Andrew Chen

I like the description in one bullet point: "another example of america != SF".
I'd like to add that "NYC != America" and "America != World".
Too often, people think their values are representative of the entire world.
Engineers often forget to internationalize code, because "everyone knows English, right?".

This is also reminded of one of Andrew's previous posts on the MySpace UI.
http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/11/29/do-you-eve...
I happen to agree that MySpace's UI is ugly, but I also understand some person in Kansas loves it.

Andrew, what are your thoughts about the virtual goods market in the larger context of an economic downturn/depression?

Here's a quick preview of the tech scene from a recent article in Barron's:

A Veil of Gloom Descends Across Techland
By Eric J. Savitz
Word Count: 1,308 | Companies Featured in This Article: Semiconductor HOLDR, Taiwan Semiconductor, MEMC Electronic Materials, SanDisk, Micron, Qimonda, Marvell, Research In Motion, Corning , AU Optronics, LG Display, Ciena , Yahoo! , Google, eBay, Research In Motion, Apple, Nokia

THE GREAT 2008 TECH BEAR MARKET IS MOST CERTAINLY not over. Believe me, I wish I could tell you otherwise. But the evidence continues to mount: Demand from both consumers and corporate IT departments appears to be sagging. And there's no sign that we're near the bottom.

Judging by what we've learned in the past week alone, if you were a prosecutor trying to make the case that the tech sector is guilty of over-promising and under-delivering, the defense would have no case whatsoever. Consider:

PC DEMAND SEEMS TO BE SOFTENING....Tech began to show signs of deterioration two weeks ago, ...