Re:Aaron Swartz: Perfectionism (and his new startup, Jottit)
by palish on Friday August 31, 2007 @02:39PM
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Being a perfectionist doesn't mean you make perfect things. However, perfectionism requires perfect taste for success.
It feels like there are two forms of design: "release early and release often" and "release it perfectly". Very few people have the taste necessary to find success in the latter.
Re:Aaron Swartz: Perfectionism (and his new startup, Jottit)
by far33d on Friday August 31, 2007 @03:01PM
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Good point - "release early, release often" is also a quest to perfectionism, but is a public quest. You have your users determine what is perfect, what directions to go in.
Holding something to yourself until it is "perfect" is a solo quest. You may spend too much time on the wrong things and no time on the right things. But you also won't release something that is completely broken.
The key is accepting that people prefer products to promises, and just going ahead with something that's good enough without it being perfect.