I just have to say it: This is one GOD DAMN good app. I've been using it for years and the only issue I have with it is that I've got to pay again to download it on my iPhone after switching from Android.
In a world full of free stuff, this is the only piece of paid software that makes my day better. They deserve this.
It makes sense to use AWS because it's convenient + cost-effective (maybe?) to setup a cloud server. It then makes sense to use their services because again it's convenient. Basically the simplicity of the platform get's you there and now all these other benefits are attractive because it's simple and works out of the box.
So what I think the strategy to do would be to solve a basic problem that gets everyone to your platform and then start adding services to it.
Amazon started the cloud server as a business model because they needed a way to monetise all the additional infrastructure they had lying around on the off seasons. People started using it which gave them insight into the other problems users had and they went about solving those.
Does anyone ever feel like star wars became mainstream all of a sudden? I mean a few years back mist of my friends would've laughed at me when I brought it up. Now everyone can't wait to see it! What happened??
Software isn't just eating the world, it's eating our lives. I think that this is going to become much worse the more intrusive the "IOT" becomes. Being able to manage our attention will become as significant as managing our health.
I think living a stress free life can turn out to be a bad thing. You need physical stress i.e exercise makes you healthy + happy. I wouldn't be surprised if purely mental stress had similar effects on Humans.
Obviously there's a threshold after which it starts affecting people negatively.
Also, just because a job seems like a dream doesn't mean that the day to day grind is for you. I know a lot of pilots who, after a few years of flying commercial airlines, can't stop bitching about the tedium of the job.
I think that people need to understand that the concept of terrorism is next to impossible to stop. Once people understand that I think that their reactions to a horrific situation like the Paris shootings or Mumbai will be less severe and more effective.
In a world full of free stuff, this is the only piece of paid software that makes my day better. They deserve this.