Hey Brad, I have to say I like your 'killer app'!!!!!!! If people want to see a really elegant app check out slide show pro director. Plus it is really easy to tie into an existing cake app, to manage images and galleries.
Nice Job Sam D On 3/29/07, Brad Daily <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, I've been reading this for the past few days and I am about to > burst, so here goes. > > First of all, for all the "I need something to convince my boss" > posts: The best way to convince your boss to use a certain tool is to > build something *yourself* with it. I'm not sure how "Look at what > these other people built with Cake" is going to help you any. That's > like thinking that just because a carpenter built a house with a > certain brand of hammer, that as long as I had the same kind of > hammer, I can build the a house with the same quality and > craftmanship. That's ridiculous. > > Instead, why don't you build a small, proof on concept application. > Build it yourself (or with your team) and then show it off. Then you > can blow them away by telling them it only took you a week to do. > That's how you convince someone of the merits of a framework. > > Finally, when has a "killer app" ever been built out of someone saying > "we need a killer app". You never start a project like that. You start > a project with a great idea, and it is usually a lot more specific > than "let's build a CMS". I think we'd all be better served if we just > built stuff that we needed, stuff that worked, and eventually a great > application will surface that the community can be proud of. > > Brad > > ------ > > Brad Daily > Developer, SlideShowPro Director > http://www.slideshowpro.net > > > > > -- (the old fart) the advice is free, the lack of crankiness will cost you - its a fine line between a real question and an idiot http://blog.samdevore.com/archives/2007/03/05/when-open-source-bugs-me/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
