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Yeah, those are some of the most exciting things going on in web apps and nobody really cares.

Did you read the story yesterday on the demise of Freshmeat[1]? User bloopernova started a great thread on how exciting it was to watch that site for new software.

Before that time, in the 70s and 80s, there were clubs where people would meet up to talk about computers and software with each other. A new version of Google Docs is about 1% as amazing as getting Electric Pencil running on your TRS-80 or Syncalc going on your Atari 800.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30586224



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