Ben Huh Keynote: LOLcats, FAILS, and Other Blunders from the Cheezburger Network
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Transcript of Ben Huh Keynote: LOLcats, FAILS, and Other Blunders from the Cheezburger Network
The Cheezburger Story (@benhuh)
Before that...
Before THAT...
1/07: A couple in Hawaii
3/07: 2TB in 2 weeks
9/07: Investment
I Can Has Cheezburger?
FAIL Blog
Failbook
Very Demotivational
+50 others
Who We Are in Numbers
2007
23 Mo.
3 Mo.
16
How We Got Here
Scaling is a function of business
I am the obstacle
Ego, pride, assumptions, sacred cows, secrets,
coverups, reputation...even some users.
Tough Decisions
From your perspective.
“If I wanted to work 4 hours per week,
and still be successful, what would I do?”
From their perspective.
“If my users had 40 seconds on my site, what would they
want to do?”
Beautiful alignment.
Detailed specifications for one of the most highly scalable and popular image manipulation
software on the Web.
CAPTION A
CAPTION B
CAPTION C
What happens if the caption is too long?
Options (Smartest to dumbest)
Auto scale down the font-size
Wrap the text
Warn the user
Do nothing
OMG ROFLCOPTER BBQ WTF
1 folder. 1MM+ images.$6/month shared host.
Videos:#1 Comedy Channel
1 Billion+ views
When Will the Madness End?
Earth Sun
Media Users
GoogleFacebookTwitter
Complexity has an inverse effect on your
business’ ability to scale.
Who are you trying to impress?
How to Stay Simple
Introducing the MPH Methodology.TM
Mr. Potato Head
Applies to technology as well as org. charts,
product dev., IT, etc.
If a significant component is lost, it’ll be ugly,
but no one dies.
Apps with structural independence
MPH on partners with proven scalability.
WordpressJS-Kit
ViddlerGoogle Apps
SkypeAmazon S3, EC2+ dozens of open source apps
Fire-up and forget
Try before you buy?
Prove before u spend.
Free up dev time to:
90%
10%
CoreOff-The-Shelf
If WE build it, it should be a
competitive advantage
When to MPH?
Can you plug in/out a better, cheaper, faster
solution?
One Final Lesson Learned
Human nature has a tendency to
admire complexity but reward simplicity.
@benhuhbenhuh.com