While I found parts of this article funny, I'm not really sure what the author's point is. I mean, I get the part about how it's bizarre that Slack is selling Slack branded shoes. But the entire...
While I found parts of this article funny, I'm not really sure what the author's point is. I mean, I get the part about how it's bizarre that Slack is selling Slack branded shoes. But the entire rest of the article seems unrelated.
The first half of the article about how companies have presentations about their products seems unrelated to the second half. I don't think that showing audiences your products is separated from reality in nearly the same way as Slack selling shoes. If I write tools that interact with Google or Facebook's APIs, having a venue for them to tell me about new ones seems pretty helpful. Or if I buy smart phones, knowing there's a new one coming out and what makes it better than the one I currently have is actually useful if I'm in the market for a new one. And worse, the author never answers or even posits an answer to the question their headline asks.
While I found parts of this article funny, I'm not really sure what the author's point is. I mean, I get the part about how it's bizarre that Slack is selling Slack branded shoes. But the entire rest of the article seems unrelated.
The first half of the article about how companies have presentations about their products seems unrelated to the second half. I don't think that showing audiences your products is separated from reality in nearly the same way as Slack selling shoes. If I write tools that interact with Google or Facebook's APIs, having a venue for them to tell me about new ones seems pretty helpful. Or if I buy smart phones, knowing there's a new one coming out and what makes it better than the one I currently have is actually useful if I'm in the market for a new one. And worse, the author never answers or even posits an answer to the question their headline asks.