> The users of the first app didn't really get what it was for.
Whenever I'm venturing on an idea, I have a pretty clear goal and a pretty clear intent of use from a users perspective. However despite that, I'm always asked by
people (who, by the way, I often figure would be the target audience for this new thing I'm building), "why?" or "what's the point?" or just blatantly "no one's going to use this over [facebook/twitter/etc/etc/etc]"
I remember when first diving into twitter 11 years ago. I remember diving into Facebook when it cracked open to the general public. I remember telling people about these platforms, and the response always is "why?" or "I don't understand what this is for or why I would use it"
I keep that in mind everytime I'm asked the same question about my own projects. Not everything is going to be a massive hit, of course. But you never know when one of these wild ideas becomes successful, and it will usually be something that the people didn't know they wanted until you show it to them.
Whenever I'm venturing on an idea, I have a pretty clear goal and a pretty clear intent of use from a users perspective. However despite that, I'm always asked by people (who, by the way, I often figure would be the target audience for this new thing I'm building), "why?" or "what's the point?" or just blatantly "no one's going to use this over [facebook/twitter/etc/etc/etc]"
I remember when first diving into twitter 11 years ago. I remember diving into Facebook when it cracked open to the general public. I remember telling people about these platforms, and the response always is "why?" or "I don't understand what this is for or why I would use it"
I keep that in mind everytime I'm asked the same question about my own projects. Not everything is going to be a massive hit, of course. But you never know when one of these wild ideas becomes successful, and it will usually be something that the people didn't know they wanted until you show it to them.