At 83, I Decided to Develop an App(medium.com) |
At 83, I Decided to Develop an App(medium.com) |
Yes I'm ranting, the older discussion linked herein was really ugly.
> It’s amazing what people can do when they’re not being tortured to death!
You do know what kind of negative things Mr. Rumsfeld is guilty of, right? I do not think one could be blamed for feeling _ashamed_ that such a horrific man has entered the field with which those of us here are all so deeply engaged.
He has developed an app and is in a position of influence. With that I hope the understanding of how our world works may permeate into areas we've been unable to reach yet. When you learn the logic processes of computing I find it quickly becomes applied to other areas of life. The more logic the world has the better I think.
I'm feeling very optimistic today I guess.
But I have no idea what kind of problematic (and wrong) decisions I would have to do if I was in power and so isolated from that (which I have no problem with) this is just a fantastic and wonderful thing to read. I wish more of the older generation would enrich us with games, apps and other perspectives to counter what seems to be a very youth centric avalanche of location based dating apps and other young generation issues.
So props to Rumsfeld for never feeling too old to try new stuff.
History will fairly judge Rumsfeld long after he (and most of us) are dead, and not on his app-creation career. That his new venture into a technical field can't be objectively judged (without involving his unrelated past) on a technical site is sad.
Reading through the description, I had intended to come back to HN and comment on how rich and contextual the game's introduction was. That Medium post was a story, with actual history and soul, and I was amazed by it from start to finish.
I was busy marveling at how great that introduction was, and wondered whether or not it was a generational thing, that we get 140-character introductions for most products today... Then I came here, scanned to see if there was a comment enough like the one I intended that I didn't need to post, and found the comments you mentioned.
So, to me, it looks like a great game, and without actually getting the app, the execution looks solid as well. It sounds like there was quite a bit of iteration on the project, and if he paid a team to build it, I don't know if it will reach profitability ever, but kudos to the man who, at 84, decides that there must be an app badly enough that he takes it upon himself to see it being built... whomever he happens to be.
> I’ve reviewed wire frames and branding guides. I’ve spent countless hours on beta releases. I’ve signed off on something they call “UX.”
> Eagerly anticipating your gamification of waterboarding.
and quoting Rumsfeld's' opening "I’ve done business, politics, and war."
> Yes, we get it. You’ve killed people.
and the rest in the same style.
Maybe Rumsfeld's PR peeps didn't think this Medium appearance through.
The man is a war criminal. He doesn't deserve to be remembered fondly for outsourcing an app, he deserves to die in a cell.
Steve Jobs
Having to stare into the face of a man who killed your friend a week ago is mentally taxing. The natural urge to take the butt of my rifle to his chin was nearly over-whelming, but what separates me from horrific people is that in those trying times, I still treated him like a human being.
What does breaking his jaw achieve? My friend is dead. No amount of torture would ever bring him back. All I would get in return is a piece my humanity ripped from my soul as I watched a defenseless man writhe in pain. Congrats, self. Do you feel vindicated?
War damn sure is horrific, but it doesn't have to be barbaric.
You don't have to be a Marxist to know that Donald Rumsfeld is an immoral man and a war criminal, who was directly implicated in the torture of innocent civilians of the United States and other allied nations. You ought to read OPAR and IOE a bit closer, next time. You also may want to read a newspaper that isn't owned by Rupert Murdock.