<div dir="ltr">2013/10/31 Alberto Salvia Novella <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:es20490446e@gmail.com" target="_blank">es20490446e@gmail.com</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<big>An extract of <a href="http://sharkinfestedcustard.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/rework-jason-fried.pdf" target="_blank">"Rework:
Change the way you work forever"</a>:<b><big><big><big><big><br>
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<blockquote><big><small><small><small><small><big><big><b><big><big>Throw
less at the problem</big></big></b></big></big></small></small></small></small></big><br>
<br>
<big><small><small><small><small>Watch chef Gordon Ramsay's
Kitchen Nightmares and you'll see a pattern. The</small></small></small></small></big><br>
<big><small><small><small><small>menus at failing restaurants
offer too many dishes. The owners think making every
dish</small></small></small></small></big><br>
<big><small><small><small><small>under the sun will broaden the
appeal of the restaurant. Instead it makes for crappy
food</small></small></small></small></big><br>
<big><small><small><small><small>(and creates inventory
headaches).</small></small></small></small></big><br>
<br>
<big><small><small><small><small>That's why Ramsay's first step is
nearly always to trim the menu, usually from</small></small></small></small></big><br>
<big><small><small><small><small>thirty-plus dishes to around ten.
Think about that. Improving the current menu doesn't</small></small></small></small></big><br>
<big><small><small><small><small>come first. Trimming it down
comes first. Then he polishes what's left.</small></small></small></small></big><br>
<br>
<big><small><small><small><small>When things aren't working, the
natural inclination is to throw more at the</small></small></small></small></big><br>
<big><small><small><small><small>problem. More people, time, and
money. All that ends up doing is making the problem</small></small></small></small></big><br>
<big><small><small><small><small>bigger. The right way to go is
the opposite direction: Cut back.</small></small></small></small></big><br>
<br>
<big><small><small><small><small>So do less. Your project won't
suffer nearly as much as you fear. In fact, there's
agood chance</small></small></small></small></big><br>
<big><small><small><small><small>it'll end up even better. You'll
be forced to make tough calls and sort out</small></small></small></small></big><br>
<big><small><small><small><small>what truly matters.</small></small></small></small></big><br>
<big><small><small><small><small>If you start pushing back
deadlines and increasing your budget, you'll never stop.</small></small></small></small></big><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<b><big>Embrace constraints</big></b><br>
<br>
"I don't have enough time/money/people/experience." Stop whining.
Less is a<br>
good thing. Constraints are advantages in disguise. Limited
resources force you to make<br>
do with what you've got. There's no room for waste. And that
forces you to be creative.<br>
Ever seen the weapons prisoners make out of soap or a spoon? They
make do<br>
with what they've got. Now we're not saying you should go out and
shank somebody--but<br>
get creative and you'll be amazed at what you can make with just a
little.<br>
<br>
Writers use constraints to force creativity all the time.
Shakespeare reveled in the<br>
limitations of sonnets (fourteen-line lyric poems in iambic
pentameter with a specific<br>
rhyme scheme). Haiku and limericks also have strict rules that
lead to creative results.<br>
Writers like Ernest Hemingway and Raymond Carver found that
forcing themselves to<br>
use simple, clear language helped them deliver maximum impact.<br>
<br>
The Price Is Right, the longest-running game show in history, is
also a great<br>
example of creativity born from embracing constraints. The show
has more than a<br>
hundred games, and each one is based on the question "How much
does this item cost?"<br>
That simple formula has attracted fans for more than thirty years.<br>
<br>
Southwest--unlike most other airlines, which fly multiple aircraft
models--flies<br>
only Boeing 737s. As a result, every Southwest pilot, flight
attendant, and ground-crew<br>
member can work any flight. Plus, all of Southwest's parts fit all
of its planes. All that<br>
means lower costs and a business that's easier to run. They made
it easy on themselves.<br>
When we were building Basecamp, we had plenty of limitations. We
had a design<br>
firm to run with existing client work, a seven-hour time
difference between principals<br>
(David was doing the programming in Denmark, the rest of us were
in the States), a small<br>
team, and no outside funding. These constraints forced us to keep
the product simple.<br>
<br>
These days, we have more resources and people, but we still force
constraints. We<br>
make sure to have only one or two people working on a product at a
time. And we always<br>
keep features to a minimum. Boxing ourselves in this way prevents
us from creating<br>
bloated products.<br>
<br>
So before you sing the "not enough" blues, see how far you can get
with what you<br>
have.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<big><b>Start at the epicenter</b></big><br>
<br>
When you start anything new, there are forces pulling you in a
variety of<br>
directions. There's the stuff you could do, the stuff you want to
do, and the stuff you have<br>
to do. The stuff you have to do is where you should begin. Start
at the epicenter.<br>
<br>
For example, if you're opening a hot dog stand, you could worry
about the<br>
condiments, the cart, the name, the decoration. But the first
thing you should worry about<br>
is the hot dog. The hot dogs are the epicenter. Everything else is
secondary.<br>
<br>
The way to find the epicenter is to ask yourself this question:
"If I took this away,<br>
would what I'm selling still exist?" A hot dog stand isn't a hot
dog stand without the hot<br>
dogs. You can take away the onions, the relish, the mustard, etc.
Some people may notlike<br>
your toppings-less dogs, but you'd still have a hot dog stand. But
you simply cannot<br>
have a hot dog stand without any hot dogs.<br>
<br>
So figure out your epicenter. Which part of your equation can't be
removed? If<br>
you can continue to get by without this thing or that thing, then
those things aren't the<br>
epicenter. When you find it, you'll know. Then focus all your
energy on making it the<br>
best it can be. Everything else you do depends on that foundation.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<big><b>Build half a product, not a half-assed product</b></big><br>
<br>
You can turn a bunch of great ideas into a crappy product real
fast by trying to do<br>
them all at once. You just can't do everything you want to do and
do it well. You have<br>
limited time, resources, ability, and focus. It's hard enough to
do one thing right. Trying<br>
to do ten things well at the same time? Forget about it.<br>
<br>
So sacrifice some of your darlings for the greater good. Cut your
ambition in half.<br>
You're better off with a kick-ass half than a half-assed whole.<br>
<br>
Most of your great ideas won't seem all that great once you get
some perspective,<br>
anyway. And if they truly are that fantastic, you can always do
them later.<br>
<br>
Lots of things get better as they get shorter. Directors cut good
scenes to make a<br>
great movie. Musicians drop good tracks to make a great album.
Writers eliminate good<br>
pages to make a great book. We cut this book in half between the
next-to-last and finaldrafts.<br>
From 57,000 words to about 27,000 words. Trust us, it's better for
it.<br>
<br>
So start chopping. Getting to great starts by cutting out stuff
that's merely good.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<big><b>Focus on what won't change</b></big><br>
<br>
A lot of companies focus on the next big thing. They latch on to
what's hot and<br>
new. They follow the latest trends and technology.<br>
<br>
That's a fool's path. You start focusing on fashion instead of
substance. You start<br>
paying attention to things that are constantly changing instead of
things that last.<br>
<br>
The core of your business should be built around things that won't
change. Things<br>
that people are going to want today and ten years from now. Those
are the things you<br>
should invest in.<br>
<br>
Amazon.com focuses on fast (or free) shipping, great selection,
friendly returnpolicies,<br>
and affordable prices. These things will always be in high demand.<br>
<br>
Japanese automakers also focus on core principles that don't
change: reliability,<br>
affordability, and practicality. People wanted those things thirty
years ago, they want<br>
them today, and they'll want them thirty years from now.<br>
<br>
For 37signals, things like speed, simplicity, ease of use, and
clarity are our focus.<br>
<br>
Those are timeless desires. People aren't going to wake up in ten
years and say, "Man, I<br>
wish software was harder to use." They won't say, "I wish this
application was slower."<br>
<br>
Remember, fashion fades away. When you focus on permanent
features, you're in<br>
bed with things that never go out of style.<br>
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<br>
If you found this interesting, perhaps you shall want to have a look
at the book.<br>
<br>
Thank you.<br>
<br>
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<div>El 31/10/13 13:53, Ali Linx (amjjawad)
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Help is needed and highly appreciated :)<br>
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Thanks!<br>
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From: Ali Linx (amjjawad) <<a href="mailto:amjjawad@gmail.com" target="_blank">amjjawad@gmail.com</a>><br>
Date: Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 10:40 AM<br>
<b>Subject: [ATTENTION] LTS Release - Urgent Need for
More People</b><br>
To: ubuntu-gnome <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-gnome@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-gnome@lists.ubuntu.com</a>><br>
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<br>
Hello Everyone,<br>
<br>
As you may know, 14.04 Cycle is an LTS (Long Term
Support) Cycle. Having that said, Ubuntu and most of the
official flavours will have LTS Release. For the moment,
the lack of Manpower could keep us away from having an
LTS Release. However, after a discussion with our
Developers, we'd like to announce the urgent need for
these roles:<br>
<br>
1- Someone with Bug Control to 'Actively Commit' to
triaging Ubuntu GNOME bugs.<br>
<br>
2- Couple of people helping out with 'Bug Fixing'.<br>
<br>
3- People to help with 'Packaging' on the PPA's<br>
<br>
PLEASE NOTE: We are looking for people with experience
and skills! We NEED people to commit for 3-5 years
support and not just join for few months then leave.<br>
<br>
NO PROMISES to be made but we would be comfortable
enough to submit an application to the Technical Board
in order to have an LTS Release when we will have
volunteers who can actively contribute and help us.<br>
<br>
If you have the required experience and skills or if you
know someone who has, please let us know :)<br>
<br>
Thank you!<br>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>Wow, thank you for sharing Alberto!
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I'd like to add my 2 cents, quoted from John Maeda's Laws of Simplicity:</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_extra">
TEN LAWS</div><div class="gmail_extra">1 reduce</div><div class="gmail_extra">The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction.</div><div class="gmail_extra">2 organize</div><div class="gmail_extra">
3 time</div><div class="gmail_extra">Organization makes a system of many appear fewer.</div><div class="gmail_extra">Savings in time feel like simplicity.</div><div class="gmail_extra">4 learn</div><div class="gmail_extra">
Knowledge makes everything simpler.</div><div class="gmail_extra">5 diΩerences</div><div class="gmail_extra">Simplicity and complexity need each other.</div><div class="gmail_extra">6 context What lies in the periphery of simplicity is definitely not peripheral.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra">7 emotion More emotions are better than less.</div><div class="gmail_extra">8 trust</div><div class="gmail_extra">In simplicity we trust.</div><div class="gmail_extra">9 failure</div><div class="gmail_extra">
10 the one Some things can never be made simple. Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">THREE KEYS</div><div class="gmail_extra">
1 away More appears like less by simply moving it far, far away.</div><div class="gmail_extra">2 open Openness simplifies complexity.</div><div class="gmail_extra">3 power</div><div class="gmail_extra">Use less, gain more.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">TED video:</div><div class="gmail_extra"><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/john_maeda_on_the_simple_life.html">http://www.ted.com/talks/john_maeda_on_the_simple_life.html</a><br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Book: ( you may find it in other places...)</div><div class="gmail_extra"><a href="http://www.scan-shipping.com/template/scanship_ru/uploads/files/260_maedalawsofsimplicity.pdf">http://www.scan-shipping.com/template/scanship_ru/uploads/files/260_maedalawsofsimplicity.pdf</a><br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Best regards,</div><div class="gmail_extra">Iberê</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div></div></div>