The first thing everyone wants to do when the idea goes sideways is to change. Do something different. Throw it all out. Start over. Give up. The moment those thoughts enter your mind, that is the first test of the idea’s strength, can it stand the test of being kicked, can it get knocked down and stand back up again, can it rise up. Don’t stop at the first sign of distress, this is the…
I’ve been fixing a deck over the last few weekends (I’ve done this a few times), and it always makes me appreciate how all the little pieces can make the greater whole that much stronger bit by bit. Taped joists. Painting End cuts Using the right screws where (and brackets) Knowing how to double-up joists. Adjusting a few degrees for a nice drainage slant. All these things, not necessarily required, you’ll still get a deck…
Checklists are great, I use them infinitely all over the place. But where they fail (and fail me) is the reorganization of said lists based on priority changes, based on workload changes, based on what I’m doing changes. This is where AI could do something useful to help out – reorganize a checklist against what I already have going on in my life. Adjust, refine, redistribute – until then, I’ll keep doing it myself.
This is funny, this is also for real. The part that gets me is the people applauding the basic achievement. https://youtu.be/TXnAij7ozb0 Let this be the standard for what you don’t want your meetings to be.
Ask. And mean it, “Tell me what you think, is it garbage? Is it good? Is it a mess? Does it do what you want it to do?” We use to invite users to come to our offices to try out new versions of our products. Users, in our offices. No remote or virtual calls, in-person connections where we saw their faces scrunch up at a horribly implemented feature. And then we’d go out to…