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Comments on: Done is the Engine of More https://hughmcguire.net/2009/03/04/done-is-the-engine-of-more/ aging idealist. ai and education, open web, open publishing. Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:23:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: So, thus begins the adventure. | The Alchemist https://hughmcguire.net/2009/03/04/done-is-the-engine-of-more/comment-page-1/#comment-9587 Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:23:14 +0000 https://hughmcguire.net/2009/03/04/done-is-the-engine-of-more/#comment-9587 […] in my humble opinion) significantly more gratifying sensation of actually getting something done. Done is the engine of more, and in that spirit, I actually get down to the business of this particular project: Alchemi.stMy […]

]]> By: Hugh https://hughmcguire.net/2009/03/04/done-is-the-engine-of-more/comment-page-1/#comment-8191 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:21:32 +0000 https://hughmcguire.net/2009/03/04/done-is-the-engine-of-more/#comment-8191 @blork, not sure what i think about the manifesto, but focusing & finishing things is something many of us struggle with, more so in the hyper-distracted world of the web.

@zura: get back to work. stop wasting time on this blog.

@christine: you too. back to work.

]]> By: Christine Prefontaine https://hughmcguire.net/2009/03/04/done-is-the-engine-of-more/comment-page-1/#comment-8175 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:08:58 +0000 https://hughmcguire.net/2009/03/04/done-is-the-engine-of-more/#comment-8175 Hmmmm. Seems like we’re on the same wavelength this week. Will have to add this to my collection. Thanks for sharing :)

]]> By: zura https://hughmcguire.net/2009/03/04/done-is-the-engine-of-more/comment-page-1/#comment-8174 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:28:53 +0000 https://hughmcguire.net/2009/03/04/done-is-the-engine-of-more/#comment-8174 Great list. :) Personally, I need to refer to this manifesto more often.

]]> By: blork https://hughmcguire.net/2009/03/04/done-is-the-engine-of-more/comment-page-1/#comment-8173 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:03:47 +0000 https://hughmcguire.net/2009/03/04/done-is-the-engine-of-more/#comment-8173 Eww! Is that a parody, or a satirical lament? I hope so, because that is not a manifesto I want to support! I’m a firm believer in doing things WELL and doing them RIGHT. Followers of that “Cult of Done” manifesto will leave behind a lot of half-assed, half-baked crap that nobody cares about.

It’s bad enough that our attention spans are reduced to milliseconds, but the idea of championing the same kind of all-noise, no-signal approach to DOING THINGS really bugs me. The result will be a sea of buggy software, crappy interface designs, terribly written blog posts/software specs/etc., shoddy configurations, and other forms of lameness.

Heck, that way of thinking is OK for the minor quotidian things, like mowing the lawn or doing the dishes, but for the big stuff — the important things — no way.

Call me old fashioned, but I’ll stick with the manifesto of excellence any day!

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