Comments on: On tape, kids, and clients http://www.thirdbit.net/articles/2007/08/08/on-tape-kids-and-clients/ Reqs. Code. Docs. Done. Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:40:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: On satisfying clients | thirdbIT http://www.thirdbit.net/articles/2007/08/08/on-tape-kids-and-clients/#comment-555 On satisfying clients | thirdbIT Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:05:17 +0000 http://www.thirdbit.net/articles/2007/08/08/on-tape-kids-and-clients/#comment-555 [...] This is one reason not to ration tape. [...] [...] This is one reason not to ration tape. [...]

]]> By: Daniel Stockman http://www.thirdbit.net/articles/2007/08/08/on-tape-kids-and-clients/#comment-546 Daniel Stockman Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:00:32 +0000 http://www.thirdbit.net/articles/2007/08/08/on-tape-kids-and-clients/#comment-546 > "Software development is just like anthropology, only better paid [...]" Indeed! This would help explain why I enjoyed anthropology so much in college... (crossing fingers for Markdown formatting) > “Software development is just like anthropology, only better paid [...]”

Indeed! This would help explain why I enjoyed anthropology so much in college…

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]]> By: john http://www.thirdbit.net/articles/2007/08/08/on-tape-kids-and-clients/#comment-545 john Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:55:39 +0000 http://www.thirdbit.net/articles/2007/08/08/on-tape-kids-and-clients/#comment-545 In my company, we occasionally talk about our clients and customers as "kittens." With each release, we want to make sure that there is enough yarn (read: colorful and interesting but typically useless new features) so that the they will be able to play. To be sure, we're all about real features and returning genuine value to our customers through new capabilities and more efficient versions of our old ones, but many times they just want some yarn. In my company, we occasionally talk about our clients and customers as “kittens.”

With each release, we want to make sure that there is enough yarn (read: colorful and interesting but typically useless new features) so that the they will be able to play. To be sure, we’re all about real features and returning genuine value to our customers through new capabilities and more efficient versions of our old ones, but many times they just want some yarn.

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