May 25 2009

Getting Your Project Started

When the time comes to implement the basic features, I often open up my laptop with the intention of coding, but I intentionally distract myself with blogs and videos. Sometimes its hard to get motivated, and harder to get started, even when the passion is there. There are two solutions to getting your project up and [...]


May 22 2009

Basic Functionality Is Still Too Much Functionality

One trap I always fall into when developing a product is trying to deliver a product rich with features. Most of the time I catch myself, and step back to the basic functionality that I suspect the user would expect, this is often referred to as the 80/20 rule:
“80% of your customers will use 20% [...]


May 22 2009

Real Passion Doesn’t Die

You always read and hear business entrepreneurs talking about passion. Even the wikipedia entry on entrepreneurship, characterizes an entrepreneur as someone who “promotes the vision with enthusiastic passion”. But its not always very clear what they mean about passion.
I spent the last year and a half, with a good friend of mine, working on an [...]


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