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Steve Jobs releases with less than perfection all the time. If you need evidence, look no further than giving AT&T an exclusive with the iPhone. The key is acc
by aston 19y ago
Steve Jobs releases with less than perfection all the time. If you need evidence, look no further than giving AT&T an exclusive with the iPhone.
The key is accepting that people prefer products to promises, and just going ahead with something that's good enough without it being perfect.
- palish 19y agoBeing a perfectionist doesn't mean you make perfect things. However, perfectionism requires perfect taste for success. It feels like there are two forms of design: "release early and release often" and "release it perfectly". Very few people have the taste necessary to find success in the latter.
- far33d 19y agoGood point - "release early, release often" is also a quest to perfectionism, but is a public quest. You have your users determine what is perfect, what directions to go in. Holding something to yourself until it is "perfect" is a solo quest. You may spend too much time on the wrong things and no time on the right things. But you also won't release something that is completely broken.
- omouse 19y ago"You may spend too much time on the wrong things and no time on the right things." Aha, now we know what to call that solo quest for perfection: premature optimization.