Great example of this is Sliderocket.com (powered by a very complex Flash slide editor/interface), recently purchased by ClearSlide. My guess (with no inside knowledge whatsoever) is that SlideRocket was looking at an expensive tech transformation to move up to current standards and fix all the annoying technical debt they've accumulated along the way. (It's extensive: I'm a customer, their platform is buggy and dated.)
Thank you! I was hoping to build a treehouse, but a hurricane wiped out most of the big trees in 2003. Now it's all 6-20' tall Balsam Firs, which are too small to make treehouses in. Maybe in 20 years...
It's more subtle now...but I think you'll be able to feel it more and more as time goes on. Sad that such a great company seems to have been so dependent on one man...
The design looks nice at first glance - but when I tried to figure out what you actually do, how you deliver on your promise, I was just confused. You're very features-first. Would love it if you started your copy and iconography with benefits and then talked about the features that support them.
Thanks for your feedback. The home page has a brief overview of the benefits and calls you to click through to the features page to "Find out more". Did you see this copy on the home page, or did you go immediately to the Features page? I'd love to understand this more as I think you're right - that this is an area we can improve - I'm just trying to figure out how.
I see no reason why not. I'm making a sustainable salary, it comfortably supports my lifestyle (which is not exactly frugal) and I can put a bit away for the future. Of course lifestyles change, but if I've got money in the bank and a transferable skillset then I'd say that puts me in pretty good shape for the unknown future.
I think people living the way the article described are far less likely to be doing it in 10 years' time. IME very few people treat their job as their passion after starting a family.