Comments on: OpenAustin.Org [Why Didn't We Think Of This Sooner?] http://austinstartup.com/2009/05/openaustinorg-why-didnt-we-think-of-this-sooner/ All About Austin's Emerging Technology Community Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:05:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: admin http://austinstartup.com/2009/05/openaustinorg-why-didnt-we-think-of-this-sooner/comment-page-1/#comment-609 admin Mon, 11 May 2009 18:30:49 +0000 http://www.austinstartup.com/?p=1323#comment-609 We're crowdsourcing the spell checking of the blog now. Thanks for your contribution! We’re crowdsourcing the spell checking of the blog now. Thanks for your contribution!

]]> By: Sarah Vela http://austinstartup.com/2009/05/openaustinorg-why-didnt-we-think-of-this-sooner/comment-page-1/#comment-608 Sarah Vela Mon, 11 May 2009 16:53:02 +0000 http://www.austinstartup.com/?p=1323#comment-608 "Brewster McCracked was also at happy hour, and I see that he is a member of the Facebook group." Interesting spelling. ;) You might want to fix it. “Brewster McCracked was also at happy hour, and I see that he is a member of the Facebook group.”

Interesting spelling. ;) You might want to fix it.

]]> By: Joe Doyle http://austinstartup.com/2009/05/openaustinorg-why-didnt-we-think-of-this-sooner/comment-page-1/#comment-607 Joe Doyle Mon, 11 May 2009 16:09:05 +0000 http://www.austinstartup.com/?p=1323#comment-607 Now that everyone and their brother has been talking about the City of Austin website, I can't imagine a more high-level and highly-scrutinized project. It's destined to fail because everyone thinks they know what is right, when in truth a firm with experience building massive sites is the only way to go. It's a HUGE job – lots of interaction and wants and needs – the wires alone will be staggering. So the idea of farming this job to out-of-work people doesn't seem right. I'm sure many of the displaced are talented and likely lost their jobs because of client mismanagement by the upper echelon in their agency. But is that a risk worth taking? Thanks for starting this discussion and OpenAustin.org. I love the idea of crowdsourcing new features for the site. Now that everyone and their brother has been talking about the City of Austin website, I can’t imagine a more high-level and highly-scrutinized project. It’s destined to fail because everyone thinks they know what is right, when in truth a firm with experience building massive sites is the only way to go. It’s a HUGE job – lots of interaction and wants and needs – the wires alone will be staggering.

So the idea of farming this job to out-of-work people doesn’t seem right. I’m sure many of the displaced are talented and likely lost their jobs because of client mismanagement by the upper echelon in their agency. But is that a risk worth taking?

Thanks for starting this discussion and OpenAustin.org. I love the idea of crowdsourcing new features for the site.

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