September 2011
5 posts
“Getting Real delivers better results because it forces you to deal with the actual problems you’re trying to solve instead of your ideas about those problems. It forces you to deal with reality.”
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What is Getting Real? (by 37signals)
I’m reading my homework for the Agile Product Design and Project Management workshop at ONA this week. The problem of anticipating problems keeps coming up, which is something we’re all too familiar with in these parts (journalism, MinnPost, my brain).
I am starting to recognize how soul sucking — and seductive — this can be. How often do we sacrifice creativity, inspiration and productivity in the name of discussing potential problems? Dealing in hypotheticals is both temptingly easy and maddeningly pointless most of the time.
MinnPost begins a site redesign. Finally. →
tumblr.minnpost.com
Our mission has always centered on providing quality, in-depth coverage of the issues that are most important to Minnesotans.
But we also know that the way you read, find and interact with that content is just as important. And we all know that MinnPost.com is in dire need of an overhaul.
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It’s true and we are really, really glad.
I think my email updates about the project will be inspired by Stephen Elliott, only less entertaining. Doesn’t that make you want to sign up?
