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Thanks for making this point. I wholeheartedly agree. I didn't anticipate this response. You're absolutely right about taking responsibility for the example we

Thanks for making this point. I wholeheartedly agree. I didn't anticipate this response. You're absolutely right about taking responsibility for the example we set of project management. I personally hate pulling all-nighters, and did not intend to legitimize the unhealthy "larval stage" hacker culture archetype (re: http://modelviewculture.com/pieces/the-open-source-identity-crisis http://modelviewculture.com/pieces/the-open-source-identity-...). This was a project with crazy bounds that we all consented to sprint towards. We are a team that has worked on many projects together across years, and are wholly comfortable with each others' constraints and limits. It's usually the case for our projects that inspiration arrives at the most inconvenient time. For this one in particular, the idea came up 3 days before launch. We had several discussions during those days where we could have pulled the plug on this due to scheduling concerns. Each of us decided to push forward because we wanted it to exist.

skybrian 12y ago
Thanks for your response! It seems like the basic idea could be used for anything. There's nothing about zooming that makes it particularly appropriate for a book launch; a simple comic would do to mark the occasion and Pixels could have launched later. So the use of this idea for this project is a choice and the deadline is entirely self-imposed. (Also I do enjoy the occasional hackathon, though I won't stay up late for it. I'll stay up late for entirely different and probably just as bad reasons.)
csirac2 12y ago
This is perhaps the wrong place to discuss, but reading Noah's piece you just linked seems just a little narrow-minded... Given the struggles I see to recruit and retain contributors (who overwhelmingly $work to 17:30 and take school holidays), I'm left wondering truly how many open source projects (maybe the top 0.00001%?) can really afford to (let alone actively engage in) building their existence around these pathologies.

skybrian 12y ago

Thanks for your response! It seems like the basic idea could be used for anything. There's nothing about zooming that makes it particularly appropriate for a book launch; a simple comic would do to mark the occasion and Pixels could have launched later. So the use of this idea for this project is a choice and the deadline is entirely self-imposed. (Also I do enjoy the occasional hackathon, though I won't stay up late for it. I'll stay up late for entirely different and probably just as bad reasons.)

csirac2 12y ago

This is perhaps the wrong place to discuss, but reading Noah's piece you just linked seems just a little narrow-minded... Given the struggles I see to recruit and retain contributors (who overwhelmingly $work to 17:30 and take school holidays), I'm left wondering truly how many open source projects (maybe the top 0.00001%?) can really afford to (let alone actively engage in) building their existence around these pathologies.