August 2009
5 posts
WatchTerry Gilliam’s latest. Wow.
Wired: The Good Enough Revolution →
Great article on not letting the perfect become the enemy of the good enough. Does this trend represent the “crapification of everything”? Don’t think so. Simple rules. Good enough is good enough. Get your service, your product, your message out there. Iterate and improve. Wait for perfection and you will die.
Oh, and love the Flip!
You Do Not Have Health Insurance →
Thanks to Mike Perham for the pointer.
Eric Ries: The Steve Jobs Method →
The Steve Jobs Jedi mind trick - “you do not need that feature.” Instinct, bull-headedness, opinionated design, all of the above… Interesting POV from Eric.
The answer is in the middle, and is the art of product marketing. Yes, talk to customers, recognize they probably don’t really know what they want, but listen and learn. As Steve says, figuring out what customers want...