tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042626.post1077803388491148469..comments2008-04-29T13:31:40.134-07:00Comments on Paul Buchheit: "Perfect" is the enemy of "good enough", andPaul Buchheithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521809827597159995noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042626.post-87592374828688222912007-11-15T16:50:00.000-08:002007-11-15T16:50:00.000-08:00I'm an artist/ crafts person. I just completed a p...I'm an artist/ crafts person. I just completed a project. It isn't even anything that is really art it is something I made to wear to one party. I was frustrated because I couldn't get it to come out perfect. I finished it and now I am stepping away. Once a boss called me slipshod. And that voice still sticks with me. I rarely look at others work as critically as I do mine. Will I ever forget the job was not perfect? No but it won't be important.Muriel OKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08070765120302276930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042626.post-48306040924112493202007-04-16T10:39:00.000-07:002007-04-16T10:39:00.000-07:00I have a similar philosophy that I've been preachi...I have a similar philosophy that I've been preaching for years (but oddly never blogged about it)... FAIL FASTER! The idea being that we all learn from failures (watch your kids learn and develop... all of it based on failing lots of times). So, instead of avoiding failure, get going and start failing... and LEARNING.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17780126315779919153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042626.post-64231784649643006112007-04-16T10:01:00.000-07:002007-04-16T10:01:00.000-07:00Totally true, but could be a little dangerous if m...Totally true, but could be a little dangerous if misinterpreted, as well (in my opinion). People just have to start "doing" no matter how crappy.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, the best people/companies iterate and improve faster than any others, to get to "good enough" and close to get to "perfect".<BR/><BR/> I'd love to hear more insight into your experience with GMail - did you start with something (internally, perhaps), that wasn't even good enough - but then you kept working hard to improve it? Or were your "not even good enough" experiences much earlier, with other products, or at school?ThriveSmarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06262729833597495806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042626.post-21740280882854158322007-04-15T12:23:00.000-07:002007-04-15T12:23:00.000-07:00inspiring! being creative is hard enough in the fi...inspiring! being creative is hard enough in the first place! Why add obstacles for that to happen?The Pagemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01409135027772320974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042626.post-16563683174911756912007-04-15T09:51:00.000-07:002007-04-15T09:51:00.000-07:00This is a very inspirational post to me. Sometime...This is a very inspirational post to me. Sometimes the idea of being "good enough" takes up so much of our time that we forget to just go out and do what it was we're trying to be good enough for. Good enough to me is learning from your mistakes after you go out and just do it.strategicpausehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10190673152194273917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33042626.post-83671796473945680872007-04-15T08:55:00.000-07:002007-04-15T08:55:00.000-07:00I must say you got a point here! Even though it's ...I must say you got a point here! Even though it's sometimes difficult to release something we don't feel is "perfect" or at least "good enough", but agile development helps overcoming this behaviour...Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08981758653511866622noreply@blogger.com