Comments on: The last day http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/the-last-day.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 04:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/the-last-day.html#comment-1589242 penguinchris Thu, 22 Nov 2012 01:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195541#comment-1589242 It makes the story more personal - this is the character's first startup, an idea he's been mulling over for years, and he put everything into it (including every bit of himself, not just all his money) and devoted his life to it. Next time - if there is a next time - perhaps he will be more jaded and not hold out so long before stripping everything down and moving on. That's the kind of thing you don't learn until after your first big failure, no matter how many stories like this you've heard.  It makes the story more personal – this is the character’s first startup, an idea he’s been mulling over for years, and he put everything into it (including every bit of himself, not just all his money) and devoted his life to it. Next time – if there is a next time – perhaps he will be more jaded and not hold out so long before stripping everything down and moving on. That’s the kind of thing you don’t learn until after your first big failure, no matter how many stories like this you’ve heard. 

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/the-last-day.html#comment-1589214 ocker3 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 01:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195541#comment-1589214  It's fiction, right there in the link title.  It’s fiction, right there in the link title.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/the-last-day.html#comment-1589152 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 21 Nov 2012 23:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195541#comment-1589152 In the corporate world, most ships go down because the captain strips the hull and sells it. In the corporate world, most ships go down because the captain strips the hull and sells it.

]]> By: Halloween_Jack http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/the-last-day.html#comment-1588968 Halloween_Jack Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195541#comment-1588968 It's a very romantic portrait of the captain going down with his ship, but I wonder how many CEOs of failed startups actually did hang around long enough to be the one to turn out the lights, or if they cashed out as soon as they could, and were already working on The Next Big Thing by the time the liquidators came for the Aerons?  It’s a very romantic portrait of the captain going down with his ship, but I wonder how many CEOs of failed startups actually did hang around long enough to be the one to turn out the lights, or if they cashed out as soon as they could, and were already working on The Next Big Thing by the time the liquidators came for the Aerons? 

]]> By: nosehat http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/the-last-day.html#comment-1588682 nosehat Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195541#comment-1588682 Nice vignette! Although I was unreasonably disturbed by the fact that the illustrator hadn't bothered to read even 3 paragraphs into the story:  "The chairs were gone now, so he sat on a desk." Nice vignette!

Although I was unreasonably disturbed by the fact that the illustrator hadn’t bothered to read even 3 paragraphs into the story:  “The chairs were gone now, so he sat on a desk.”

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