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I bet the mechanical engineers and designers had a field day designing that. When price is no object, it is really fun to make things. I was in a similarly fa
by jnwatson 9y ago
I bet the mechanical engineers and designers had a field day designing that. When price is no object, it is really fun to make things.
I was in a similarly fated startup. It was super cool to design stuff with no regard to usability or cost, but the gravy train ends at some point, when you realize you've been making something nobody wants.
The fastest path to validating the business plan is usually the right one.
- ChuckMcM 9y agoRandom tidbit, Xerox PARC had something of a reputation for designing impossible to manufacture systems. Stories like this remind me to always pair designers with 'just get it done' people so that they can balance out each other.