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The best quotes from FOWA

This years Future of Web Apps conference was an absolute blast, I’m hoping to give a full write up of my experience, but for now, here’s a list of my favourite quotes from the two days.

Stop thinking you understand your users.
Kevin Rose

Don’t build anything you don’t need for launch.
Mike McDerment

jQuery is like cocaine. One line will get you hooked.
Dustin Diaz

Metaprogramming is like trying to do crack cocaine responsibly.
Dustin Diaz

The web is too important to be owned by one vendor.
Bruce Lawson on Canvas vs. Flash

The great thing about standards is that there’s so many of them.
Aza Raskin on the number of OpenID providers

Marketing is the cancer on the nutsack of creativity.
Alex Hunter

Look after your users’ best interest, not yours.
Alex Hunter

If you keep pounding someone, they will come.
Gary Vaynerchuck

Customer service is not a fucking little “feedback” link in the corner of your website!
Gary Vaynerchuck

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6 Responses to “The best quotes from FOWA”

  1. Yaili says:
    06/10/2009 at 20:15

    Cool, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a writeup as short as this one, which is great, because I don’t have time for more really :)

    Thanks!

  2. Gareth Poole says:
    06/10/2009 at 20:20

    Good stuff, loved the applause for “The web is too important to be owned by one vendor.”.

  3. Stanton says:
    06/10/2009 at 20:49

    @Yaili Thanks :) I have no idea when I’ll find the time to write a full post, but wanted to get these down and out there :)

    @Gareth That was, for me, one of the best moments of the conf!

  4. Simon Starr says:
    06/10/2009 at 20:52

    Some great quotes there but you missed my favourite – Gary Vaynerchuck was giving someone advice about their site during the Kevin & Gary Show when he said “If you keep pounding someone, they will come”.

  5. Stanton says:
    06/10/2009 at 20:59

    @Simon Oh yeah! you’ve also reminded me of another one of Gary’s quotes (paraphrased from memory) which I’ve added :)

  6. Ryan Carson says:
    07/10/2009 at 15:55

    I love this Paul – thanks! BTW, we definitely owe you a loyalty discount for next year. Just hit us up and we’ll hook you up :)

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