tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284345.comments2005-03-12T11:19:50.576-08:00Streight Site Systemssteven edward streighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05401227642461826748noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284345.post-1110655190577770842005-03-12T11:19:00.000-08:002005-03-12T11:19:00.000-08:00Now I actually appreciate this post. It's very sma...Now I actually appreciate this post. It's very smart and the kind of thing I'd recirculate. It amazes me how dumb people can be about email, something they do every day. I insist on relevant topical subject lines and always remove the re; after the first response. Particularly for professional matters. When I'm scanning my inbox for a deadline or a change in project direction I want to see a subject line to that end. An additional useful thing to do (again this is just common sense) is to keep each email contextual to a particular issue. You may end up sending the person several emails but this allows the user more control over the information they need to keep and the chaff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284345.post-1109472132239106372005-02-26T18:42:00.000-08:002005-02-26T18:42:00.000-08:00Wow. Couldn't disagree with you more, but let me ...Wow. Couldn't disagree with you more, but let me explain.<br /><br />Not sure how it is in the companies you work or have worked with, but in the Software business, particularly with early-stage companies, no one wants to release anything until its "perfect".<br /><br />Here's reality - there's no such thing in software. Really. If you think about it, perfection in Software is truly relative. While I don't agree with releasing fundamentally broken software (or any other product, for that matter), deciding where to make the cut was Guy's prolonged point.<br /><br />I think what I understand about Lightning Strikes makes some sense - but as you've taken Guy's comments as one extreme end of the pendulum's arc, so are some of your comments.<br /><br />Balancing available resources, current, pending and long-term need/want, and shipping software that a) won't kill anyone and b) meets the economic buyer's need (Moore) will let early and mid-stage companies get product out the door before they implode by not getting the product out the door.<br /><br />Just another viewpoint... your post was certainly thought-provoking.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07923514950699307450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284345.post-1109102450759712022005-02-22T12:00:00.000-08:002005-02-22T12:00:00.000-08:00Thanks for your comment to my post at www.disrupti...Thanks for your comment to my post at www.disruptivebusiness.blogspot.com.<br /><br />I responded to your comment on my blog, but though I owed it to you to reproduce my comment on your blog as well - <br /><br /> Good point. I agree that be crappy is not a goal, but rather a part of the process.<br /><br />The reason I advocate be crappy it helps avoid "we can't go to market yet, we don't have [fill in the blank] feature, yet." End result is that often the product never gets released and the company dies (especially if it is a startup).<br /><br />I have been a part of this, so I know.<br /><br />In addition, no matter how in touch with the market the creators are, there is no substitute for getting a customer to use the product - that is as close as you can get!<br /><br />So, some caveats in line with what you rightly point out:<br /><br />1. probably not a good strategy for safety or life-affecting products (but then few software products really fit this category, right?)<br />2. fully disclose to the customer (presumably with the designation "beta" etc.) that your product is crappy and you are looking for help in perfecting it<br />3. compensate the customer by offering the product for free, and insure that you are giving the customer something back by making sure that even the "crappy" product gives them something of value.<br /><br />JoeJoe Agliozzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04925512414925612743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284345.post-1099681570466529342004-11-05T11:06:00.000-08:002004-11-05T11:06:00.000-08:00That is one of the main reasons why I switched to ...That is one of the main reasons why I switched to a Moveable Type blog from Blogger. MT gives me far more comment control options.<br /><br />BTW, this is "Kiki" and my NEW blog can be found at:<br />http://aurorealis.com<br /><br />...Wow, that looks like Comment Spam. ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04502290726535716325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284345.post-1097879245753264302004-10-15T15:27:00.000-07:002004-10-15T15:27:00.000-07:00I don't know if Earthlink is loaded with rabid Sci...I don't know if Earthlink is loaded with rabid Scientologists or not (but I will investigate this allegation), but one thing I do know for sure:<br /><br />Earthlink has great TV commericials, web site, and core values.<br /><br />I don't care if they're Buddhists, Deconstructionists, Jains, Swedenborgians, Lutherans, Jehovah's Witnesses, Quakers, Krishnamurtians, Vaspersians, or Secular Humanists--they rock when it comes to marketing, which is one of the only areas on which I'm somewhat qualified to remark.<br /><br />Thanks for taking the time to visit and comment, Kiki. You are cool in my book!steven edward streighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05401227642461826748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284345.post-1097569616470494802004-10-12T01:26:00.000-07:002004-10-12T01:26:00.000-07:00Deconstruction is a mode of analysis whereby you s...Deconstruction is a mode of analysis whereby you seek to discover the inconsistencies within a text or series of texts by an author. <br /><br />Thus, Jacques Derrida pitted Freud against Freud, Hegel against Hegel, Husserl against Husserl, and so on. <br /><br />He closely read texts by authors he admired, but wanted to see where their systems broke down, thereby revealing hidden agendas unknown, perhaps, to the authors themselves.<br /><br />It is fun to read Derrida, don't worry about how deep and complex his books are, he starts to grow on you, and you become far more questioning and critical of all the garbage that is thrown at you politically, religiously, philosophically, commercially, etc.<br /><br />He investigates weird concepts buried in stuffy philosophical writings.<br /><br />No, I didn't go to that college.<br /><br />How did you find this site? Thanks for the comment, just moments after I posted this poster.steven edward streighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05401227642461826748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284345.post-1097569147353846672004-10-12T01:19:00.000-07:002004-10-12T01:19:00.000-07:00Had never heard of Jaques; Hey Steven, did you go...Had never heard of Jaques; Hey Steven, did you go to New Collage (FL)? Because I never heard of Deconstructionism, either, until I went down there. In fact to this day i have an extremely FUZZY concept of what deconstructionism is; though now I can at least use it in a sentence. The two possible paths concept seems really messy to me.New Mexico Guitaristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09116392914689270944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284345.post-1096578353021776392004-09-30T14:05:00.000-07:002004-09-30T14:05:00.000-07:00On a related note, a bit off topic, but anyway: I'...On a related note, a bit off topic, but anyway: I'm getting ready to sue Publishers Clearing House.<br /><br />I am putting the documentation together now. I'll post an article about this soon. I tried to "unsubscribe" from their spammy email list, but the function was broken, it was impossible to unsubscribe.<br /><br />I sent two or three angry emails demanding they remove my email address. They said they had no record of my email address, then said they needed 10 days to remove it.<br /><br />It's been about 20 days and my inbox is contaminated with their shit every day. Sorry about the language, but this PCH is a dysfunctional operation.<br /><br />This big company ignores and mocks me? We'll see about that. I will let the FTC know about it.steven edward streighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05401227642461826748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284345.post-1096350260686177892004-09-27T22:44:00.000-07:002004-09-27T22:44:00.000-07:00Kiki, hang in there.
Maybe someone will come into...Kiki, hang in there.<br /><br />Maybe someone will come into your organization and recognize your superior ideas. Or maybe you can dig around for research that supports the Mentally Correct Marketing type approach to copywriting (not necessarily my brand name, but the general ideas).<br /><br />Then again, you could convince them to test your ideas against their viewpoint. You know, the old A/B split test.<br /><br />Also, perhaps you'll someday move on to a company that seriously wants big, measureably improved results from their advertising and marketing promotions.<br /><br />Best wishes to you. Keep doing the best work you can. Your portfolio is counting on it! :^]<br /><br />Peace!steven edward streighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05401227642461826748noreply@blogger.com