Great Work
Some engineering principles I live by:
✓ Make it work, make it right, make it fast
✓ Progressive disclosure of complexity
✓ Minimize the number of concepts & modes
✓ Most 'flukes' aren't… your tech just sucks
✓ Feedback must be given to users instantly
✓ Maximize us... See more
Guillermo Rauchx.comhow can engineers (or anyone) get better at design?
i get this question a lot. as someone who went from cs to design, here's a real path:
start with systems thinking
engs already get this. design is just systems for humans & our senses, instead of machines. read “thinking in sy... See more
Ryo Lux.com(2) be an efficient way to create common knowledge of goals, updates, etc.
benkuhn.net • How I’ve run major projects
create common knowledge
How to run major projects
1. Focus: carve out dedicated time each day to check statuses, contemplate priorities, broadcast updates etc.
2. Detailed Plan for Victory: a list of steps, as concrete as possible that end with the goal being achieved. add the requisite amount of “slop” to your plan. Check in frequently enough against the plan once it’s made
3. Fast OODA loop. (Observe, orient, decide, act i.e how you update your plans and behavior based on new information): mantain living doc with ranked list of biggest open questions. step back and reorient frequently
4. overcommunicate
5. have fun
A specific tool that I’ve found critical for staying oriented and updating quickly is a detailed plan for victory , i.e., a list of steps, as concrete as possible, that end with the goal being achieved.
benkuhn.net • How I’ve run major projects
In forming your plan for the future, distinguis 3 different questions:
1. What is possible
2. what is likely to happen
3. What is desirable to have happen
I think the way to "solve" the problem of procrastination is to let delight pull you instead of making a to-do list push you. Work on an ambitious project you really enjoy, and sail as close to the wind as you can, and you'll leave the right things undone.
Paul Graham • Good and Bad Procrastination
You can't look a big problem too directly in the eye. You have to approach it somewhat obliquely. But you have to adjust the angle just right: you have to be facing the big problem directly enough that you catch some of the excitement radiating from it, but not so much that it paralyzes you. You can tighten the angle once you get going, just as a s... See more