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Fuck it, ship it.
- ranza 14y agoFuck it, steal it!
- eslachance 14y agoFunny I thought the same thing. "Fuck it, piratebay it!" I guess TPB stole the ship image from common culture...
- makwarth 14y agoWhen we put it up in the office some people thought it said "Fuck it, sail it." ;)
- Tyrannosaurs 14y agoEven if it's not a CC image, the pirate bay are probably the least likely people in the world to sue.
- icebraining 14y agoIt's an image by Scott Foresman (the company) and released into the public domain: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Galleon_(PSF).png http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Galleon_(PSF).png
- eslachance 14y agoI didn't mean stealing from any particular entity. It was more in a "nabbing" sort of way, a little like saying "The Beatles stole the heart of many of a generation's women". They obviously weren't pulling hearts out of teenagers :)
- eslachance 14y agoIn a sense, this goes in line with "release early, release often". I get that it's a big step to actually release a software or service, but the more you wait, the more you risk actually defining the product too much, or missing the boat completely while someone else takes the prize. I think even a service that is somewhat prone to errors can be released as long as it's made clear that it is, and that it's at least decently functional. And it is, of course, absolutely imperative that an easy to reach and easy to use feedback system be put in place.
- redguava 14y agoI understand the need to ship products. I understand the point of your post. I just don't think I would want my hosted web operations center to have the slogan "Fuck it, ship it" on their wall. I think it might be a case of not every idea is good for every business.
- philk10 14y agoWe realized that we were already using Opbeat to operate Opbeat! Actually we had been doing so for quite some time. It seems crazy that we’d forgotten the fact that Opbeat was already helping us. So they discover the concept of eating your own dog food
- gmrple 14y agoNo, they realized their dog food was edible.
- seivan 14y agoFuck it ship it! I find these short motivational posts quite nice. It just feels good reading stuff like this. Like a hackers feel good article.
- ZoFreX 14y agoSince when does a private, invitation-only beta count as "shipping"?
- reitzensteinm 14y agoIt depends what you're working on. If it's a weekend Flash game, fair enough. If it's a payment processor, and real customers are going to make or lose real money, that would absolutely count. Hosted web operations seems like it's more in the second camp than the first. If their product has bugs and starts trashing backup servers, there's going to be hell to pay.
- ianlevesque 14y agoStill, write about it when we can actually go try it out.
- iconfinder 14y agoAwesome poster. Please put it up for sale somewhere!
- lerouxb 14y agoAlso known as "Fuck it, support it forever or burn bridges!"
- zoobert 14y agoI am also an advocate of releasing early as that will help you getting some feedback from the users. Of course you need to reach a certain point in order to do that. Also like the poster.
- jacques_chester 14y agoFuck it, product announcement.
- Camillo 14y agoCan't you ship it unfucked?
- dmbass 14y agoHow about "Fuck yeah! Ship that bad boy!"? To me, "fuck it" has a defeatist connotation that really has no place around something that you are proud of.
- stupandaus 14y agoComing from a poker background, ship it has the connotation of "shipping the pot" or winning the pot. Oftentimes players will yell "SHIP ITTTTT!!!" when they have won a large pot. This gives this phrase a little more positive connotation for me.
- nthitz 14y agoCool poster but I imagine clients would be turned off a bit by that mentality.
- crazygringo 14y agoWow, "Opbeat" sounds awfully close to "Chartbeat". In fact, I'd assume Opbeat was another product by Chartbeat if I didn't know any better -- especially given the chart graphics they use. IANAL, but should they be worried about trademark infringement? Seems like a risky name to choose.
- X-Istence 14y agoWhat is opbeat?