On Attention Problems

by Joshua Porter  |   2 Comments

Alex Barnett:

“The idea that only geeks - and not the ‘average’ people - want to have a more effecient way of finding content that matches their interests seems way off to me.”

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1.  phillip 5:54pm, Mon 30th, 2006

Who the hell ever said they didn’t? This smells like a straw man argument to me.

2.  Alex 1:03pm, Thu 2nd, 2006

given enough geeks out there you’ve got a viable business.

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