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I think there should be a word for the particular kind of bikeshedding that happens when the first task undertaken is to make a name and logo, which is, at the
by tbabb 9y ago
I think there should be a word for the particular kind of bikeshedding that happens when the first task undertaken is to make a name and logo, which is, at the start of a project, literally the least important thing.
I think it's some kind of signifier that a project is doomed when logo-making happens so early; maybe it's because it means that no one wants (or doesn't know how) to do actual work. I've seen it happen multiple times.
- weaksauce 9y agoWhat about mar-a-logo Actually there doesn't seem to be much that sounds good with logo applied.
- emmab 9y agoCargo culting?
- kpommerenke 9y agoPaul Graham called it "playing house." http://www.paulgraham.com/before.html http://www.paulgraham.com/before.html
- wheelerwj 9y agoplaying house, make believe, idea men. whenever i hear this kind of behavior or talk i'm pretty quickly ending the conversation.