Incredible thoughts by Thomas Petersen for the Black & White blog, where he discusses the main focus about starting up a business idea. Or developing a product. Or… anything. The ideas he signals out here are applicable to almost all things in life. Google is not successful because of its sexiness and iphone is not a total hit because of it bulletproof performance. Petersen says that there are as many ways to design a successful product, as to design a flop. And he’s totally right. Beware, the “hammer” analogy is included. Truly one of the best articles I’ve linked on our blog.
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December 15th
a fantastic article! so what r u quizzing me on my suggestions for ur upcoming imrovements??
December 15th
hi….Thanks for the tips…:)
December 15th
@Jjay I wanted your opinion because you are one of our most beloved readers.
December 16th
Glad to see your posting here JJay, It is a great article G, The first two things on his list are exactly what I’ve been saying. “. Start simple, stay simple.
It cannot be said enough. Less is more – much more, and there is a very good reason that it pays to understand.
If you do less you can measure more. If you can measure more you can better experiment with what works.
Most products are simple, based on simple insights.
Make sure that you stay true to those insights, until you know you tried out every different interpretation of them. Don’t add new features just because you think that it will help, it wont, not yet. If your product becomes a success it’s not because of how many features it has.
2. Don’t confuse change with improvement.
One of the biggest challenges record artist face when producing a new album is fatigue. They get this from listening to the same riffs, passages, drum tracks, choruses etc. over and over and over. It’s actually one of the reasons why many have a problem listening to their own album when it’s finally out. Startups as intense and time consuming as they are, have similar problems. It’s very tempting after a couple of months of looking at the same design to want to change it and think you are improving your product. You aren’t, so don’t succumb to the temptation. It’s not worth it.
Furthermore, if it goes like it does in most cases, you will soon enough have to spend resources on changing things after you launch. ”
I hope people take heed.
December 20th
ha! im a glorified pain in the butt! but ty neways
If neone else cares bout my suggestions to agree, disagree, or add their own, i posted them here:
http://icon-library.iconshock.com/technology/tetris-and-web-layouts-dont-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-8221
December 21st
The redesign takes time and budget Jjay… be patient girl!
December 21st
@Sherwood Awesome comment Sherwood. One of your finest. Didn’t know you have such thorough knowledge in music…You sounded there for a sec like Rick Rubin or George Martin…LOL
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