new software. You realize that they live in a different world, without all the chatter.

I'm not implying that what we're doing is going to shake the foundations of the planet, because it won't -- simply relaying what I'm thinking about as we work.

[demandred]

It was a solid post -- I'm all for finding real 'paying' customers, as well -- just seems that some of the posts are prodding other web app startups (a lot of your fellow YC compadres actually).

Solid writing though.

[jodrellblank]

I feel that any list worded in the style:

- some item - another item - ... - oh yeah, and REALLY IMPORTANT POINT

contains condescension inherently. It says "the last point is the core of my post and is so important that you must know it. See how I faked almost-forgetting-it to clearly show how trivial it is to me. Be thankful that I deigned to hand it down to you instead of just throwing it away."