Comments on: Ditch the Valley, Run for the Hills http://austinstartup.com/2009/03/ditch-the-valley-run-for-the-hills/ All About Austin's Emerging Technology Community Wed, 23 May 2012 06:23:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Have Free Drinks, Talk Tech with Brewster McCracken this Thursday | Michelle's Blog http://austinstartup.com/2009/03/ditch-the-valley-run-for-the-hills/comment-page-1/#comment-551 Have Free Drinks, Talk Tech with Brewster McCracken this Thursday | Michelle's Blog Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:55:10 +0000 http://www.austinstartup.com/?p=1181#comment-551 [...] Austin, tech savvy people seem to be the last people to get involved with decision makers? We all want investors to come here, and the city can help us with [...] [...] Austin, tech savvy people seem to be the last people to get involved with decision makers? We all want investors to come here, and the city can help us with [...]

]]> By: Michelle Greer http://austinstartup.com/2009/03/ditch-the-valley-run-for-the-hills/comment-page-1/#comment-550 Michelle Greer Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:46:14 +0000 http://www.austinstartup.com/?p=1181#comment-550 See, that makes the Valley "nerds". They make the technology. Good for them. I'd like to see Austin be the "geeks". Geeks use the technology. When geeks interact with people who are not geeks, they can either use open source technology or other tools already available like APIs in current software to customize it for everyday use. I'm glad I don't interact with only nerds. Software solves problems. Good software engineers build for their audience, not for other developers. That along with building something because you can and not because you should is a cardinal sin of software development. So I say, bring on the art. Bring on health care. Bring on other industries. They all need software and we'll have the geeks to meet their needs. See, that makes the Valley “nerds”. They make the technology. Good for them.

I’d like to see Austin be the “geeks”. Geeks use the technology. When geeks interact with people who are not geeks, they can either use open source technology or other tools already available like APIs in current software to customize it for everyday use.

I’m glad I don’t interact with only nerds. Software solves problems. Good software engineers build for their audience, not for other developers. That along with building something because you can and not because you should is a cardinal sin of software development.

So I say, bring on the art. Bring on health care. Bring on other industries. They all need software and we’ll have the geeks to meet their needs.

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