How dope is this holiday card? Courtesy of one of our favorite mobile shops, 39Argyle. #alwaysshipping
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megatron
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yoda
The moral of this story is that you don’t always need weeks –or even hours– to create something. Sometimes you just need to stop over-thinking things and trust your creative impulses. That’s what makes working with startups so great. http://sachagreif.com/how-i-designed-codeyear-com-in-1-hour/ Sacha Greif, creating CodeYear in around an hour
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megatron
*Blast from the Past*
“After joining, I was most surprised to find that Facebook’s motto of “Move fast and break things” is real. I’ll never forget my second day on the job when Chris Cox, our V.P. of Product, assigned me the task to fix a pretty complex bug in News Feed. I’d never written php in my life, but a few hours later when I got my code working and ready for review, he said “Cool, ship it!” with a big smile on his face. At first I didn’t think he was serious, but once it shipped, I realized that I had just pushed out a change on my second day that 25 million people would experience instantly.”
– Pedram Keyani on 3 Years at FacebookFEEL THE POWER. And read the rest here — it’s pretty rad.
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yoda
Building product is not about having a large team to manage. It is about having a small team with the right people on it. You need product, design, and software engineering skills on the team. And you need to be focused, committed, and driven. Management at this point is all about small team dynamics; everyone on board, working together, and getting stuff done. Strong individual contributors are key in this stage. Fred Wilson (avc.com) on partnerships, not armies to build products
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yoda
Anil Dash does a good job discussing why Foursquare is one of the best shippers out there today, as well as what differentiates them:
- Core platform
- Reliable iteration
- Technical competence
- Design innovation
- Thoughtful business model
- Meaningful APIs
But our favorite part of the article is the last paragraph:
But perhaps most importantly, I think we need more stories that celebrate the success of what seem like small, iterative product launches, but actually reflect triumphs in unsung disciplines such as systems operations, design process, business development and product management. There are lots of loud, pointless headlines about companies getting money from venture capitalists or angel investors. What I’d love to see more of in 2012 (and beyond!) is headlines about how a few small successes with users are a demonstration of a small company outperforming and out-innovating the biggest companies in the tech industry by being focused and disciplined in their execution. That, actually, is my most favorite Foursquare feature.
The only piece we’d change is that we’d like to see big companies learning and innovating just as fast. Godspeed to you in your quest!
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megatron
The worst reason not to ship is fear.
Seth Godin was onto something when he wrote that all too often, we don’t want to get more done. Getting more done means exposing yourself to more risk, which almost always means failing more frequently.
No one “likes” to fail, but this year we’re laughing in the face of that fear. Ships will sail in 2012, and we hope to see yours in the mix.
#beproductive #bebold #crybabiesgohome
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yoda
Some good learnings in here.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/technology/hewlett-packards-touchpad-was-built-on-flawed-software-some-say.html
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