I'm giving Jason Fried a wedgie at FOWA
written by Allan on January 07, 2009
37signals changed my life. Again. The first time they inspired and liberated me. This this they've turned me sour. Their highly popular blog (which I love) preaches about appreciating craftsmanship and paying for it, supporting artistry. Jason Fried, the founder of 37signals, constantly tweets about sports car design, Aston Martin seems to be his favorite. I loved 37signals, I even went to their SEED conference. Their book, "Getting Real," changed my life. They hire people based on taste and style. They are amazing.
In a recent blog post Jason brings up a stupid error in Quickbooks Pro. What a confession, a stark revelation. They use Quickbooks. Quickbooks is a product by Intuit, the makers of bloatware accounting software. This made my skin crawl, how can a guy that harps on the finer things, style, elegance and design use a piece of software that is the farthest thing from it? I'm not saying anything we write is perfect and bug free, God knows everything is a work in progress. Of all the accounting software to use, why use the one that is the antithesis of 37signals it should be an anathema to them. For the love of God, why? Think of the children!
Batman is taking bribes. Superman is playing poker with Lex Luthor. The Lone Ranger is a racist. Steve Jobs uses a Dell. My world is in shambles.
Fair warning Jason: I'm gonna give you noogies at FOWA.
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Allan loves his family more than breathing. He lives in Panama City, Florida & grew up washing cars at his family's car washes. Oh and Allan hasn't worn underwear since 2004.
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I had the same thought. At first I was like, yeah what a silly error. Then I was wtf are they doing in QuickBooks?
The only explanation that I can think of is maybe it has some killer feature they can’t do without???
honestly, I think its because 37s is developing an accounting app to compete directly with qbks.
Ha! Well, we use Quickbooks because that’s what we’ve always used. Bad excuse, I know. I’m not happy with it, but I haven’t had a chance to investigate other options thoroughly yet. I’m planning on spending some time with some options over the next 30 days. We’ll definitely check out Less Accounting.
Daniel Son… You made a critical error. You trusted someone’s opinion that doesn’t have a mustache. Those unable to give mustache rides can not be trusted. They are the enemy.
Are you even going to be at FOWA – You’re supposed to be handling some other important business at that point…