A natural inquisitive human behavior that lends itself to exploration and investigation.
I’m a very curious person in regard to a lot of things. I enjoy looking at someone else’s work, and sometimes comparing it to my own. I’d say many others are curious in the same way. When I posted about redesigning this site, for a couple of days, the traffic rose from (an average of) 60 visits per day to 110 or more. I’d say curiosity was the reason.
Golf Trac currently has 68 signups. I’m betting at least half of them aren’t by golfers, and I bet over half have no intentions of actually using it. They’re just curious. Plus, anonymity takes curiosity to a whole new level.
Fortunately, this site and Golf Trac serve a purpose above how many visitors/users I can attract. Honestly, I would do nothing different if I had 0 visits and 0 sign-ups. For me, being able to build anything I want is gratifying enough. But I do believe curiosity is one reason why it’s so important to keep software evolving. Change keeps those curious minds coming back. Plus, applications that neglect change often fall out of favor and become obsolete.
Dead software is about as attractive as dead batteries.
