Paul Buchheit: Ideas vs Judgment and Execution: Climbing the Mountain

Re:Paul Buchheit: Ideas vs Judgment and Execution: Climbing ... by brlewis on Sunday March 30, 2008 @11:56PM (#150718)

Paul, is there something in this essay that people who are already attempting good judgment and execution can take away from it? On first reading it looks like the audience is (1) idea guys or (2) people who execute, but underestimate the value of judgment.

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Re:Paul Buchheit: Ideas vs Judgment and Execution: Climbing ... by paul on Monday March 31, 2008 @02:13AM (#150808)

I was mainly just trying to resolve an apparent contradiction and find a good metaphor to structure my thoughts. It's not advice, so much as understanding. Ultimately, understanding is better than advice anyway.

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Re:Paul Buchheit: Ideas vs Judgment and Execution: Climbing ... by brlewis on Monday March 31, 2008 @08:50AM (#151004)

I use another metaphor: air

Air is worthless. Air has no market value. But nobody can say air is unimportant.

If you have clean air and want to make money, you need the right execution: You need to combine your clean air with things that people can enjoy along with it. If you build and run a great resort, lots of people will come. They'll say it's the air that keeps them coming back. Hearing that, the idea guys who always talked about selling air will feel vindicated. They'll underestimate the importance of you getting the details right on your resort.

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Re:Paul Buchheit: Ideas vs Judgment and Execution: Climbing ... by apexauk on Monday March 31, 2008 @07:08PM (#151472)

is air worthless, or _price_less?

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