Pritesh

Design is deciding. Strategy is choosing what not to do.

Movies beckon different tradeoffs today. Seeing the movie isn’t enough reward to justify the cost. Social capital used to mean time given to friends in physical spaces where friendship was solidified. It now means attention given to me that can be used to grow personal social followings and participate in online fandom. The reward of going to see a... See more

If you don’t argue the point, it has achieved its objective.

Another way to improve cycle time is by having fewer levels to traverse when a decision does need vertical leaps and reducing the latency of escalations. One element of this is escalating early and often rather than letting issues drag out. One thing that helps with that is assigning a Single Threaded Owner for each critical area of work. That is

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Almost every social network of note had an early signature proof of work hurdle. For Facebook it was posting some witty text-based status update. For Instagram, it was posting an interesting square photo. For Vine, an entertaining 6-second video. For Twitter, it was writing an amusing bit of text of 140 characters or fewer. Pinterest? Pinning a... See more

Nobody sets out planning to move slowly, waste time on bad ideas, and test nothing.

Understanding is a cognitive function through which humans gather information from their environment in order to make sense of it and create a context in which they can interact with it. With a good understanding of the environment, humans are able to avoid dangers and take advantage of opportunities for food, reproduction, and shelter.

Senses that are not cultivated tend to atrophy.