Like the concept and the quotes, don’t care for the examples
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Suck less
Really fascinated by this post as it seems to suggest the thing that drives us to embrace change is “annoyance debt” whereby the user base just gets sick and tired of being annoyed with not being able to do little but frequently performed activities. We don’t want another feature, we just want the features you have to work 100%. The premise is if each release you tend to some of this “annoyance debt” then your users will still put up with some annoying things because at least you are iteratively improving… sucking less each release.
I think this is a bigger problem than many realize. Although there are cases where I didn’t know I wanted a feature until it became available, more often than not I only discover those unscratched itches when my annoyance with a certain application has grown to such a degree that I am open to exploring alternatives.
Thoughts sparked by The Good Enough Revolution post
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/magazine/17-09/ff_goodenough
Had been meaning to blog this for some time. I love some of the ideas captured in this piece. Simple, inexpensive, fast. Compelling content versus high production quality. Seems to me there are lots of lessons to be learned and/or opportunities to bring even more simplicity if we look to what is happening in emerging markets. I’d like to see more reverse innovation in the enterprise 2.0 space. Of particular interest is what can happen in the mobility space. In countries where there is poor infrastructure, cell phones serve as a key enabler for innovation. Where is that going to take us?