Yeah, me too. I'm not interested in the opinions of people who really just seem be saying the same vague shit over and over again. What's the deal with these venture capitalists giving us advice? We're just normal people trying to start off companies and ideas, if you want to tell us shit, tell us shit that we can use. Tell us how to market, how to sell, how to get good feedback from users.<p>Don't keep telling us how to talk to venture capitalists and what not. It's depressing. This place is a graveyard of hope - everyone here seems to be trying, and everyone seems to be advising - but nobody seems to be succeeding. And those companies that do succeed, hell, you never see them here.<p>This is a collection of dreamers and people hoping for that big million payout. If I'm going to fail, I'll fail with dignity trying to sell things that people want to buy.
I didn't take my laptop with me to this year's SXSW interactive (<a href="http://2007.sxsw.com/interactive/)" rel="nofollow">http://2007.sxsw.com/interactive/)</a> and I think it greatly enhanced my experience.<p>Ironically, I think that tech conferences such as this would actually be enhanced--for (almost) everybody--if computers were generally prohibited at computer event venues. (Flame me not.) :)<p>If nothing else, it would increase f2f interaction..would it not??<p>(Wouldn't this be a rather stunning exercise/experiment...if only for a day or 2 at a major conference?!)
Taking a periodic breaks from any online forum you frequent is generally a good idea in my experience. It helps keep new ideas flowing and helps break bad habits.
Seems like you aren't alone, but might be a couple weeks late. Traffic's dropped tremendously, it feels like (then again, so has the amount of startup-related news). Care to corroborate, PG?
It's good to take a break every once in a while. If you make yourself not check in for a week or two YC will be very interesting when you come back.<p>In fact, it's an amazing experience to avoid the Internet for 3 days. Try it.