@jberryman You're certainly right, Jack is talking about limitations, and a bit about deadlines. The reason I used "deadlines" rather than "limitations" in th

@jberryman You're certainly right, Jack is talking about limitations, and a bit about deadlines. The reason I used "deadlines" rather than "limitations" in the title was deliberate though. I think for many creative types, having a firm deadline is one of the best, and sometimes only, ways to get something shipped. It's hard to produce art. There's a lot of ego involved. It's real easy to keep polishing, trying to get it just the nth degree more perfect. Deadlines eliminate this. This applies elsewhere too: in most mediations and negotiations we set a hard deadline. The deal is inevitably made minutes before the deadline. It doesn't really matter how much time is allotted: whether you have 40 hours or 4 hours, almost all of the time will be chewed up by bickering and arguing over positions. The deal is almost always made in the last 30 minutes or less.