Comments on: Exbiblio Retrospect http://www.blog-relations.com/2007/01/31/exbiblio-retrospect/ We make blogs and Podcasts Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:00:42 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hugh http://www.blog-relations.com/2007/01/31/exbiblio-retrospect/comment-page-1/#comment-20761 Hugh Sun, 04 Feb 2007 12:36:06 +0000 http://www.blog-relations.com/2007/01/31/exbiblio-retrospect/#comment-20761 Hello Franciso, Thank you for dropping by here, and for your stimulating and interesting comments on the Exbiblio blog. I totally agree with you about Exbiblio's 'lofty aspirations' which also happen to be vague to the point of meaninglessness. I don't' think business people or inventors make very good moral philosophers, even if their intentions are good. Hello Franciso, Thank you for dropping by here, and for your stimulating and interesting comments on the Exbiblio blog.

I totally agree with you about Exbiblio’s ‘lofty aspirations’ which also happen to be vague to the point of meaninglessness. I don’t’ think business people or inventors make very good moral philosophers, even if their intentions are good.

]]> By: Francisco http://www.blog-relations.com/2007/01/31/exbiblio-retrospect/comment-page-1/#comment-20743 Francisco Sun, 04 Feb 2007 08:49:41 +0000 http://www.blog-relations.com/2007/01/31/exbiblio-retrospect/#comment-20743 Exbiblio, being a new born start-up based on a radical new product, always carried a great execution risk, and although this chapter has come to an end, I am convinced that they will be reborn in the next few weeks with a new sense of direction and renewed spirits. From this whole blogging experience I have come to conclude that the startup process erred on the side of too much vision. Paraphrasing from Exbiblio's website the accent on lofty aspirations ("We will be a strong force for good in the world"), good feelings ("We will leave beauty in our wake"), and the drive to radically try to do things differently ("a community of people who have a holistic approach to their work and their lives ... a flat organizational structure"), left little space to proven, down to earth, and nitty gritty business practices. I think you have done a great job not only blogging from the inside but also providing a different point of view, healthily skeptical. As a sign reads in Exbiblio's office: “The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off” Exbiblio, being a new born start-up based on a radical new product, always carried a great execution risk, and although this chapter has come to an end, I am convinced that they will be reborn in the next few weeks with a new sense of direction and renewed spirits.

From this whole blogging experience I have come to conclude that the startup process erred on the side of too much vision. Paraphrasing from Exbiblio’s website the accent on lofty aspirations (”We will be a strong force for good in the world”), good feelings (”We will leave beauty in our wake”), and the drive to radically try to do things differently (”a community of people who have a holistic approach to their work and their lives … a flat organizational structure”), left little space to proven, down to earth, and nitty gritty business practices.

I think you have done a great job not only blogging from the inside but also providing a different point of view, healthily skeptical. As a sign reads in Exbiblio’s office: “The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off”

]]> By: Hugh http://www.blog-relations.com/2007/01/31/exbiblio-retrospect/comment-page-1/#comment-20367 Hugh Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:17:22 +0000 http://www.blog-relations.com/2007/01/31/exbiblio-retrospect/#comment-20367 Hi Ed - Really Great to hear from you. I very much hope that you will be passing through London some time and will drop by - that goes for other Exbiblio and ex-Exbiblio people too! Hi Ed – Really Great to hear from you. I very much hope that you will be passing through London some time and will drop by – that goes for other Exbiblio and ex-Exbiblio people too!

]]> By: Ed Tang http://www.blog-relations.com/2007/01/31/exbiblio-retrospect/comment-page-1/#comment-20327 Ed Tang Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:07:33 +0000 http://www.blog-relations.com/2007/01/31/exbiblio-retrospect/#comment-20327 (a former Exbiblio employee here). Hugh, I'd like to say that it was fantastic meeting you and chatting with you on your visits here to Seattle! Without going into details (either...), it was definitely an interesting experiment and experience to have been a part of and to watch and hear about all that went into the Exbiblio blog, for sure. (a former Exbiblio employee here).

Hugh, I’d like to say that it was fantastic meeting you and chatting with you on your visits here to Seattle! Without going into details (either…), it was definitely an interesting experiment and experience to have been a part of and to watch and hear about all that went into the Exbiblio blog, for sure.

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