everything counts / #oscon 2013

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Thursday, July 25, 13

Everything counts.

Thursday, July 25, 13

The 4 D's:- Data- Design- Development- Devops

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a gatekeeper for the necessary vs. unnecessarya dot connector to identify + solve problems + relay infoa catalyst to move things forward as swiftly as possible

Thursday, July 25, 13

voter: gottaregister.com gottavote.com, call toolfinance: OFA store, *quick donate, payment processordigital: microtargeting, message blasting, story tool, mobile apps, etc.

*Note: See great write-ups of OFA's quick donate structure at kylerush.net

Thursday, July 25, 13

how was the workload?we shipped every day. for a few months, I was managing +40 projects concurrently.*

*After that, I stopped counting.

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distill the work:shape,shepherd,ship.

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shape

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Lead with design.

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"Good design used to make you stand out on the web.Now it's the price of entry."

Ev Williams

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Prototype, prototype, prototype. Then build.

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“You don’t have to write production code (much less ship it) to see if your idea is good.

“You don’t have to build a complete solution to test a hypothesis.

“And you can do better than ‘move fast and break things.’ Leave the time, waste, and feature thrashing to inefficient startups with infinite software engineers and money to burn.”

Jesse Kriss on Medium: https://medium.com/product-design-1/6e4a02e52078

Thursday, July 25, 13

An idea is not a designA design is not a prototype

A prototype is not a programA program is not a productA product is not a business

A business is not profitsProfits are not an exit

And an exit is not happiness.

Mike Sellers on Quora: http://www.quora.com/Startup-Advice-and-Strategy/As-first-time-entrepreneurs-what-part-of-the-process-are-people-often-completely-blind-to

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Learn whose voices really matter, and listen.

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Remember your objective.

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Define deployable.

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This often is delayed until the "ship" stage.If you wait until then, you're in trouble. Go beyond the MVP.

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Make the staffing plan clear and post it publicly.

*RACI charts (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed) are great for this.

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Be aware of tripwires.

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Build your QA plan while you shape your product.

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shepherd

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Shepherding is not done only by the

project manager or product person.

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Engineering shepherds code.

Comms shepherds info.

Product shepherds designand content.

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Make your process bare bones.

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Recognize and respect preferred

channels for communication.*

* And yet: Mind the gaps. Close the loops.

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Manage your work through your outbox.

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Speak plainly, openly, frequently, and briefly.

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ship

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Fuck "fuck it, ship it".

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Build fast, but build smart.

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Do code prelims, code reviews,

and document work along the way.

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final thoughts

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Default to calm.

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Have fun.

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Be human. (Sometimes it's the

best thing you can be.)

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Everything counts.

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#OSCONcounts

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Thursday, July 25, 13