Archive for August, 2007
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Status reports are a dreaded thing that most of us have to do in the corporate world, no matter our jobs. Often we fluff, embellish, or exaggerate out of fear of not showing enough progress. We are vague to help our accomplishments seem bigger. We improvise. We adapt. We try ...
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
Keep your eye on the ball. Take your eye off it, and you'll always fail- you're just swinging blindly.
This is a simple concept we learn as kids. It applies all through life. It also is an old cliche, and it gets written on time and again. Nevertheless, I'm going to ...
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
Best is the enemy of better. You may have heard that before.
Often times I've seen this... someone asks for a solution for a simple problem. During design, the designers say "and it really should do this" and the customer says "and it would be great if it did that", and ...
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