AndyPondersAreWeBurntOut

From The Vision Thing

It was raised by Tom Smith that actually we're just burnt out husks of people that once had passion. And I've given that fair thought :) Certainly I've slogged intensley on ideas that I now hold little regard for. But I don't think I'm burnt out, jaded and cynical perhaps, but not burnt out.

My litmus test is my absolute passion for my micro-product GTDInbox. I love them like a child loves things that go bang. I think we should be clear that I don't think anyone here is against Web 2.0 per se; just the mass of crud within it (to steal someone else's analogy, being a served a pint that is 80% head); crud that is cluttering up our lives for no better reason than fast cash (and as much as I like fast cash; it's not very nourishing for the soul). I think that's the root of the inner-rage - as an industry we have such huge potential to do amazing things (the spreadsheet! the home PC! the internet! instant global communication! wikipedia!), and despite all that positive stuff, something in the room is still sucking out all the soul/vision/dreams. And I cannot just ignore Web 2.0, I feed off my environment and my environment right now is sucking. (What I am realising in running my mouth off here is that I should go back to my products and strike them with a lightning bolt before they become part of the problem and drag some other poor sod down).