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“Twenty years from now you will be disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the one’s you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain Wise words that reminds us of the immense value that courage has for …
I would like to share three brilliant quotes by Andy, he is one of the best developers in the world, and was part of the original Mac team: “First and foremost, you are your own customer: You build stuff that you love yourself. What Woz did with the Apple II was he just filled it up with so much love — love because it …
The first 90 percent of the code accounts for the first 90 percent of the development time. The remaining 10 percent of the code accounts for the other 90 percent of the development time. Tom Cargill. Bell Labs. It sounds a bit funny, yet so many times it’s true. The question is why? The reason is what I call: “The …
One key concept to grasp in any form of goal setting, project management, or actual effort in life is that we should strive to never do more than needed, but have a goal of simple elegance. We must realize that More is Less. Perhaps one of the best ways to illustrate this principle, it to quote Seth Godin with some …
Less noise, less “information”, leads to less stress and that equals more peace. Image Credits: here. Which is actually one of the main principles of Kanban: Limit Work in Progress. It also relates to something I call Holistic Kanban or HKanban you can learn more about it here: </2010/12/23/hkanban/>
“In business and in life: the lighter we are the higher we get.” ~ Miguel Gómez Arbocco, a good friend. Lean is a whole way of thinking that fundamentally tells us: keep the most valuable, discard the rest. Because the rest is weight, is useless inventory, that drags you down, and makes everything harder. When you go …
Real artists ship. Andy Hertzfeld, member of the original Mac team. No amount of vision, no dreams, no project plans, patents or detailed battle plans are worth anything without real working execution! Hard work, and shipping are the big difference between amateurs and pros. Pros ship!